Early prosthetic treatment is believed to be psychologically beneficial to children who have an ear defect resulting from congenital malformation. Lack of soft tissue landmarks and minimal bone thickness in deformed auricular areas are sometimes problematic for craniofacial implant placement in these children. This article describes procedures to confirm locations of craniofacial auricular impl...

The use of implants for the growing child is not routinely recommended. The concerns about placing implants for patients in this age group are related to jaw growth. However, not all children with missing teeth need to wait for growth to be completed prior to implant placement. In this paper, the authors will discuss the indications for implant placement in the growing child. The decision for i...

The loss of the buccal alveolar plate following tooth extraction in the maxillary anterior region is an especially challenging condition for the clinician. Immediate implant placement with a flapless approach has been suggested in order to reduce postextraction bone loss. In the presence of a significant vertical gap in the buccal plate after tooth extraction, most authors still recommend a bon...

1 DDS PhD Departament of Periodotology, Albanian University and private practice, Tirana, Albania. 2 Albanian Univerity, private practise, Tirana, Albania. 3 Post-gratuated student, Nostra Signora del Buon Consiglio, Tirana, Albania *Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected] Trauma of maxillary teeth in the anterior area is a common accident. In most cases, the result is a root or cr...

  Objective: Alveolar ridge preservation in patients with inadequate bone volume is one treatment option for successful implant placement and can be done by using bone graft materials. On the other hand, Ceno Bone has been recently produced by Hamanand Saz Baft Kish Co. as a bone bioimplant of allograft origin. This study aimed to assess the clinical, histologic and histomorphometric results of...

PURPOSE Oral malignancy is often treated with a combination of surgery and radiation therapy (RT). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the effects of pre- and postimplantation RT on dental implant failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS The literature published from 1990 through 2006 was reviewed for studies assessing pre- and postimplantation RT. Potential studies were identified by sear...

BACKGROUND Optimal positioning of orthodontic mini-implants is essential for a successful treatment with skeletal anchorage. This study aims to compare the accuracy of two-dimensional radiographs with a cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) for mini-implant placement. METHODS An ideal site for mini-implant placement at the buccal interradicular space between the second premolar and the first m...

Colella G, Cannavale R, Pentenero M, Gandolfo S. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants. 2007 Jul-Aug;22(4):616-22. PURPOSE: Oral malignancy is often treated with a combination of surgery and radiation therapy (RT). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the effects of preand postimplantation RT on dental implant failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The literature published from 1990 through 2006 ...

Forty-three sites in 16 patients were selected for placement of implants using osteotomes in a single-stage surgical technique. Most sites were treated to enhance bone quality. Sixteen sites in the posterior maxilla had sinus elevation performed in conjunction with implant placement. No soft tissue coverage of the implant cover screw was attempted in either the sinus-elevated or the nonelevated...