Introdouction: Although highly desirable outcomes and longterm survival of dental implant treatments are well documented, implant failures still occur due to various reasons. Several risk factors may impair implant survival including implant dimensions (length, diameter, and implant design), procedures, local bone density at the implant site, and patient-related risk factors such as age, smokin...

objectives : anterior maxilla, known as the esthetic zone, plays an important role in facial and smile esthetics. this study assessed the frequency of implant treatments in the esthetic zone of patients presenting to dental implant department of tehran university during 2002-2012. materials and methods: this descriptive study was conducted on dental records of patients receiving implant treatme...

Although the overall success rate of implant dentistry is very high, dental implants occasionally fail. It is essential for the clinician to recognize unhealthy implants and to determine whether they are ailing, failing, or failed prior to beginning any salvage efforts. Ailing and failing implants are amenable to therapy. Implants diagnosed as failed should be removed. This review provides the ...

The very weak and noisy trigeminal somatosensory evoked potentials (TSEPs) are considered, which are evoked by electrical stimulation of an endosseous oral implant. The aim is to make the tactile sensation through endosseous implants objective. Although a lot of nerves are damaged by extraction of teeth, it has been reported from psychophysical tests [11] that a patient rehabilitated with an os...

Endodontic implants or stabilizers are metallic extension of the tooth root into the bone. With increase in the scope of implantology in dentistry, the endodontic implants help provide a conservative treatment method to retain a natural teeth rather than replacing it. These endodontic implants are inserted through the previously prepared canals of the tooth into the osseous portion of the perio...

A thorough literature review of root form implants yielded a paucity of information regarding the true pioneers of this discipline. Numerous articles have been written on the history of endosseous implants, although little information is available describing the individuals to whom we attribute the major developments in implant dentistry. This article will present information regarding signific...

providing an esthetic restoration in the anterior region of the mouth has been the basis of peri-implant esthetics. to achieve optimal esthetics, in implant supported restorations, various patient and tooth related factors have to be taken into consideration. peri-implant plastic surgery has been adopted to improve the soft tissue and hard tissue profi les, during and after implant placement. t...

background and aims. in contrast to prepared natural dentin abutments, little is known concerning factors influencing the retention of fixed prostheses cemented to implant abutments. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of implant abutment height on the retention of single castings cemented to wide and narrow platform implant abutments. materials and methods. thirty-six parallel-...

PURPOSE Restoration of the atrophic partially edentulous posterior mandible with implant retained prostheses has proved to be problematic, with no ideal treatment modality. The purpose of this report is to offer a novel method of treatment using tilted endosseous implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 64 patients with edentulous spans of the mandible and less than 9.5 mm of alveolar bone ...