Background: The maxillary sinus augmentation procedure, is an excellent alternative to oral implantology and present a 90% of success level. However, the complications of sinus lift surgery sometimes perform consequences…
The desire for immediate load restoration of dental implants, particularly in the anterior esthetic zone, requires specific implant design strategies to enhance primary stability. In the presence of extraction sites,…
Aim: To introduce a new device and technique to widen a narrow alveolar crest prior to implantation. Materials and methods: A new distractor was used to widen a narrow alveolar…
Purpose: This study used finite element analysis and a clinical case example to support a hypothesis that a wing-thread placed 4 mm below the top of the implant would decrease…
Background and objectives: Retrieval of failed implants is a problematic procedure in the field of implant dentistry. Since the procedures for removal of fixed implants are aggressive or require specific…
Objectives: Dental implant treatment is regarded as a safe technique with high rate of success. However, complications should be taken into consideration, because they can follow dental implant surgery as…
Background and objectives: The feeling of bone quality during drilling procedure is important to predict the prognosis of dental implant. Although we actually use a classification of D1, D2, D3…
A 79 year old patient received 15 implants in the upper and lower jaw 24 years ago, which were treated with a fixed bridge. After 24 years one implant in…
Background and objectives: The aim of this study is to analyze the reconstruction of small to moderate size intraoral defects following malignant tumors excision using the nasolabial inferiorly based flap….
To this study a group of 79 patients (36% male and 64% female), average age of 59 years old (ranging from 36 to 85 years old), showing atrophic maxilla, with…
