PURPOSE The objectives of this case series are to describe a novel clinical approach to treat completely edentulous patients and determine its viability. Computer-guided implant planning was used to create a screw-retained surgical template (ST) supported by transitional implants and a fixed screw-retained provisional prosthesis supported by the transitional implants at the time of definitive i...

PURPOSE The aim of this noninterventional, retrospective case series was to evaluate the outcome of immediately loaded implants in patients with failing dentitions that require bone tabling using a bone reduction guide and a surgical guide manufactured directly on three-dimensional (3D) stereolithographic models. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with failing dentition and at least t...

The present article describes the TSC Protocol (tubes, support, connectors) version 2.2 for construction of surgical guides implant placement and possibility insertion implants also.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To assess the safety and surgical technique of bilateral simultaneous cochlear implantation in children. STUDY DESIGN Prospective case series at a tertiary academic pediatric hospital. METHODS Surgical times, complications, and patient outcomes are reported from the first 50 consecutive simultaneous cochlear implants performed at the Hospital for Sick Children between ...

BACKGROUND A large, multicenter, 10-year observational study is comparing the long-term safety and effectiveness of Natrelle silicone breast implants versus saline implants or national norms. METHODS Women who underwent primary augmentation, revision-augmentation, primary reconstruction, or revision-reconstruction were invited to participate. Enrolled subjects had completed surgery and receiv...

PURPOSE This study reports on the long-term surgical outcomes after the insertion of porous Medpor orbital implants into anophthalmic sockets. METHODS A retrospective chart review of 314 eyes from 314 patients who underwent evisceration, enucleation and secondary procedures using Medpor orbital implants was completed focusing on implant-associated complications and their corrective methods as...

Conventional implants cannot be placed in patients with severe atrophied maxilla resulting insufficient amount of bone remaining for anchorage. Routinely, grafts were the preferred technique. But drawbacks associated this procedure, Branemark proposed surgical /prosthetic rehabilitation zygomatic to overcome them. This review aims address criteria placement, and prosthodontics outcome evaluatio...

Physical disfigurement and functional impairments associated with facial trauma are a challenge to a prosthodontist, because even novel sophisticated surgical reconstructive techniques fail to provide adequate support for dental resection prosthesis. Therefore, different endosseous implants are often used as prosthesis-supporting elements. Manufacturers of dental implants have recently presente...

this case report presents a combination of surgical and prosthetic solutions applied to a case of oral implant rehabilitation in post-oncologic reconstructed mandible. bone resection due to surgical treatment of large mandibular neoplasm can cause long-span defects. currently, mandibular fibula free flap graft is widely considered as a reliable technique for restoring this kind of defect. it re...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare a parallel wall design implant to a tapered apex design implant when placed in the posterior maxilla using two different surgical protocols. METHODS Twenty-seven patients (30 implants) were divided into three groups. All implants were 4 mm wide in diameter and 8 mm long. Group A received 10 tapered implants (OSPTX) (Astra Tech OsseoSpeed TX™...