This describes an implant design that increases the amount of bone around the implant by increasi... more This describes an implant design that increases the amount of bone around the implant by increasing its length in order to place a longer implant without the need for a sinus elevation surgery in the posterior maxillary region where bone stock is not sufficient by employing the principles of displacement procedures in implantology which rely on regeneration of patient's own bone and have been used for years in the dentistry for orthodontic procedures. The implant system we have designed has a pressure adaptor (4) that protrudes and advances through the apical part of the implant. Pressure adaptor (4) is advanced within the bone until desired length of implant and bone is achieved. This procedure forms significant amount of bone around the implant within the floor of maxillary sinus. Floor of maxillary sinus is elevated. New bone is formed without the need for an additional surgery. This implant system can also be used for distraction osteogenesis in sinus floor or other anatomic...
Objective: In our previous studies, we developed a novel platelet-rich product that we called tit... more Objective: In our previous studies, we developed a novel platelet-rich product that we called titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin (T-PRF). T-PRF is based on the hypothesis that titanium may be more effective at activating platelets than the silica activators used with glass tubes in Chouckroun’s platelet-rich fibrin (PRF). Our first results showed that T-PRF membrane can induce the formation of new bone in a rabbit calvaria model. This study aimed to assess the effects of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) on T-PRF induced bone formation. Method: Twenty-four adult male New Zealand rabbits were used in the study. T-PRF alone, anorganic bovine bone (ABB), and T-PRF + ABB were used in the experimental groups. No materials were used in the control group. Half of the animals were sacrificed after 1 month, and the remaining animals were sacrificed after 3 months. New hard and soft healing tissue was examined by immunocytochemistry to local...
Objective: Today, preventive dentistry is an area of increasing importance worldwide. Use of mass... more Objective: Today, preventive dentistry is an area of increasing importance worldwide. Use of mass media such as the Internet, which provide broad opportunities, for preventive dentistry practices is of interest as a current issue. Our study aimed to improve the public’s oral health by using the Internet for oral hygiene training and to assess the effectiveness of the implemented education model. Method: Five hundred and forty-three subjects with different educational levels were included in the study. The enrolled subjects took a test after reading the basic oral hygiene training document, the efficacy of which had been evaluated in a preliminary study conducted in 150 elementary education students between 7-14 years of age. The volunteers who passed the test were rewarded with oral hygiene tools and certificates of achievement. Result: The average success rate of the 543 subjects who participated in the evaluation was 81.7%. At 15 days after the training and the test, 99.3% of the ...
Objectives:Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) belongs to a new generation of platelet concentrates. Its c... more Objectives:Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) belongs to a new generation of platelet concentrates. Its chief advantages include ease of preparation and lack of biochemical handling of blood, which makes this preparation strictly autologous.This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of a PRF membrane combined with a coronally repositioned flap surgery and compared this procedure to a free connective tissue graft with a coronally repositioned flap surgery in a treatment of adjacent multiple gingival recession defects. Methods: Seven subjects with adjacent multiple bilateral and comparable Miller Class I or II defects were selected. The defects were ≥ 3.0 mm deep and were assigned randomly to the test group, which was treated with a coronally positioned flap associated with a PRF membrane, or to the control group, which was treated with a coronally positioned flap associated with a free connective tissue graft. Probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), gingival recession dep...
This describes an implant design that increases the amount of bone around the implant by increasi... more This describes an implant design that increases the amount of bone around the implant by increasing its length in order to place a longer implant without the need for a sinus elevation surgery in the posterior maxillary region where bone stock is not sufficient by employing the principles of displacement procedures in implantology which rely on regeneration of patient's own bone and have been used for years in the dentistry for orthodontic procedures. The implant system we have designed has a pressure adaptor (4) that protrudes and advances through the apical part of the implant. Pressure adaptor (4) is advanced within the bone until desired length of implant and bone is achieved. This procedure forms significant amount of bone around the implant within the floor of maxillary sinus. Floor of maxillary sinus is elevated. New bone is formed without the need for an additional surgery. This implant system can also be used for distraction osteogenesis in sinus floor or other anatomic...
Objective: In our previous studies, we developed a novel platelet-rich product that we called tit... more Objective: In our previous studies, we developed a novel platelet-rich product that we called titanium-prepared platelet-rich fibrin (T-PRF). T-PRF is based on the hypothesis that titanium may be more effective at activating platelets than the silica activators used with glass tubes in Chouckroun’s platelet-rich fibrin (PRF). Our first results showed that T-PRF membrane can induce the formation of new bone in a rabbit calvaria model. This study aimed to assess the effects of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) on T-PRF induced bone formation. Method: Twenty-four adult male New Zealand rabbits were used in the study. T-PRF alone, anorganic bovine bone (ABB), and T-PRF + ABB were used in the experimental groups. No materials were used in the control group. Half of the animals were sacrificed after 1 month, and the remaining animals were sacrificed after 3 months. New hard and soft healing tissue was examined by immunocytochemistry to local...
Objective: Today, preventive dentistry is an area of increasing importance worldwide. Use of mass... more Objective: Today, preventive dentistry is an area of increasing importance worldwide. Use of mass media such as the Internet, which provide broad opportunities, for preventive dentistry practices is of interest as a current issue. Our study aimed to improve the public’s oral health by using the Internet for oral hygiene training and to assess the effectiveness of the implemented education model. Method: Five hundred and forty-three subjects with different educational levels were included in the study. The enrolled subjects took a test after reading the basic oral hygiene training document, the efficacy of which had been evaluated in a preliminary study conducted in 150 elementary education students between 7-14 years of age. The volunteers who passed the test were rewarded with oral hygiene tools and certificates of achievement. Result: The average success rate of the 543 subjects who participated in the evaluation was 81.7%. At 15 days after the training and the test, 99.3% of the ...
Objectives:Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) belongs to a new generation of platelet concentrates. Its c... more Objectives:Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) belongs to a new generation of platelet concentrates. Its chief advantages include ease of preparation and lack of biochemical handling of blood, which makes this preparation strictly autologous.This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of a PRF membrane combined with a coronally repositioned flap surgery and compared this procedure to a free connective tissue graft with a coronally repositioned flap surgery in a treatment of adjacent multiple gingival recession defects. Methods: Seven subjects with adjacent multiple bilateral and comparable Miller Class I or II defects were selected. The defects were ≥ 3.0 mm deep and were assigned randomly to the test group, which was treated with a coronally positioned flap associated with a PRF membrane, or to the control group, which was treated with a coronally positioned flap associated with a free connective tissue graft. Probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), gingival recession dep...
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