Immediate implants are a benefit to the clinician and patient. However, they are more clinically demanding than delayed implants and have a higher failure rate.
Cadaver bone grafts produce sclerotic bone, and this area of sclerosis is not limited to just the extraction socket but also the bone surrounding the socket.
Two recent and remarkably extensive studies looked at all medications, diseases, factors to identify what variables were associated with dental implant failure.
Sharing knowledge helps provide the best for our patients. Here, we look at an in vitro bone regeneration study and assess the value of their findings.
The sinus membrane does not contribute to bone production during sinus augmentation, nor is it needed for successful augmentation with same day implant placement.
Untreated intact extraction sockets face a 1.4 mm reduction in buccal wall height and roughly 50% reduction of horizontal ridge width after 3 months of healing.