A two-session protocol was formerly selected for repairing three-dimensional bone defects by grafting with autogenous bone blocks. The technique that we present today demonstrates that three-dimensional vertical grafts of bone defects and implant placements can be carried out in a single session with exactly fitted bone ring grafts. The recipient site is prepared and the graft is harvested with trephine drills. The implant site is prepared in the graft before its removal from the donor site and the graft is fixed at the recipient site with absolute rigidity by the implant. The Ankylos impla ...

In 2002, a group of distinguished scientists and clinicians met at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, to discuss evidence-based restorative options for the edentulous mandibular arch.1 After reviewing data from randomised clinical trials and epidemiological studies, the panel issued a landmark consensus statement identifying the mandibular overdenture stabilised by two implants as the first-choice standard of care for edentulous mandibles.1-2 Data presented at the symposium1 and by numerous subsequent studies2 have documented the ease of implementation and significant improvements in pa ...

A composite cement with an integrated bonding system that can also be used as a core build up material has been a long-awaited dream in restorative dentistry.

According to standard practice today, 3 to 4 different materials, which are often from different manufacturers, are required for bonding to dentin and enamel, fabricating composite core build ups, and adhesive cementation. Since modern composite materials in dentistry are still based on methacrylate, combining materials - for example, a bond from one manufacturer with the composite of another - is often not a ...

In this first half of Dental Asia's user report, we investigate the profound link between lip-closing force and the activities of daily living for lip functions. Analysis methods and use of materials for this study are discussed here.

Dentists come in contact with lips frequently. However, we do not pay a particular attention to it, nor do we value its functions too much. It is known that muscle bundles coming from all directions intersect with each other at the lip in a complex fashion to realise execution of complicated movements, such as ingestio ...

Fiber-Splint consists of woven fiber glass strands packaged in a dry (not soaked in any adhesive or composite) tape form, which is cut with serrated scissors to the desired length.  It has a very long, almost indefinite shelf life. Fiber-Splint is used on the tooth surface after acid etching the enamel, then soaking the Fiber-Splint in bonding agent (resin adhesive) and light curing it on the tooth.  Thereafter it is coated with dental composite resin. 

This results in physical properties which are superior to dental resins alone. Being translucent, Fiber-Splint is v ...

Numerous materials with individual characteristics are used today for restorations with the direct technique: these characteristics include differences in viscosity, presentation as a single dose or in a syringe, and restoration with a single shade or using a layering technique.

Moreover, these materials have a wide and varied range of indications, extending from minimally invasive restoration of initial carious lesions to comprehensive restorations in the anterior or posterior regions.

In view of this variety of treatment fields/options, it is quite possible to construct s ...