The aim of the present study was to compare the cleansing properties of mechanical supportive care for dental implants with the use of an etching gel. Sixteen patients underwent a 5-month clinical trial with monthly recalls. These patients, wearing maxillary complete dentures and mandibular overdentures supported by a bar device on 4 implants, were treated in a split-mouth study design. Test an...

Dental implant failure often occurs due to oral bacterial infection. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that antibiotic efficacy could be enhanced with modified titanium. First, the titanium was modified by anodization and heat-treatment. Then, a biomimetic coating process was completed in two steps. Surface characterization was performed with scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersi...

The difficult oral healthcare in intellectually disabled patients with poor behavioral control has led to debate over the cost-effectiveness and validity of implant treatment in these patients. The patient in the present report had schizophrenia that had led to poor oral care and severe dental caries in the full mouth. Tooth extraction and a removable prosthesis were planned, but the guardian w...

Surgical treatment of malignancies in the oral cavity and subsequent radiotherapy often result in an anatomic and physiological oral condition unfavorable for prosthodontic rehabilitation. The objective of this prospective study was to assess the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on treatment outcome (condition of peri-implant tissues, implant survival, oral functioning and quality of life) o...

Pure titanium and titanium alloys are well established standard materials in dental implants because of their favorable combination of mechanical strength, chemical stability, and biocompatibility (Brunette et al., 2001). Integration of titanium implants with the surrounding bone is critical for successful bone regeneration and healing of dental implant. The concept of osseointegration was disc...

The aim of the article is to present recent developments in material research with bisphenyl-polymer/carbon-fiber-reinforced composite that have produced highly influential results toward improving upon current titanium bone implant clinical osseointegration success. Titanium is now the standard intra-oral tooth root/bone implant material with biocompatible interface relationships that confer p...

Prosthodontic treatment using dental implants is one of the solutions for partially and completely edentulous patients. The peri-implant area is colonized by a large variety of oral microbial complexes. Various prosthesis may provide means of mechanical attachment to the microflora; this in turn allows their aggregation and colonization. There exists a relationship between the peri-implant micr...

BACKGROUND With the rising demand for osseointegrated titanium implants for replacing missing teeth, often in patients with a history of periodontitis, implant-related infections have become an issue of growing concern. Novel methods for treating and preventing implant-associated infections are urgently needed. The aim of this study was to investigate if different pH, atmosphere and surface pro...

Dental implants play an important role in restorative dentistry. However, the long term implant’s stability is subject on the integration between fixtures and the surrounding tissues. Microbia presented in the oral cavity seems to have a substantial impact on biofilm formation on newly placed implants (1). The natural flora of the mouth is composed of black-pigmented anaerobic bacteria includin...

BACKGROUND From an ecological viewpoint, the oral cavity, in fact the oro-pharynx, is an 'open growth system'. It undergoes an uninterrupted introduction and removal of both microorganisms and nutrients. In order to survive within the oro-pharyngeal area, bacteria need to adhere either to the soft or hard tissues in order to resist shear forces. The fast turn-over of the oral lining epithelia (...