OBJECTIVES The objective of this systematic review was to assess the survival of cantilever fixed partial dentures (FPDs) and the incidence of biological and technical complications. METHODS An electronic MEDLINE search supplemented by manual searching was conducted to identify prospective and retrospective cohort studies on FPDs with a mean follow-up time of at least 5 years. Patients had to...

Since its introduction in northern Europe in the 1960s, dental implant has been used all over the world as an option to restore teeth and periodontal tissues. In the early stage, dental implant prosthesis was used restrictively to replace removable prosthesis; currently, however, it is also used for stationary prosthesis. This treatment utilizes various methods including osseointegration after ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop a dental image processing system using a three-dimensional (3D) camera and stereovision technology. The reliability of the system for measuring axial wall convergence angles was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS The new system predicted 3D coordinate points from 2D images and calculated distances and angles between points. Two examiners measured...

Background: Although implants have shown to have a high success rate, clinicians are also called upon to encounter numerous complications and failures. Among the numerous reasons of failures, peri-implantitis is reported to account for 10% of the failures. As the oral cavity provides a natural habitat for various micro-organism due to its non-shedding surface, there is some evidence that gram-n...

BACKGROUND Rough-surface implants have become very popular during the last 10 years due to greater reported bone-implant-contact and bone volume between implant threads compared to machined-surface implants. PURPOSE The aim of this clinical report is to present the 26-year clinical outcomes of machined-surface implants supporting screw-retained fixed dental prostheses in a 77-year-old woman. ...

D6056 prefabricated abutment includes placement D6057 custom abutment includes placement D6058 abutment supported porcelain/ceramic crown D6059 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (high noble metal) D6060 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (predominantly base metal) D6061 abutment supported porcelain fused to metal crown (noble metal) D6062 abutment supported cast m...

This study measured the screw joint preload of the implant-abutment interface for 7 common hex-top abutment systems. Increasingly, prosthetic designs are utilizing a direct prosthetic connection to the implant, placing the implant-abutment screw joint under direct functional loads and moments. Sufficiently high screw joint preloads are required to maintain screw joint integrity and confer clini...