PURPOSE The aim of this article was to review the current literature with regard to survival and success rates, along with the clinical procedures and outcomes associated with immediate and delayed implant placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS A MEDLINE search was conducted of studies published between 1990 and June 2003. Randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials, cohort studies, case-control s...

PURPOSE The objective of this systematic review was to assess and compare the survival and complication rates of implant-supported prostheses reported in studies published in the year 2000 and before, to those reported in studies published after the year 2000. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three electronic searches complemented by manual searching were conducted to identify 139 prospective and retros...

BACKGROUND The authors conducted a prospective cohort study to determine whether poor glycemic control is a contraindication to implant therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS The study sample consisted of 117 edentulous patients, each of whom received two mandibular implants, for a total of 234 implants. Implant-retained mandibular overdentures were loaded after a four-month healin...

Purpose. Nowadays, the advancements in direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) technology allow the fabrication of titanium dental implants. The aim of this study was to evaluate implant survival, complications, and peri-implant marginal bone loss of DMLS implants used to support bar-retained maxillary overdentures. Materials and Methods. Over a 2-year period, 120 implants were placed in the maxill...

PURPOSE Rehabilitation of the incomplete dentition by means of osseointegrated dental implants represents a highly predictable and widespread therapy; however, little is known about potential risk factors that may impair long-term implant success. METHODS From 2004 to 2012, a total of 13,147 implants were placed in 4,316 patients at the Academy for Oral Implantology in Vienna. The survival ra...

OBJECTIVES To critically review the evidence-based literature on immediate loading of implants with fixed full-arch prostheses in the maxilla to determine 1) currently recommended performance criteria and 2) the outcomes that can be expected with this procedure. STUDY DESING Studies from 2001 to 2011 on immediate loading with fixed full-arch maxillary prostheses were reviewed. Clinical series...

INTRODUCTION To verify the influence of age on factors associated with peri-implant bone loss after prosthetic rehabilitation over osseointegrated implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is an analytical, observational, and longitudinal study with initial 23 participants. Patients presenting with osseointegrated implants with their respective prostheses installed were included, and they could be...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the survival rate and the clinical, radiographic and prosthetic success of 1920 Morse taper connection implants. MATERIAL AND METHODS One thousand nine hundred and twenty Morse taper connection implants were inserted in 689 consecutive patients, from January 2003 until December 2006. Implants were clinically and radiographically evaluated at 12, 24, 36 and 48 mont...

Fifty-nine patients between the ages of 13 and 88 with sinus node disease, who received a permanent ventricular pacemaker between 1965 and 1976 at one institution, were followed to determine the natural history of the disorder after permanent pacing. Nineteen had ischemic heart disease, six had primary myocardial disease, and eight valvular heart disease. In 26, no etiology for the arrhythmia w...

The rehabilitation of patients with dental implant-supported restorations is an ideal treatment option in contemporary dentistry. aim this review was to compile and demonstrate the mechanical response during loading condition, on stress distributions prostheses. findings show that majority stresses were concentrated cervical region implant/abutment interface may can be affected by several clini...