Dental News

Bone augmentation of canine frontal sinuses using a porous α-tricalcium phosphate for implant treatment

Objective: Compared with hydroxyapatite, alpha-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) is more biodegradable and shows better integration during physiological ...

Biological and physical properties of bone block grafting biomaterials for alveolar ridge augmentation

Objective: Bone resorption of maxillary ridges is an unavoidable process that occurs after tooth extraction. Many treatment alternatives have been proposed ...

Replacing a failing dentition with new technology

Having the ability to take a patient from start to finish in a fewer amount of appointments within your practice allows you to position yourself as a ...

The role of the operating microscope - in conjunction with ultrasonic in preparation of root canal systems

The purpose of preparing of the root canal system is well understood and contemporary techniques involve the use of both hand and rotary instruments used in...

Cutting endodontic access cavities— for long-term outcomes

Errors accumulate during procedures. That’s the reason botching the access at the start of an RCT is so much more devastating than say, problems that ...

Stairs to the Apex

Sometimes endodontic specialists have to go the extra mile to save teeth. Only with the proper endodontic instruments success can be ensured in the most ...

An indirect method for provisionalisation: The team approach in a complete mouth hybrid reconstruction

A periodontist and ITI colleague whose office is two hours from our practices referred this patient to our team. Initially, she was seen by the ...

Guided surgery for single-implant placement: A critical review

The objective of this review was to evaluate the scientific evidence on accuracy, as well as esthetic and clinical outcomes of single-tooth implants placed ...

Augmentation and implant treatment: Two-stage surgery in the severely resorbed edentulous mandible

An adequate bone volume at the future implant site is a prerequisite for ideal implant placement and implant success. A residual bone with a vertical ...

Exploring the fracture resistance of retentive pin-retained e.max press onlays in molars

Retentive titanium dentinal pins have been combined with indirect restorations. Application of pins has been used with lithium disilicate, an indirect ...

Manager versus clinician

Practitioners’ expectations of the kind of manager they want for their practice vary considerably in terms of experience and skills. How guilty are ...

MIS announces release of B+ implant surface

BAR-LEV, Israel: This March, MIS Implants Technologies is officially launching its latest in implant engineering, the B+ implant surface treatment, at the ...

Twisted files and adaptive motion technology: A winning combination for safe and predictable root canal shaping

The ultimate goal of endodontic treatment is the prevention and/or treatment of apical periodontitis, such that there is complete healing and absence of ...

Long-term analysis of primary, non-surgical root canal treatments – A retrospective study

The aim of this study was to exam more than 8,000 primary, non-surgical root canal treatments in the author’s general practice during 1985–1999 ...

From a distal

Limited workspace is a common problem in endodontic treatments. Before the arrival of pre-bendable NiTi files, a lot of RCT’s seemed to be almost ...

Localized ridge augmentation utilising titanium mesh with CPS morsels and simultaneous implant placement—A case report

Implant placement in the atrophic anterior maxilla can often be a difficult task due to deficient bone height, width, and volume. Many procedures have been ...

Histological and biomechanical effects of implant surfaces sandblasted with titanium dioxide microparticles: An experimental study using the rabbit tibia model

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of sandblasted, large-grit, acid-etched (SLA) implant surfaces treated with titanium dioxide ...

Adaptation of traditional working methods to the creation of Cr-Co ceramic restoration with CAD/CAM technology

This article describes the adaptation of tried and tested fixed prosthesis work protocols to new CAD/CAM techniques. Based on a complete upper and lower ...

Histomorphometric analysis of bone healing at implants with turned or rough surfaces: An experimental study in the dog

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of machined or moderately rough surfaces on osseointegration of implants.

Cementation of zirconia

Ten-methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate is a bit of a tongue-twister for anyone not a chemist by profession, so in everyday communication, this ...

The clinical effects of insertion torque for implants placed in healed ridges: A two-year randomized controlled clinical trial

Several factors are involved in the achievement of implant primary stability, such as the insertion torque, the implant’s macrogeometry, the surgical ...

Surgical treatment of circumferential and semicircumferential defects due to periimplantitis: A prospective case series cohort study

Different surgical treatment strategies for periimplantitis using graft material and membranes have been suggested. However, in these, the microbiological ...

A systematic review on the definition of periimplantitis: Limits related to the various diagnoses proposed

The aim of this comprehensive systematic review was to present the different definitions of periimplantitis proposed in the literature.

Periimplant soft-tissue management in patients with a fibula free flap reconstruction: Case series and description of a new technique

The aim of the present pilot case series study was to present a new technique for managing the periimplant soft tissue before implant placement, the ...

CBCT zones of the jaw - Bone quality related to implant location

The causes of early implant failures during the osseointegration process include poor quality and quantity of bone and soft tissue,[1-8] the ...

Current and related - literature abstracts

Open-healing approach to avoid flap mobilization and subsequent morbidity

This retrospective analysis evaluated the outcome of bone regeneration using membranes in an open-healing approach.

Materials and systems for all ceramic CAD/CAM restorations

Dental crowns have been used for decades to restore compromised, heavily restored teeth, and for aesthetic improvements. New Computer Aided Design/Computer ...

To what extent is prevention addressed in dental education?

It is that time of the year when students are busy finishing their semester at the dental school. For first-semester students, the next five to six years ...

Thermoplastic materials in dental technology

Thermoplastic materials have been used in aviation and space engineering for a long time. Owing to their high mechanical strength and low modulus of ...