Dental implants with a reduced diameter can be placed in regions that lack adequate bone volume enabling functional and aesthetic oral rehabilitation without the complicated bone augmentation procedures.This article d...Dental implants with a reduced diameter can be placed in regions that lack adequate bone volume enabling functional and aesthetic oral rehabilitation without the complicated bone augmentation procedures.This article describes surgical and prosthetic procedures used in oral rehabilitation using Straumann R one-piece Mini Implants(2.4-mm diameter with Optiloc R prosthetic connection system)in two fully edentulous women aged 57 and 74.Both patients presented with severe ridge resorption.Ten one-piece mini dental implants(six on maxillary arch and four on mandibular arch)were placed in each patient to support new complete overdentures.Both patients were delighted with the results and regained their social lives.In addition,stabilized dentures allowed the patients to regain fundamental functions of the mouth:chewing and verbal(speech)and non-verbal(smiling)communication without the fear or difficulty experienced while wearing dentures that can move.In conclusion,mini implants offer an efficient,economical,and less invasive solution,especially for edentulous patients with atrophic bone structure or who cannot undergo complex surgical procedures.展开更多
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether intermediate kissing balloon dilation(IKBD) is necessary during mini-culotte stenting(MCS) and how it can be properly conducted. Methods: MCS was emulated in...Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether intermediate kissing balloon dilation(IKBD) is necessary during mini-culotte stenting(MCS) and how it can be properly conducted. Methods: MCS was emulated in a bifurcation model with a branch diameter difference(BDD) in three-step sizes of 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00 mm, and with intermediate balloon dilation(IBD) in three treatments of routine intermediate solo balloon dilation(rISBD), concurrent IKBD(cIKBD) or sequential IKBD. Microcomputed tomography was performed to assess stent under-expansion(SUE) around the polygon of confluence(POC), residual ostial stenosis(ROS) at the ostial side-branch(SB) and main-branch(MB) and stent cell distortion(SCD) in the bifurcation segments. Results: There were both main and interactive effects of IBD and BDD on ROS at the ostial SB and SCD in the ostial SB, but there were only main effects of IBD or BDD on SUE around the POC, ROS at the ostial MB and SCD in the ostial MB. Analysis of the main effects showed that SUE around the POC or ROS at the ostial SB was significantly different between sI KBD and rISBD and between cI KBD and rISBD. There was also a significant difference in SCD in the ostial SB between sI KBD and rI SBD and between sI KBD and cIKBD. Analysis of the interactive effects showed that ROS at the ostial SB or SCD in the ostial SB was affected by all IBD treatments in all BDD step-sizes. Moreover, increasing the BDD step-sizes significantly increased ROS at the ostial SB as treated by rISBD and SCD in the ostial SB as treated by rISBD or cIKBD. Conclusions: SIKBD was shown to be essential and superior to rISBD or cIKBD, resulting in better bifurcated stent expansion and coverage when using MCS.展开更多
文摘Dental implants with a reduced diameter can be placed in regions that lack adequate bone volume enabling functional and aesthetic oral rehabilitation without the complicated bone augmentation procedures.This article describes surgical and prosthetic procedures used in oral rehabilitation using Straumann R one-piece Mini Implants(2.4-mm diameter with Optiloc R prosthetic connection system)in two fully edentulous women aged 57 and 74.Both patients presented with severe ridge resorption.Ten one-piece mini dental implants(six on maxillary arch and four on mandibular arch)were placed in each patient to support new complete overdentures.Both patients were delighted with the results and regained their social lives.In addition,stabilized dentures allowed the patients to regain fundamental functions of the mouth:chewing and verbal(speech)and non-verbal(smiling)communication without the fear or difficulty experienced while wearing dentures that can move.In conclusion,mini implants offer an efficient,economical,and less invasive solution,especially for edentulous patients with atrophic bone structure or who cannot undergo complex surgical procedures.
基金support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81370311)the Key Program of Social Development of Fujian Science and Technology Department(Grant No.2013Y0043)
文摘Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether intermediate kissing balloon dilation(IKBD) is necessary during mini-culotte stenting(MCS) and how it can be properly conducted. Methods: MCS was emulated in a bifurcation model with a branch diameter difference(BDD) in three-step sizes of 0.50, 0.75 and 1.00 mm, and with intermediate balloon dilation(IBD) in three treatments of routine intermediate solo balloon dilation(rISBD), concurrent IKBD(cIKBD) or sequential IKBD. Microcomputed tomography was performed to assess stent under-expansion(SUE) around the polygon of confluence(POC), residual ostial stenosis(ROS) at the ostial side-branch(SB) and main-branch(MB) and stent cell distortion(SCD) in the bifurcation segments. Results: There were both main and interactive effects of IBD and BDD on ROS at the ostial SB and SCD in the ostial SB, but there were only main effects of IBD or BDD on SUE around the POC, ROS at the ostial MB and SCD in the ostial MB. Analysis of the main effects showed that SUE around the POC or ROS at the ostial SB was significantly different between sI KBD and rISBD and between cI KBD and rISBD. There was also a significant difference in SCD in the ostial SB between sI KBD and rI SBD and between sI KBD and cIKBD. Analysis of the interactive effects showed that ROS at the ostial SB or SCD in the ostial SB was affected by all IBD treatments in all BDD step-sizes. Moreover, increasing the BDD step-sizes significantly increased ROS at the ostial SB as treated by rISBD and SCD in the ostial SB as treated by rISBD or cIKBD. Conclusions: SIKBD was shown to be essential and superior to rISBD or cIKBD, resulting in better bifurcated stent expansion and coverage when using MCS.
