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…
Background and objectives: Patients with maxillary atrophy after multiple surgical attempts or oro-nasal communications after maxillectomy remain a challenge for adequate reconstruction and dental rehabilitation. A new palatal flap design…
Background and objectives: Implant stability is an indicator of osseointegration. Maxillary and mandibular anatomy differs in the amount of trabecular and cortical bone. The aim of this study was to…
