PURPOSE The Zygomaticus dental implant, designed by Nobel Blocare, was developed for the treatment of the severely resorbed maxilla. Brånemark has reported an overall success rate of 97.6% with the placement of 183 implants over the last 12 years. The purpose of this article was to present a modification to the original Brånemark surgical approach to achieve better access and optimal Implant pl...

OBJECTIVES To assess the ability of baseline resonance frequency analysis (RFA) measurements to predict early implant failure in the posterior maxilla and to evaluate potential correlations between this measurement with Hounsfield units, bone quality variables, and implant dimension. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective randomized study involved 46 SLActive Straumann implants placed in the ...

BACKGROUND Dental primary implant stability is considered essential in the success of the osseointegration process. The recent advent of the resonance frequency analysis (RFA) seems to effectively measure primary implant stability, although its relationship with implant survival has to be further established. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy patients with complete mandibular edentulism underwent ...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to assess whether general dentists support the placement of dental implants by endodontists. METHODS A 29-item written survey was developed and mailed to 1,500 randomly selected practicing general dentists within the United States to assess whether respondents supported implant placement by endodontists and whether they would refer patients to endodo...

This clinical study assessed at 5 years both implant survival and peri-implant tissue architecture of immediately provisionalized implants placed 4 to 6 months following augmentation with demineralized bovine bone allograft and collagen membrane. Of 23 implants in 19 patients, one implant failed prior to loading (95.6% survival). Implant tissue relationships were stable following implant placem...

The use of titanium mesh for localized alveolar ridge augmentation was evaluated by clinical, radiographic, laboratory, and histologic-histomorphometric evaluation. Seventeen patients participated in this study. All patients required localized alveolar ridge augmentation before placement of dental implants. An equal mixture of autogenous bone graft and inorganic bovine mineral (Bio-Oss) was use...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term result of implant therapy, using implant loss as outcome variable. MATERIAL AND METHOD Two hundred and ninty-four patients had received implant therapy (Brånemark System) during the years of 1988-1992 in Kristianstad County, Sweden. The patients were recalled to the speciality clinic 1 and 5 years after placement of the sup...

BACKGROUND The present study evaluated the outcome of ridge augmentation with cancellous freeze-dried block bone allografts in the posterior atrophic mandible followed by placement of dental implants. MATERIALS AND METHODS A bony deficiency of at least 3 mm, horizontally, vertically, or both, according to computerized tomography (CT) para-axial reconstruction served as inclusion criteria. Imp...

PURPOSE Insight into the bone volume and position of natural teeth is essential when placing implants to retain nasal prostheses. This paper describes a series of three cases in which a new method was applied for implant placement in the nasal floor of dentate patients using digital planning techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS With the aid of computer software, digital planning of implants in t...