Unsplinted crowns on implants in the subantral augmented region: an evolution.
Excluding the wisdom teeth, the average human being is supplied by nature with a total of 42 tooth roots (24 in the maxilla and 18 in the mandible). After the loss of any tooth root, bone resorbs at that site due to the lack of endosseous stress. With this article, the author supports the idea of a new concept: keeping the individual alveolar bone site alive with endosteal root-form implants by imitating the natural dentition as closely as possible--even in the subantral region.
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Department of Prosthodontics, Univeristy of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000502:physiology; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D003442:Crowns; D003481:Cuspid; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D008963:Molar; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000502:physiology; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014093:Tooth, Artificial
D015921:Dental Implants