Implantology

Implantology     02 February 2022

Dental implants in organ transplant patients

At present, the number of patients who come to the dental clinic and who have undergone organ transplants is always increasing. In 2015, there were more than 3200 transplantations in Europe,among...

Implantology     31 January 2022

Zygomatic Implant Guide “ZIG” A New guide-plate concept.

Authors: F. Zingari F. Gallo S. Ghezzi E. Carozzi

Zygomatic implantology has made significant progress over the past 20 years. Initially, it defined success rates, in terms of survival, comparable to those of traditional implants, (1-3) over time,...

Implantology     08 December 2021

An Innovative Technique for Complete Digital Workflow in Full Arch Implant Rehabilitations

Authors: F. Zingari F. Gallo S. Ghezzi E. Carozzi

The digitalization of the dental field has been recently introduced and has resulted in a significant simplification of clinical procedures. Accuracy of intraoral scanner was improved over the years,...

Implantology     20 November 2021

Platform switching vs platform matching: a radiographic analysis of marginal bone loss

Authors: Graziano Montaruli, Susanna Maffione, Giuseppe Troiano, Michele Tepedino, Michele Laurenziello, Luigi Laino, Lorenzo Lo Muzio

A considerable literature claimed that the use of platform switching protocol reduces the exposure of bone crest to the effects of inflammation at implant-abutment junction.The objective of this...

Implantology     15 November 2021

Coronectomy of mandibular third molars: systematic review.

Authors: Giuseppe Monaco, Michele Silecchia, Maria Rosaria Gatto, Elisabetta Vignudelli, Claudio Marchetti

Aims: The extraction of third mandibular molars is the most common surgical procedure performed in the oral cavity, but it is not lack of postoperative complications like iatrogenic nerve injuries....

Implantology     12 November 2021

Machined versus cast abutments for dental implant: a 1-year within-patient multicentre randomized controlled trial assessing marginal seal capacity and outcomes

Authors: M. Esposito, C. Aparicio, E. Xhanari, S.M. Meloni, C. Bolle, J. Buti

PURPOSE To compare clinical outcomes of machined titanium abutments (machined group) versus cast cobalt-chrome abutments (cast group) and to evaluate in vitro their implant fit.MATERIALS AND METHODS...

Implantology     03 November 2021

Guided surgery on lower immediate loading. Upper immediate loading on 9 full digital implants.

Authors: Francesco Zingari, Francesco Gallo, Simone Ghezzi, Eleonora Carozzi

Forty-five year-old, nonsmoker male patient, not affected by systemic conditions worthy of note. Reports the loss of several elements, both in the upper and the lower jaws (fig. 1).

Implantology     13 October 2021

Implant rehabilitation in Von Willebrand's disease: a case resistant to desmopressin

Authors: Christian Bacci, Alessia Cerrato, Gastone Zanette, Anna Grigoletto, Ludovica Pampaloni, Ezio Zanon

Aim of the study: To describe a multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of a patient with VWDIntroduction: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an autosomal hereditary disease caused by quantitative...

Implantology     08 September 2021

Pterygoid implants in severe maxillary atrophy

When bone volume is insufficient for implant placement, bone regeneration techniques can be used or the insertion of particularly inclined implants or zygomatic implants. The survival of implants...

Implantology     03 September 2021

Success of implant-supported mandibular overdentures

Implant-supported (MO) overdentures is now a well accepted routine treatment with predictable prognosis for the rehabilitation of completely edentulous patients. Thanks to high implant success and...

Implantology     30 August 2021

TMR: Dental implant market to grow based on titanium, trends

The dental implants market is expected to increase globally based on high rates of usage of titanium in dental implants and ever-increasing rates of periodontal disease, according to Transparency...

