An overall treatment with dental implant consist of several essential parts, including a superstructure containing fixture (part of the implant embedding in the bone), abutment (a machined tapered prepared superstructure attached to the fixture), a retainer (which hold the aesthetic portion of the restoration) and the crown (aesthetic part of the restoration). In this common kind of restoration...

The purpose of this article is to review and update current concepts involving the use of dental implants for orthodontic anchorage. Topics to be discussed include indications, implant requirements (eg, materials, size, designs of dental implants), surgery and healing time, biomechanics and forces, loading time, implant maintenance, posttreatment considerations, and disadvantages.

Dental implant treatment is gaining increasing acceptance by Patients. There is wide acceptance in the adopting a minimal invasive approach on restorative dentistry and when combined with the improvement in reliability of implants, dental implant treatment has been transformed from the last choice to the first choice of treatment being offered to patients. With the increasing research both in b...

T he greatest expression of the circulation of this implant technique was represented by the national and international congresses held by the historic GISI (Gruppo Italiano Studi Implantari, Italian Implant Study Group), founded and directed by Giordano Muratori. From 1970 to 1997 the GISI congresses saw the participation of the most distinguished experts, documented by their published confere...

Background/Purpose. This three-dimensional finite element study observed the stress distribution characteristics of 12 types of dental implants and their surrounding bone tissues with various structured abutments, implant threads, and healing methods under different amounts of concentrated loading. Materials and Methods. A three-dimensional geometrical model of a dental implant and its surround...

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...

PURPOSE A consensus conference was held to determine what the parameters should be for the immediate functional loading of the single-tooth implant restoration and short-span fixed implant-supported bridgework. MATERIALS Forty-one clinicians and researchers presented cases and situations relating to the topic. A panel then distilled questions that were presented to the audience (430) at large...

External inflammatory and replacement resorption are mainly caused when avulsed teeth are replanted following traumatic dental injury. Resorption may ultimately lead to loss of tooth. This situation is mainly common in young and adolescents but may affect elderly also. Loss of tooth might lead to psychological depression of a young patient. Prosthodontic rehabilitation should focus on immediate...