A myriad of orthopaedic injuries require surgical fixation of torn connective tissue to an osseous insertion site with either direct repair or reconstruction with a soft-tissue graft. Numerous factors influence the strength of a soft-tissue-to-bone fixation construct, including tissue quality, implant strength, contact area and pressure, and tensioning. Each fixation technique differs with resp...

the application of laser in dentistry is considered as a favorable technique for patients due to its many advantages compare to other current methods. one of the main goals in pediatric dentistry is to provide the treatment as comfortable as possible without any risks for the care. laser is being used in different pediatric dental conditions including caries detection, caries removal and cavity...

Echinococcosis (hydatid cyst disease) is a zoonotic infection caused by the parasitic tapeworm Echinococcus. The larval stage of this parasite can implant in many organs of the body, most commonly the liver, and create internal budding cystic masses. Echinococcal cysts also can implant in soft tissues; however, a review of the literature revealed no published case with the patient initially pre...

The success of implant therapy is reliant on the precise, restoratively driven placement of dental implants in the oral cavity. Often, the native sites for implant placement demonstrate inadequate hard and soft tissue. Although bone augmentation techniques and materials have been extensively studied in the literature to obtain adequate hard tissue at proposed implant sites, only few publication...

Implant dentistry has come a long way since 1981, with great improvements made to achieve primary implant stability and improve bone-to-implant contact. The focus has since shifted toward creating an esthetic restoration that is indistinguishable from natural teeth and is stable over time. This paper proposes a management triad that enhances soft tissue thickness around implant-supported restor...

General term of implantation implies insertion of biomaterials of different designs into the tissues. Oral implantation is a surgical insertion of aloplastic materials (metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, carbons as well as their combinations) into the hard and soft tissues of the upper and lower jaws . The essence of implantology lies in favorable reaction of the organism to the presence of fo...

OBJECTIVE To compare implant stability, survival, and soft tissue reactions for a novel (test) and previous generation (control) percutaneous auditory osseointegrated implant for bone conduction hearing at long-term follow-up of 5 years. STUDY DESIGN Single follow-up visit of a previously completed multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. PATIENTS Fifty-seven of the 77 participants of a c...

BACKGROUND Enhancing the connective tissue seal around dental implants may be an important factor in implant survival. PURPOSE The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of implant surface modification with either platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) or enamel matrix derivative (EMD) on connective tissue attachment to titanium implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen implants...

Immediate implant placement often requires tissue augmentation simultaneously. Both hard and soft tissue grafting can improve long-term physiologic and esthetic outcomes. Bone replacement grafts are frequently combined with barrier membranes (guided bone regeneration [GBR]). When these materials are resorbable, they are often composed of collagen or synthetic polymers. These techniques do not a...

BACKGROUND The health of peri-implant soft tissues is one of the most important aspects of osseointegration necessary for the long-term survival of dental implants. PURPOSE To review the process of soft tissue healing around osseointegrated implants and discuss the maintenance requirements as well as the possible short-comings of peri-implant soft tissue integration. MATERIALS AND METHODS L...