• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.198-205
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• 2016

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the significance of splinted and non-splinted implant-supported restorations with an internal connection for multiple consecutively missing teeth. Upon examination of the effects of fixture-abutment connection, the distribution of occlusal load was favorable in splinted implant-prosthesis with an external connection, but effect of strain distribution was not significant in splinted implant-prosthesis with an internal connection. In splinted implant-prostheses for short implants, strain distribution was not affected by the method of retention. For cement-retained prostheses, the effect of strain distribution due to splinting was not significant. In clinical studies, non-splinted prostheses with an internal connection for multiple consecutively missing teeth showed high survival rate, mild marginal bone loss, and stable periodontal condition. However, failure to achieve optimal proximal contact between single-unit prostheses may lead to food impaction, and veneer fracture may be inevitable when the framework provides inadequate support in the proximal region. In conclusion, splinted implant-prosthesis is not an indication in all cases, and clinical consideration of its use should be based on the patient's oral condition, such as location and number of implants, formation of proximal contact, canine guidance, existence of parafunctional habit, and oral hygiene, when multiple consecutively missing teeth are replaced by internal connection type implant.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2017

Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive disorder resulting from central nervous system damage caused by multiple factors. Almost all cerebral palsy patients have a movement disorder that makes dental treatment difficult. Oral hygiene management is difficult and the risks for periodontitis, dental caries and loss of multiple teeth are high. Placement of dental implants for multiple missing teeth in cerebral palsy patients needs multiple rounds of general anesthesia, and the prognosis is poor despite the expense. Therefore, making the decision to perform multiple dental implant treatments on cerebral palsy patients is difficult. A 33-year-old female patient with cerebral palsy and mental retardation was scheduled for multiple implant treatments. She underwent computed tomography (CT) under sedation and the operation of nine dental implants under general anesthesia. Implant-supported fixed prosthesis treatment was completed. During follow-up, she had the anterior incisors extracted and underwent the surgery of 3 additional dental implants, completing the prosthetic treatment. Although oral parafunctions existed due to cerebral palsy, no implant failure was observed 9 years after the first implant surgery.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.140-144
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• 2009

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM. Little information is available about the buccal gingival level of multiple implant restorations. PURPOSE. This study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between width and height of buccal soft tissue around single and 2 adjacent implant restorations. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Four implant restoration groups (first and second molars, single second molars, posterior single restorations between teeth, and anterior single restorations between teeth) were randomly chosen from one dental institute. Each group comprised of 6 patients. After 6 months of function, silicone impressions were taken and stone models were fabricated for each restoration group. The stone models were cut in bucco-lingual direction at the most apical point of buccal gingival margin. The height and width of buccal supra-implant soft tissue were measured. One way ANOVA and Tukey HSD post hoc tests were performed to analyze the data obtained (P < .05). RESULTS. The most unfavorable width-height ratio was noted for the group, which was comprised of the second molar in the multiple adjacent (first and second molar) implant-supported restorations. The group also resulted in the shorter height of buccal supra-implant mucosa rather than that of anterior single implant restorations between natural teeth. CONCLUSION. To achieve a favorable level of buccal gingival margin, greater thickness of buccal supra-implant mucosa is required for the implant restorations without a neighboring natural tooth compared to the implant restorations next to a natural tooth.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.348-356
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• 2015

It is important to devise methods for assisting dentists to consistently determine implant positions and directions and to accurately perform drilling tasks during dental implant surgery. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to tooth implant placement planning which deals with the determination of the positions and directions of multiple implant fixtures for a set of missing mandibular teeth and suggests the selection of the sizes and types of the implant fixtures. We combine Korean standard data in the sizes and positions of human teeth with the patient specific 3D models of mandibular jawbones, nerve curves, and neighboring teeth around the missing teeth in order to determine the positions and directions of the implant fixtures for the missing teeth. Using the geometric and spatial information of the jawbones, the teeth and the implant fixtures, we can construct the 3D models of surgical guide stents which are crucial to perform drilling tasks with ease and accuracy. Adopted in 3D simulation of dental implant placement, the approach can provide surgeon students with good educational contents. We also expect that, with further work, the approach can be used as a useful tool to plan for dental implant surgery.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 2016

In the past, restoration of implant crown, ready-made abutment produced by implant manufacturer could only be used. Using straight, angled abutment, there was a limit in adaptation multiple implants. Recently, with the development of implant and CAD/CAM technology, CAD/CAM customized abutment use has become possible which is different from the past when restoration was possible with only prefabricated abutment. Not only it makes emergence profile possible which is similar to natural teeth, but also it makes insertion path possible on CAD in multiple implant restorations. However, on anterior teeth which dental esthetics is very important, another restorations which are formed with natural colored gingiva area could be required. Titanium-based zirconia prostheses which have titanium connection and zirconia structure from 1mm above fixture platform are alternative. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to analyze the characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the abutment which is used in multiple implant restorations, and to choose right abutment when clinical trials.

