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All-on-4
All-on-4 is a dental implant technique replacing a full arch of teeth on four implants, two of them angled, with a fixed prosthesis placed immediately.
Alveolar ridge augmentation
Alveolar ridge augmentation is a dental surgical procedure that rebuilds bone volume in a resorbed jaw ridge so dental implants or dentures can be supported.
Blade Implantation
Blade implantation, or the blade-vent implant, is an endosseous dental implant with a narrow wedge-shaped vented body, devised by Leonard Linkow in the 1960s and the most widely used implant design until the 1980s.
Cantilevers study
Cantilevers study: clinical research on implant-supported fixed dental prostheses with cantilever extensions. Key finding: implant survival and bone levels comparable to non-cantilever prostheses, but mechanical complications significantly higher.
Computer-assisted implant surgery
Computer-assisted implant surgery (CAIS) is a dental surgical method using digital imaging and planning, via guides or navigation, to place implants accurately near nerves and sinuses.
Guided implant surgery
Guided implant surgery is a dental technique that transfers a virtual implant plan, built from CBCT scans, to the surgical field using static templates or dynamic navigation.
Immediate implant placement
Immediate implant placement is a dental procedure in which an implant is inserted into the fresh extraction socket on the same day as tooth removal.
Implantoplasty
Implantoplasty is a dental procedure in which the exposed threads of a titanium implant are removed and polished smooth to retain less plaque during surgical treatment of peri-implantitis.
Resonance frequency analysis
Resonance frequency analysis (RFA) is a noninvasive chairside test that measures a dental implant's vibration to assess stability and osseointegration, reported as an implant stability quotient from 1 to 99.
Sinus floor augmentation
Sinus floor augmentation, also called maxillary sinus floor augmentation, is a dental surgical procedure that lifts the sinus floor and adds bone graft to anchor implants in the upper jaw.
Sinus lift
A sinus lift, or maxillary sinus floor augmentation, is surgery that raises the sinus floor and adds bone so dental implants can anchor in the upper jaw.
SMIS-Max trial
SMIS-Max (NCT06081192) is a single-center prospective trial at the Federal University of Goias, Brazil, testing a partially guided protocol for six Straumann Ti-Zr one-piece mini implants retaining maxillary overdentures, with placement accuracy as the primary outcome.
Socket shield technique
The socket shield technique, also known as the root membrane technique, is a dental implant procedure that retains part of a tooth root to preserve bone.