Background and Aim: Dental implants with angled abutments are often inserted in the anterior maxillary region due to the status of the residual ridge and aesthetic considerations. The purpose of this study was to assess stress and strain distributions in the premaxillary bone around dental implants by means of finite element analysis (FEA). Materials and Methods: Four three-dimensional (3D) fi...

Tooth loss is followed by a natural bone resorption process that often leads to defects in the alveolar ridge, making the installation of dental implants unfeasible. Correction of such bone defects, especially loss of height of the ridge or associated loss of thickness, is a great challenge to dental surgeons. The technique of segmental osteotomy accompanied by interpositional bone grafting has...

satisfactory functional level, which may be crucial to elderly patients? Addressing these issues, various locking screws and implants are rapidly gaining popularity for these patients in certain regions. Such implants come with screws that directly engage the plate to create fixedangle bolts, thus offering better fixation in osteoporotic bone. Volar application of such locking implants can be u...

statement of problem: placement of mini-dental implants when single-tooth restorations are needed and the space is not sufficient to insert a standard diameter implant is indicated. there are many different mini-implant brands with various materials and surface characteristics; however, there are just few studies comparing them with each other. objectives: in this study, finite element analysis...

BACKGROUND Alendronate sodium increases alveolar bone density with systemic use. It inhibits osteoclast activity and is thought to result in a net increase in osteoblastic activity. However, little is known about local in vivo use. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of local delivery of alendronate on bone regeneration within peri-implant defects. Peri-implant bone was examine...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of immediate and delayed rehabilitation of edentulous jaws by means of two straight and two tilted implants after one year of function. materials and methods: thirty consecutive patients (16 males, 14 females) were enrolled in this study. two anterior straight and two posterior tilted implants were placed in each patient. accordi...

Surgical procedures for the application of implants in the lateral-superior sectors are affected by the availability of the residual bone. When this condition is lower than 5 mm it is recommended that techniques involving two therapeutic phases, a reconstructive and an applicative one, as reported in the international literature, are adopted. The authors propose here a new method with the poten...

The aim of this study is to evaluate by finite element analysis different techniques totally edentulous maxilla rehabilitation, considering implants, bone tissue, metallic infra-structure, and prosthetic abutments characteristics, means a three-dimensional model. Stress distribution on was analyzed with four configurations (six implants axially installed, all-on-four technique, M-4 conventional...

AIMS Application of force to implants is helpful, especially in orthodontic-implant therapies. The aim of this study was a histomorphologic and histomorphometric evaluation of peri-implant bone after immediate orthodontic and orthopedic forces comparing them with a control group. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen dental titanium implants were inserted in the premolar region of three dogs. Implan...