Dental implants were initiated in 1922 by Branemark, who and associates described the relationship between titanium implant and bone which termed osteointegration, defined as the direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of an implant (Albrektsson et al., 1981). Immediate implant placement, defined as the placement of dental implant immediately into fresh e...

PURPOSE The aim of this 10 year retrospective study was to evaluate the crestal bone loss around immediate implant placed in tricalcium phosphate (TCP) grafted extraction sockets MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collected from files of 58 patients (33 females, 25 males, average age 54.78 years) undergoing immediate implant placement into fresh extraction socket with or without the use of TCP (...

BACKGROUND Wide implants are recommended as "rescues" after failure to increase primary stability in extraction sockets or in poor quality bone. Consequently, inferior results compared with regular diameter implants have been reported. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the outcome of a novo wide-body implant (Max® implant, Southern Implants®, Irene, South Afric...

Context: For many years, the standard protocol for implant placement was the delayed method which is to wait until the bone is matured after tooth extraction. Evidence Acquisition: The increasing demand for shorter rehabilitation times have led to the introduction of immediate implant placement. Although this method offers many advantages like minimal number of surgical procedures, less morbidi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this article is to review the current state of immediate implants, with their pros and contras, and the clinical indications and contraindications. MATERIAL AND METHODS An exhaustive literature search has been carried out in the COCHRANE library and MEDLINE electronic databases from 2004 to November 2009. Randomized clinical trials and clinical trials focused on single i...

To investigate whether there are differences in patients' denture satisfaction when an implant placed in the midline of the edentulous mandible is loaded either immediately or three months later, after second-stage surgery. One hundred and fifty-eight edentulous patients received a single implant in the midline of the mandible. After randomisation, it was loaded either immediately after implant...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is considered one of the major chronic diseases in the world. Long-term hyperglycemia considerably affects the body tissues, and consequently, can lead to morbidity and mortality. Moreover, many oral complications have been observed with DM but little consideration in relation to the placement of dental implants has been investigated. Dental research has analyzed the rela...

BACKGROUND Research interest on immediate placement of dental implants has shifted from implant survival toward optimal preservation of soft and hard tissues. The aim of this study is to systematically assess the condition of implant survival, peri-implant hard and soft tissue changes, esthetic outcome, and patient satisfaction of immediately placed single-tooth implants in the esthetic zone. ...

Background and aims. Maintenance of interdental soft tissue and the need for aesthetics are increasingly recognized as important criteria for implant success. The aim of this prospective clinical study was to compare the peri-implant and prosthetic conditions for single-tooth implants, placed according to the immediate (Im) and the delayed (De) placement protocols at 18-month follow-up examinat...

Dental implant was placed to restore the function of the teeth as well as satisfactory appearance. A great challenge with implant placement and tooth restoration in the aesthetic zone has been presented as a common issue in tooth replacement. The ability of the dental team to re establish normal form and architecture to hard and soft tissue has been concerned [1]. Originally, it was considered ...