Dental implants are established alternatives for replacing missing teeth. Tooth loss for different reasons may leads to alveolar resorption. Shortage of bone can prevent proper positioning of dental implants according to prosthetic needs and treatment planning, unless the volume of hard and soft tissues is increased before implantation. In the esthetic area it is essential not only to achieve w...

Positioning handles and occlusal locks have evolved as improvements to the Teeth-in-a-Day protocol. These improvements have enabled a more accurate alignment of the removable dental prosthesis during the conversion prosthesis technique. These improvements can be easily incorporated through computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing digital denture fabrication process.

Implant treatment is an attractive substitute to the traditional prosthetic appliances. However, diabetes mellitus has long been considered a relative contraindication to dental implant therapy. In this case report, we present the results of an immediate implant placement in fresh extraction sockets of mandibular anterior teeth and the implantation of the edentulous posterior mandibular regions...

In the midto late Seventies, Tatum (1977) reported on a procedure of sinus elevation to enable dental implants to be placed in the maxilla where insufficient bone was present due to sinus enlargement. Clinically, this procedure has shown some promise. To date, Lozada and James (1988) have been able to report on tissue recovered with a trephine from a sinus elevation site at the time of implant ...

Dental implants have spread worldwide in dentistry. The risks and complications reported are limited to local issues. However, in this case, a patient complained of systemic symptoms after dental implantation. This case report aims to demonstrate that systemic symptoms such as lumbago, shoulder stiffness, neck pain, hip joint pain, and facial pain improved after the removal of wellosseointegrat...

Dental implants with proper antibacterial ability as well as ideal osseointegration are being actively pursued. The antimicrobial ability of titanium implants can be significantly enhanced via modification with silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). However, the high mobility of Ag NPs results in their potential cytotoxicity. The silver plasma immersion ion-implantation (Ag-PIII) technique may remedy t...

The aim of this article was to review the literature on materials, designs, and surface topographies of endosseous dental implants. The different categories of dental implants and the parameters of their design were analyzed in relation to their effect and significance in the process of osseointegration. The events that immediately follow implantation were described, emphasizing the factors tha...

For successful implantation, biomaterials need excellent corrosion and wear resistance in the body environment, a combination of high strength low modulus, appropriate ductility non-cytotoxic. Due to their unique mechanical properties durability, metallic have been widely utilised clinical applications, such as joint replacements, dental root implants, orthopaedic fixation devices, cardiovascul...

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effectiveness of fluorine and silver ions implanted and deposited into acrylic resin (poly(methyl methacrylate)) using a hybrid process of plasma-based ion implantation and deposition. The surface characteristics were evaluated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), contact angle measurements, and atomic force microscopy. In addition, an a...

OBJECTIVES Odontogenic chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an epidemiologically important disease process due, in part, to the increasingly commonplace use of dental restorative procedures such as zygomatic implantation. Traditional management of this clinical entity typically entails extraction of the infected hardware via an open or endoscopic approach. We describe a novel management strategy of ...