Objectives: To describe the prevalence and risk indicators of edentulism; to describe the frequencies of wearing removable dentures; to describe the prevalence and risk indicators of fixed prosthetic restorations; to test the hypothesis that fixed prosthetic restorations are most likely to have been placed in persons at lower risk for dental and periodontal diseases, and to test the hypothesis ...

Implantology has allowed more options for rehabilitation of complete and partially edentulous patients. The professional should describe all possible alternatives to the patient, addressing all the positive and negative aspects of each possibility, such as treatment time, complexity of surgical procedures, and the final cost. The patient should select the best cost-benefit relationship because ...

An adequate dentition is of importance for well-being and life quality. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is still a major public health problem worldwide. In this narrative review, we provide a perspective on the pathways that link oral to general health. A better understanding of disease indicators is necessary for establishing a solid strategy through an organized oral hea...

PURPOSE The Japan Prosthodontic Society has presented a classification system for teeth defects, and partial and complete edentulism. The classification system consists of two major sections and four divisions. Within each division there are four levels, which relate to degree of difficulty of treatment: Level I: ideal or minimally compromised; Level II: moderately compromised; Level III: subst...

Objective: the present equivalence two-arm parallel randomized controlled trial aimed to compare survival and marginal bone loss (MBL) of short implants (≤6 mm) standard (≥8.5 associated with sinus floor elevation (SFE). Methods: adult patients partial edentulism occlusal stability in area intermediate height were selected this double-blind (patient outcome assessment). Patients randomly alloca...

AIM To describe a technique for registering the positions of multiple dental implants using a system based on photogrammetry. A case is presented in which a prosthetic treatment was performed using this technique. STUDY DESIGN Three Euroteknika® dental implants were placed to rehabilitate a 55-year-old male patient with right posterior maxillary edentulism. Three months later, the positions o...