Background/Aim: Dental implants are a reliable treatment choice for rehabilitation of healthy patients as well as subjects with several systemic conditions. Patients with oral mucosal diseases often exhibit oral mucosal fragility and dryness, erosions, blisters, ulcers or microstomia that complicate the use of removable dentures and emphasize the need for dental implants. The aim of the current...

Since their introduction in the 1960s, titanium implants have dominated field of dental implants. As a result, implant systems are largely foundation for goods and solutions, scientific clinical research, as well development effectiveness this treatment.The subject when why to substitute with ceramics is evident practitioners thinking about adding ceramic portfolios. Of course, every situation ...

background: decalcified freeze-dried bone allograft (dfdba) may have the potential to enhance bone formation around dental implants. our aim in this study was the evaluation and comparison of two types of dfdba in treatment of dehiscence defects around euroteknika ® implants in dogs.     methods: in this prospective clinical trial animal study, all mandibular premolars of three iranian dogs wer...

Background. Rehabilitation of edentulous jaws with implant-supported prosthesis has become a common practice among oral surgeons in the last three decades. This therapy presents a very low incidence of complications. One of them is the displacement of dental implants into the maxillary sinus. Dental implants, such as any other foreign body into the maxillary sinus, should be removed in order to...

Immediate loading in dental implants ( A literature review ) Dr. Seyedan K.,1 Dr. Hafezeqoran A.,2 Dr. Sazgara H.3 1Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodentists,Dental School Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran.2Dentist, Post Graduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran-Iran.3Associate Profess...

AIM To develop computer software to allow general dental practitioners and others to identify unidentified implants in patients' mouths using a range of criteria. METHODS Internet searches for implant manufacturing companies worldwide in all languages using terms: dental implants, dental implant manufacturers and dental implant companies. Once identified, all relevant information including im...

About 80% of US adults have some form of dental disease. There are a variety of new dental products available, ranging from implants to oral hygiene products that rely on nanoscale properties. Here, the application of AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) and optical interferometry to a range of dentistry issues, including characterization of dental enamel, oral bacteria, biofilms and the role of surfa...

Surface modification of dental implants is a key process in the production of these medical devices, and especially titanium implants used in the dental practice are commonly subjected to surface modification processes before their clinical use. A wide range of treatments, such as sand blasting, acid etching, plasma etching, plasma spray deposition, sputtering deposition and cathodic arc deposi...

The piezosurgery has been used with increasing frequency and applicability by health professionals, especially those who deal with dental implants. The concept of piezoelectricity has emerged in the nineteenth century, but it was applied in oral surgery from 1988 by Tomaso Vercellotti. It consists of an ultrasonic device able to cut mineralized bone tissue, without injuring the adjacent soft ti...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a series of diseases of the oral mucosa - Sjögren syndrome, ectodermal dysplasia, epidermolysis bullosa and lichen planus - reduce the survival rate of dental implants. MATERIAL AND METHOD A Medline search was carried out using the key words: " Sjögren syndrome ", "ectodermal dysplasia ", "epidermolysis bullosa ", "lichen planus " and "dental implants ", includi...