Clinical and biochemical assessment of the soft tissue response to titanium stock versus custom composite resin healing abutments.

Statement Of Problem: Custom healing abutments made of flowable composite resin have gained popularity, although the soft tissue response to composite resin has not been adequately studied.

Purpose: The purpose of this randomized controlled clinical trial was to evaluate the soft tissue response to titanium stock healing abutments and custom composite resin healing abutments by assessing clinical indices and the level of matrix metalloproteinase-8 (MMP-8) in the peri-implant crevicular fluid (PICF).

Material And Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was performed on 42 osseointegrated implants.

Efficacy of a Novel Melatonin-Loaded Gelatin Sponge in Palatal Wound Healing.

Objectives: The aim of this research was to assess both clinically and histologically the effect of a topically applied melatonin-loaded gelatin sponge on palatal wound healing after graft harvesting.

Methods: Twenty-six patients for whom free palatal graft procurement was indicated were divided equally into 2 groups. In the test group, the donor site was covered by a melatonin-loaded gelatin sponge, and in the control group the site was covered by a placebo-loaded gelatin sponge.

Photobiomodulation versus corticosteroid in the management of erosive oral lichen planus: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic illness of immune origin that is typically treated with corticosteroids as a gold standard therapy. Photobiomodulation (PBM) may represent an alternative remedy that has the potential to treat a variety of pathological conditions by alleviating pain, reducing inflammation, and promoting tissue healing without the drawbacks of steroid therapies. Thus, the aim of the current study was to compare the effect of photobiomodulation to topical 0.

Accuracy of markerless registration methods of DICOM and STL files used for computerized surgical guides in mandibles with metal restorations: An in vitro study.

Statement Of Problem: Digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) files together with surface scans must be accurately registered in virtual implant planning software programs to match real-life dimensions and ensure correct plan transfer through computer-aided manufactured surgical guides.

Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the accuracy of 3 different registration methods of DICOM data with and without metal restorations and a metal artifact reduction (MAR) tool for surface scans.

Material And Methods: Thirteen dentate mandibles were assigned to each group of this study (n=39).

Assessment of Gingival Thickness Using CBCT Compared to Transgingival Probing and Its Correlation with Labial Bone Defects: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: The aims of this study were to determine the accuracy and repeatability of CBCT for assessing gingival thickness (GT) as compared to transgingival probing and to investigate the correlation between GT and labial bone defects.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 37 patients who underwent CBCT imaging. A total of 111 sites were examined, and measurements were obtained from the same points on selected index teeth.

Vestibular Socket Therapy: A Novel Approach for Implant Placement in Defective Fresh Extraction Sockets With or Without Active Socket Infection (One-Arm Cohort Study).

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the radiographic, esthetic, and periodontal outcomes after 1 year of implant placement in compromised fresh extraction sockets in the esthetic zone using vestibular socket therapy.

Materials And Methods: Implants were placed in type 2 sockets using vestibular socket therapy, which includes immediate implant placement, vestibular incision, and cortical bone shield stabilization, along with filling the socket gap with particulate bone graft, then sealing the socket orifice with a customized healing abutment in one visit. A 6-day protocol of antimicrobial therapy for treating sockets with active infection was also described.

A novel comprehensive scoring system for oral lichen planus: A validity, diagnostic accuracy, and clinical sensitivity study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to establish and validate a new scoring system for oral lichen planus (OLP).

Study Design: Forty patients with erosive OLP were scored using a new proposed scoring system and the one suggested by Thongprasom. Statistical analysis was used to calculate inter- and intraexaminer reliability, validity, diagnostic accuracy, and clinical sensitivity for both scores.

A Novel Method for Immediate Implant Placement in Defective Fresh Extraction Sites.

Purpose: This study assessed a novel treatment protocol for immediate implant placement in defective fresh extraction sockets.

Materials And Methods: A single-arm clinical study was conducted including 12 fresh extraction sockets divided into two groups: those with intact and those with a deficient facial plate of bone. Hopeless teeth were atraumatically extracted, a vestibular access horizontal incision was made 3 to 4 mm apical to the mucogingival junction, a mucoperiosteal tunnel was created from the labial orifice of the socket, a slowly resorbing membrane shield was stabilized under the tunnel, implants were placed using a surgical guide, and a subepithelial connective tissue graft was harvested and secured over the membrane shield.