PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate single-tooth implant-supported restorations placed in conjunction with several methods of maxillary sinus augmentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review was conducted of all consecutively treated patients who received single-implant tooth rehabilitation in combination with sinus augmentation. Implant survival rate and peri-implant cond...

A 50-year-old man suffering from recurrent chest pain accompanied by transient ST-segment elevation developed spasm of the left anterior descending coronary artery after receiving ergonovine maleate. During spontaneous chest pain, thermodilution coronary sinus blood flow fell from 96 ml/min to 46 ml/min, while the coronary sinus arteriovenous oxygen difference widened from 9.82 volumes percent ...

This case report discusses osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) and immediate placement in 2 stages in severely resorbed alveolar bone height in which multiple implant placement is not otherwise feasible due to a lack of initial stability. The first implant placed using OSFE without bone grafting prepares the adjacent resorbed sites for further implant placement in the sinus areas, which allo...

Case report A 44-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after 2 episodes of syncope. Upon waking up at midnight, the patient proceeded to urinate, went back to his bed, and passed out. His wife noticed that he was not responding and started cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After about 2 minutes, the patient started to respond. An emergency medical services team was called, but before their arr...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether the combination of 5 surgical techniques in implant dentistry could be performed simultaneously in a predictable manner as effectively as each technique separately. MATERIALS AND METHODS Immediately postextraction, 12 wide-diameter (WD) implants were placed in maxillary first or second molar sites. The residual vertical bone height ranged between 6 and 9 mm (averag...

A review of maxillary sinus floor elevation as an integral part of restoring the posterior maxilla is discussed. The related anatomy of the area and the current techniques available are reviewed. The classic lateral antrostomy pioneered by Tatum appears to be the most common sinus lift procedure. The more conservative crestal approach, advocated by Summers, provides another effective way of all...

The patients were white men 44 and 677 years of age respectively. The former (G. S.) had been admitted to the hospital because of recurrent syncopal episodes which were considered to be due to hypersensitive carotid sinus syndrome. In the latter (K. H.), carotid sinus hypersensitivity was an incidental finding. This patient had diabetes mellitus, and moderate elevation of the systolic blood I)e...