Implantology     09 August 2021

Multicentre within-person randomised controlled trial of 0.5 mm versus 1.5 mm subcrestal placement of dental implants with internal conical connection: five-year post-loading results

Authors: Marco Esposito, Sergio Salina, Fabio Rigotti, Cristian Mazzarini, Diego Longhin, Mauro Grigoletto, Jacopo Buti, Luca Sbricoli, Federico Gualini

PURPOSE. To assess whether there are any clinical benefits to placing single dental implants either 0.5 or 1.5 mm subcrestally in healed bone crests.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Sixty partially edentulous...

Implantology     06 August 2021

Dental implants with internal versus external connections: 10-year post-loading results of a pragmatic multicentre randomized controlled trial

Authors: Marco Esposito, Hassan Maghaireh, Roberto Pistilli, Maria Gabriella Grusovin, Sang Taek Lee, Federico Gualini, Jacopo Buti

PURPOSE. To compare the effectiveness of identical implants with internal or external connections.MATERIALS AND METHODS. One hundred and twenty patients with any type of edentulism (single tooth,...

Implantology     02 August 2021

How to avoid post-implantology neuropathic trigeminal pain

Since the placement of dental implants is an increasingly frequent rehabilitation treatment, it is imperative to consider the possible complications. Surgical complications such as bleeding (24%) and...

Implantology     02 August 2021

Dental implant with internal versus external connection: 10-year post loading results of a programmatic multicentre randomized controlled trial

Authors: Marco Esposito, Hassan Maghaireh, Roberto Pistilli, Maria Gabriella Grusovin, Sang Taek Lee, Federico Gualini, Jacopo Buti

PURPOSE. To compare the effectiveness of identical implants with internal or external connections.MATERIALS AND METHODS. One hundred and twenty patients with any type of edentulism (single tooth,...

Implantology     30 July 2021

Immediate loading of 3 mm-diameter implants as an alternative to horizontal bone augmentation for placing 4 mm-diameter implants: one-year post-loading results from a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Authors: Marco Esposito, Carlo Barausse, Roberto Pistilli, Pierantonio Bellini, Jacopo Buti, Pietro Felice

PURPOSETo evaluate the effectiveness of immediately loaded 3 mm-diameter implants as an alternative to horizontal bone augmentation procedures to allow placement of implants with a conventional...

Implantology     26 July 2021

Early implant loading in the atrophic posterior maxilla: an 11-year randomised controlled trial of 1-stage lateral versus crestal sinus lift and 8-mm-long hydroxyapatite-coated implants

Authors: Gioacchino Cannizzaro, Pietro Felice, Daniela Rita Ippolito, Matteo Lazzarini, Eugenio Velasco-Ortega, Marco Esposito

OBJECTIVESTo compare 10- to 16-mm-long implants inserted into maxillary sinuses augmented with a lateral approach versus 8-mm-long implants placed in crestally augmented sinuses, both loaded early...

Implantology     16 July 2021

Innovative technique of peri-implant sub-periosteal bone thickening for the management of dehiscences in implantology

The placement of an implant where there is reduced bone thickness often results in peri-implant bone dehiscence or fenestration. Even in the presence of intact but thin buccal cortical bone, implant...

Implantology     16 July 2021

Immediately loaded zygomatic implants versus conventional dental implants in augmented atrophic maxillae: three-year post-loading results from a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Authors: Pietro Felice, Carlo Barausse, Rubén Davó, Roberto Pistilli, Carlos Marti-Pages, Ada Ferrer-Fuertes, Agnese Ferri, Marco Esposito

PurposeTo compare the clinical outcomes of immediately loaded cross-arch maxillary prostheses supported by zygomatic implants versus conventional implants placed in augmented bone.Materials and...

Implantology     14 July 2021

Single implants supporting a 3-unit cantilevered maxillary prosthesis: a prospective case series with 2-year follow-up

Authors: Gioacchino Cannizzaro, Pietro Felice, Matteo Lazzarini, Paolo Viola, Giuseppe Sorce, Vittorio Ferri, Marco Esposito

ObjectivesTo evaluate the clinical outcome of a purpose-designed implant, placed in the upper premolar position of distally edentulous jaws, supporting a 3-unit cantilevered screw-retained...