Thermal oxidation and hydrofluoric acid treatment on the sandblasted implant surface: A histologic histomorphometric and biomechanical study.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to analyze and compare the topographical, chemical, and osseointegration characteristics of a sandblasted acid-etched surface (SLA group), a sandblasted thermally oxidized surface (SO group), and a surface chemically modified by hydrofluoric (HF) acid (SOF group). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Following the preparation and characterization of the relevant surfaces, 90 implants (30 for each group) were placed on the pelvic bone of six sheep. Resonance frequency analysis (RFA), insertion (ITV), removal torque value (RTV), and histomorphometric analyses (BIC%) were performed after three and 8 weeks of healing. The results were analyzed by nonparametric tests (p < 0.05). RESULTS: The roughness value (Ra) in the SOF group was significantly lower than the SLA and the SO group (p = 0.136, p < 0.001, respectively). This resulted in a substantially inferior ITV 14.83 N/cm (SD: 4.04) than those achieved in the SLA and SO groups (19.50 (SD: 6.07) and 20.17 N/cm (SD: 8.95), respectively; p = 0.001). A statistically significant change in the RFA from the baseline (47.36 ISQ, SD: 6.93) to the 3rd week (62.56 ISQ, SD: 5.29) was observed in the SOF group only (p = 0.008). The highest postplacement RFA and RTV values were measured from the SLA group (61.11 ISQ, SD: 7.51 and 78.22 N/cm, SD: 28.73). The early-term (3rd week) BIC% was highest in the SO group (39.93%, SD: 16.14). After 8 weeks, the differences in BIC% values were statistically not significant. CONCLUSIONS: Adjunct HF acid application on the thermally oxidized surface did not provide an additional benefit compared to the sandblasted and acid-etched surface (SLA group).

Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw and dental implants.

Bisphosphonate (BP) is one of the possible riskfactors in the osteonecrosis of the jaw (ON J). Surgical interventions during or after the course of treatment by using BPs may expose the patient under this risk. Animal studies, human studies, case reports, and systematic reviews are used to show the relationship between the use of bisphosphonates and dental implants. In this review data about bisphosphonaterelated osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRON J): incidence, prevention and treatment modalities for the patients who are scheduled for dental implant treatment plan and who have been already treated by dental implants will be investigated. Various views for the relationship between dental implants and bisphosphonates will be analyzed depending on the multifactors: duration, route of uptake, dosage of the drug and patient's other medications that affect the effects of bisphosphonate. All patients treated with this drug must be informed about the risk of implant loss or possibility of osteonecrosis.

Full Mouth Oral Rehabilitation by Maxillary Implant Supported Hybrid Denture Employing a Fiber Reinforced Material Instead of Conventional PMMA.

Many people have life-long problems with their dentures, such as difficulties with speaking and eating, loose denture, and sore mouth syndrome. The evolution of dental implant supported prosthesis gives these patients normal healthy life for their functional and esthetic advantages. This case report presents the fabrication of maxillary implant supported hybrid prosthesis by using Nanofilled Composite (NFC) material in teeth construction to rehabilitate a complete denture wearer patient.