PURPOSE To evaluate patient satisfaction, oral health-related quality of life, and patients' preferences towards minimally invasive treatment options for graftless rehabilitation of complete edentulism by means of dental implants. MATERIAL AND METHODS A MEDLINE search of literature in the English language up to the year 2013 was performed to summarise current evidence from the patient's persp...

PURPOSE Short- or long-term implant survival and success are related to peri-implant marginal bone loss (MBL), among other key factors. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of clinical and implant-related variables in MBL over a long-term follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study of 558 implants in 172 patients was conducted, analyzing the relationship between MBL an...

Prevention of peri-implantitis involves the early diagnosis peri-implant mucositis. This article presents a protocol hygienic maintenance in different implant prosthetic scenarios: single crown, fixed partial prosthesis, full-arch, and overdentures. Others clinical conditions have to be taken into consideration: patient compliance; history periodontitis; implants placed augmented bone; short, z...

Objectives: This study examined the relationship between working and short-term memory performance, and their effects on cochlear implant outcomes (speech perception and speech production) in cochlear implanted children aged 7-13 years. The study also compared the memory performance of cochlear implanted children with their normal hearing peers. Methods: Thirty-one cochlear impl...

BACKGROUND Hemiarthroplasty (humeral head replacement [HHR]) and reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) are surgical options for cuff tear arthropathy (CTA). RSA may provide better pain relief and functional outcomes, but it costs more and may have a higher complication rate. The goal of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of these two treatments and to use sensitivity analysis to det...

OBJECTIVES 1) To evaluate and compare the stability of two types of implants in an animal model after preparing the implant bed with various sequences of osteotomes in bone type IV. 2) To evaluate the hypothesis of whether or not the sequence of using osteotomes influences the primary implant stability. MATERIAL AND METHOD We selected bone from cow ribs, which in its cross section (the most m...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM There is debate as to the efficacy of maxillary complete arch reconstructions when only 4 implants are used. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine what risk factors, if any, may increase the likelihood for implant failure in immediate function by using a tilted distal, 4-implant approach in the maxilla. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of impla...

OBJECTIVE Risk factors for implant therapy are represented by all general and local conditions that through various mechanisms can increase either short-term and long-term failure risk. The aim of this study is to assess the implant survival and implant success rates with single and multiple risk factors. PATIENTS AND METHODS To address the research purpose, a retrospective cohort study was d...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this systematic review was to assess the survival rates of short-span implant-supported cantilever fixed dental prostheses (ICFDPs) and the incidence of technical and biological complications after an observation period of at least 5 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS An electronic MEDLINE search supplemented by manual searching was conducted to identify prospective or retrospec...