PURPOSE The treatment of fractures involves addressing the biology of fracture repair and the mechanical stability of fracture fixation. Traditionally it has included the addition of bone graft to enhance healing. New advances in the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of fracture repair have led to the use of growth factors to accelerate bone healing. This study aimed to ass...

AIM The purpose of this article is to report on the five-year follow-up of a case involving treatment of gingival recession with a subepithelial connective tissue graft prior to orthodontic tooth movement. BACKGROUND Gingival recession has a global prevalence that varies from 3 to 100 percent depending on the population studied and the method of analysis. In addition, the frequency of recessi...

BACKGROUND In craniofacial microsomia (CFM) Type III patients, autogenous costochondral grafts (CCG) are conventionally used for the reconstruction of the ramus and condyle. The aim of this study was to describe the use of CCG in children with CFM in terms of outcomes, growth patterns, and complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of nine, aged 4-12 years, patients wi...

Abstract Objective: the present study was performed to evaluate Mineralized Plasmatic Matrix (MPM) as a grafting material around immediate dental implant in mandibular posterior teeth Material and Methods: eight patients were selected for use MPM implant. After surgery each patient evaluated clinically at following interval immediate, one week, two weeks, three months postoperatively for:: Pres...

Rehabilitation of severely atrophic jaws has been a major problem for elderly patients and dentists. When conventional rehabilitation treatments are not possible, bone intervention is deemed necessary. Mandibles with less than 12 millimeters (mm) in height imply insufficient retention the prosthesis, intolerance to mucosal load, pain and, consequently, incapacity oral functions decreased facial...

introduction: reconstruction of the oral cavity witha flap design containing the buccal mucosa and buccinator muscle but excluding the facial artery and vein is the topic of these case reports. case reports: this article uses random pattern vertically oriented partial thickness buccinator myomucosal flap for intraoral reconstruction in two cases. the first was for lining the mandibular anterior...

A clinical case--a follow-up clinical and histological study--is presented in this paper, which describes the use of resorbable hydroxylapatite [OsteoGen (H.A. Resorb), Impladent, Inc., & GBD Marketing Group, Inc., Medical Division, Valley Stream, NY 11580] for the repair of a large mandibular lesion, followed by the placement of an endosseous dental implant six weeks after the graft placement....

Background The goal of this study is to evaluate complication and effectiveness of alveolar ridge augmentations using a hydroxyapatite-based alloplastic bony substitute with rhBMP-2. Methods A total of 10 patients (4 males, 6 females; 58.5 ± 8.6 years) participated in this clinical research. Alveolar ridge augmentations were performed in edentulous (4 maxillary posterior, 5 mandibular posteri...

Background: The aim of this study was the evaluation of the clinical success and complication rates associated with autologous bone grafts harvested from the mandibular ramus for alveolar ridge augmentation and the identification of possible risk factors for graft failure. Methods: In a consecutive retrospective study 86 patients could be included. In these patients a total of 104 bone grafts f...