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C A Babbush

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PubMed1990

Presurgical evaluation for dental implants using a reformatting program of computed tomography: maxilla/mandible shape pattern analysis (MSPA).

A new analysis technique that provides a shape pattern of the maxilla or mandible is described. This technique uses a software program of computed tomography multiplanar reformation (CT/MPR). The successive cross-sectional images obtained by the CT/MPR are numbered, and the height and width of the maxilla and mandible at each of these cross-sectional images at specified levels are measured. The measured height and width are plotted against the number of the cross-section. This technique, termed maxilla/mandible shape pattern analysis (MSPA), creates an easy profile of the shape of the maxilla and mandible, and it enhances treatment planning for the placement of dental implants.

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PubMed1986

Titanium plasma spray screw implant system for reconstruction of the edentulous mandible.

The most difficult and complicated group of dental patients to restore to function are those with completely edentulous mandibles. The TPS screw implant system is a predictable, cost-effective means by which patients can be restored in an outpatient setting. The TPS screw system has demonstrated a 94 per cent rate of success in 484 patients with 1739 implants from four countries.

Dental Implantation, Endosseous↗
PubMed1986

ITI endosteal hollow cylinder implant systems.

The endosteal hollow cylinder implant systems have been in clinical use for over 10 years. These systems incorporate advanced sophisticated biomaterials and bioengineering design concepts such as the titanium plasma spray (TPS) surface coating as well as the cylindric shape. This shape has now introduced the third dimension to dental implantology. In previous systems, such as the blade-vent, only height and width were present. Therefore, these previous systems could not be used as single-tooth replacements; also, they were not able to withstand lateral forces or torquing. In a series of cases reported from Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and the United States, 580 hollow cylinder implants were placed for up to 10 years with an overall rate of success of 95.3 per cent.

Crowns↗
PubMed1986

Endosteal blade-vent implants.

At this writing, endosteal blade-vent implants have been used in clinical cases for over 17 years. At the last writing in the Dental Clinics of North America, we had just passed the 10-year mark. Many new systems for preprosthetic reconstructive surgery have gained the attention of the existing implantology community; and new systems have stimulated significant new levels of implant activity in the profession in general. Even with long-term research and clinical documentation with such modalities as the Brannemark, Swiss screw, and hollow cylinders, the blade-vent implant remains in the armamentarium of members of the profession active in implantology. Even with advances in design, no implant system can be placed in the extremely narrow or even knife-edge ridges still encountered in a significant percentage of patients, unless the practitioner is knowledgeable and skillful with (the narrow 1.2 mm buccolingual width of) this implant. I predict that the endosteal blade-vent implant will continue to hold a valued place in the implant field.

Blade Implantation↗