Minimizing Chairside Conversion and Lab Work for Full Arch Restorations-A Technique Note.

The technique described herein uses a single wand that includes both intraoral scanning and intraoral photogrammetry to accurately capture abutment positions as well as soft tissue. This method minimizes the risk of malalignment because the abutment and soft tissue images are combined within one platform. At surgery, implants and multiunit abutments are placed and the abutments are scanned with an intraoral photogrammetry wand.

Evidence Supports the Use of Short Implants as a Graftless Solution - A Narrative Review.

Purpose: The clinical problem that all clinicians must resolve is loss of bone after teeth are removed. The volume of bone available to support implants may be limited and due to anatomical restrictions, options include grafting procedures or the use of short implants with minimal need for bone augmentation. The importance of this narrative review is to document the success of using short implants to rehabilitate patients with limited bone volume to avoid a grafting procedure.

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors May Increase Implant Failure.

Background: Patients receiving dental implants may take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). There may be an association with taking an SSRI at implant placement and implant failure.

Purpose: The study's purpose was to estimate the association between SSIR exposure and implant failure.

Three Factors for Long-Term Dental Implant Success: Up to 40-year Follow-up.

This article provides clinicians with 3 main factors that relate to long-term success. Long term in this article represents the lifespan of the patient, often requiring more than 40 years of function on the implant restoration. Literature is reviewed and used to provide evidence for these recommendations.

What Factors May Influence a Clinician's Choice for an Implant System for Their Patients?

Background: Clinicians have to decide which implant system to use for their patients. Factors influencing a clinician's choice of a specific implant are not well-established.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify factors that may influence clinician's choice of implant.

Transitioning From Teeth to Implants: A Narrative Review.

Purpose: Patients may need removal of their teeth with placement of implants for rehabilitation. The clinical problem is the status of the remaining teeth and how this affects the timing for implant placement and the method for provisionalization. The importance of this review is to document the different strategies including sequential tooth removal and grafting and the use of teeth to provide a fixed provisional rather than a removable provisional, to provide surgeons with a reference to maintain patient function during their rehabilitation.

The Impacted Maxillary Canine in the Adult: A Narrative Review and Implant Treatment Options.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide clinicians with options to restore the adult patient with an impacted maxillary canine using dental implants. Literature was reviewed to provide evidence for the methods suggested.

Methods: The search strategy utilized pubmed.

Maxillary Full Arch Restorations - Biological Complications: A Narrative Review Outlining Criteria for Long Term Success.

Purpose: Patients receiving full arch implant borne maxillary prostheses require functional, esthetic, and long term success. The importance of this review is to document the difficulty with implant maintenance, the prevalence of peri-implant disease, and the improvement in biologic health when using a prosthesis that can be maintained to minimize plaque. The objective is to provide surgeons with a reference to optimize surgical procedures that can result in improved hygiene and long term maintenance, as well as acceptable functional and esthetic goals.

How to Avoid Errors When Using Navigation to Place Implants - A Narrative Review.

Purpose: Surgeons placing implants use navigation for implant placement accuracy. The importance of this review is to document the sources of error that are involved with navigation so surgeons can recognize factors to decrease error. The objective is to provide surgeons with a reference to optimize navigation.

Algorithmic Approach to Reconstruct Major Implant and Dental Complications.

Purpose: Patients with failing implants or teeth may require multiple procedures to correct their problems. The purpose of this article was to describe an algorithmic approach for clinicians to use to simplify the restoration of the patient.

Methods: The topics for this article were used to search for references using PubMed.

Evidence-Based Criteria for an Ideal Abutment Implant Connection-A Narrative Review.

Importance: Long-term success with a dental implant restoration relies on a stable connection between the abutment and the implant. The purpose of this article is to review current knowledge of the abutment interface, identify problems that develop due to wear and mismatch of parts, and use a problem list to propose a solution. The objective was to provide a concise overview that clinicians can then use to choose a system that addresses the problems of the abutment implant interface.

Prediction of Residual Alveolar Bone Height in the Posterior Maxilla After Dental Extractions.

Purpose: After tooth extraction in the posterior maxilla, bone resorption often limits implant placement unless additional grafting procedures are performed. However, it is difficult to predict the amount of bone that will remain after extraction based on current evidence. The purpose of this study was to develop a method for predicting the postextraction alveolar bone height in the posterior maxilla.

Preliminary Results Using a Friction-Fit Crown to Abutment Connection.

One of the chronic problems with traditional cement or screw retention of crowns to implants is the development of biologic and technical complications, including soft tissue complications, bone loss, screw loosening, loss of retention, and veneering material fractures. The purpose of this case series report is to document preliminary results, specifically crown retention, using a friction-fit connection of crown to abutment. A sample composed of patients who had one or more implants restored between July 1, 2019, and October 30, 2019, were enrolled in this retrospective case-control series.

Porous Bone Increases the Risk of Posterior Mandibular Implant Failure.

Purpose: Our recent study indicated that patients with osteoporosis had an increased risk for early and late implant failure perhaps due to a large cancellous space. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to explore the relationship between the amount of cancellous space in an implant site and implant failure.

Patients And Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study on patients who received dental implants in the posterior mandible at the senior author's practice from January 1, 2008 to October 1, 2019.

What Factors Are Associated With Implant Failure?

Purpose: Recognition of patient-specific risk factors should reduce implant failure. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors associated with implant failure and to determine if these factors differ over time after implant placement.

Methods: The investigators implemented a retrospective case-controlled study and enrolled a sample composed of patients who had 1 or more implants removed from December 1, 2007 to February 29, 2020.

Digital assisted soft tissue sculpturing (DASS) technique for immediate loading pink free complete arch implant prosthesis.

Purpose: To introduce a digitally assisted technique to achieve the ideal soft and bone tissue interface for anatomic-driven pink free implant supported fixed prosthesis, and prefabricate an interim prosthesis to be used the day of the surgery as a prosthetic scaffold to condition the healing.

Methods: The digital assisted soft tissue sculpturing (DASS) technique allows the previsualization of the ideal soft and bone tissue interface and fabricate a computer aided design computer aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) anatomic-driven pink free complete arch interim prosthesis for the immediate loading. Bone and soft tissue interface as well as the interim prosthesis design are performed in a segmented multiple standard tessellation language (STL) file embedding the bone anatomy, the intraoral surface anatomy (dental and soft tissue), the digital wax-up and the implant positioning.

Hypochlorous Acid: A Review.

The surgeon needs to have an inexpensive, available, nontoxic, and practical disinfectant that is effective in sanitizing against the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) virus. The purpose of this article was to review the evidence for using hypochlorous acid in the office setting on a daily basis. The method used to assemble recommendations was a review of the literature including evidence for this solution when used in different locations and industries other than the oral-maxillofacial clinic facility.

Does the Use of High-Temperature-Processed Xenografts for Ridge Augmentation Result in Ridge Width Stability Over Time?

Purpose: Alveolar ridge augmentation is often required before implant placement. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether maxillary and mandibular ridge augmentation with a high-temperature xenograft remains stable over time.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective case series was performed of subjects who had undergone maxillary anterior or posterior ridge augmentation with a high-temperature xenograft (HTX).