• Journal of Dental Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.239-244
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• 2019

The effectiveness of dental implants in patients with disability, who are non-compliant during treatment, is controversial because of their poor oral health. Thus, oral health-care and management in such patients is concerning. Moreover, limited information is available on prognosis after implant placement. Herein, we describe a patient with schizophrenia who underwent dental implantation under multiple inductions of general anesthesia (5 times) and required conservative treatment and tooth extraction for multiple dental caries and retained roots because of inadequate oral health-care. Postoperatively, fracture of the prosthodontics and progression of dental caries were observed, and with 3 additional inductions of general anesthesia, conservative treatment, implant surgery, and prosthesis implantation were conducted. Postoperative 12-month follow-up since the last prosthesis implantation showed successful results. For patients with schizophrenia, multiple implantation can reduce horizontal bone loss and achieve aesthetic results compared to treatment with removable prosthodontics and could serve as an alternative treatment modality.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2009

Animal experiments have shown that the positive peaked electrically compound action potentials (ECAPs) can be recorded in round window, intracochlear, and nerve trunk by stimulating a monopolar pulse. However, positive peaked ECAPs of cochlear implant recipients have never been reported because ECAPs are recorded from intracochlear electrodes after bipolar stimulation. In our experiment, the positive peaked ECAPs were recorded from 18 intracochlear electrodes in cochlear implant recipients with multiple cochlear anomalies. Thresholds in each channel were measured and the latency of P-, N-wave, and amplitude of P-N were analyzed. These results were identical with the electrically auditory brainstem response (EABR) on the input-output characteristics. In conclusion, the positive peaked ECAPs from the cochlear implant recipients are antidromic ECAPs recorded by perimodiolar electrodes stimulating cochlear implants with multiple anomalies. Therefore, positive peaked ECAPs can be used as useful audiological tools to evaluate the eighth nerve ending.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.285-295
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• 2021

Purpose: The aims of the present study were 1) to quantitatively evaluate the extent of sinus pneumatization and 2) to determine the factors affecting sinus pneumatization. Methods: Based on implant treatment records, a list of patients who underwent implant placement on the posterior maxilla was obtained. Among them, patients with pre-extraction and post-extraction (before implant placement) panoramic radiographs were selected. After excluding radiographs with low resolution and image distortion, the radiographs before and after extraction were superimposed using computer software. Subsequently, the extent of sinus pneumatization (the vertical change of the sinus floor) was measured. Simple and multiple mixed models were used to determine the factors affecting sinus pneumatization. Results: A total of 145 patients were eligible for the present investigation. The average extent of sinus pneumatization was 1.56±3.93 mm at 176 tooth sites. Male sex, single tooth extraction, extraction of an endodontically compromised tooth, a class I root-sinus relationship, and sinus membrane thickening >10 mm favored pneumatization, but without statistical significance. The maxillary second molar presented the greatest pneumatization (2.25±4.39 mm) compared with other tooth types. This finding was confirmed in the multiple mixed model, which demonstrated a statistically significant impact of the extraction of a second molar compared with the extraction of a first premolar. Conclusions: Maxillary sinus pneumatization was 1.56±3.93 mm on average. The extraction of a second molar led to the greatest extent of pneumatization, which should be considered in the treatment plan for this tooth site.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.273-283
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• 2010

이 연구는 다수의 임플란트에 의해 지지되는 보철물과 단일 임플란트 보철물에서 호환 가능한 세 가지 종류의 나사의 풀림토크값을 측정하여 나사 결합부 안정성에 차이가 있는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해, 네 개의 외부 육각 임플란트에 직접 연결되는 임플란트 상부구조물을, 아크릴릭 레진을 이용한 연결인상법으로 얻은 총 6개의 실험모형에 20 Ncm의 힘으로 조인 후, 각 나사의 풀림토크값을 총 2회 측정하였다. 사용한 지대주 나사는 토크타이트(TorqTite), 골드타이트(Gold-Tite), 그리고, 티타늄(Titanium) 나사였다. 또한, 단일 임플란트 수복의 경우 를 가정하여 총 5개의 실험모형 상의 2개의 임플란트에, 한 개의 지대주(GoldAdapt Engaging)를 다시 세 종류의 나사로 연결한 후, 각 나사의 풀림토크값을 총 2회 측정하였다. 나사의 풀림토크값의 비교를 위한 통계적 분석을 혼합모형(mixed model)을 이용하여 유의수준 .05에서 실시한 결과, 다수 임플란트 지지 상부구조물의 경우, 나사의 종류에 따른 풀림토크값은 통계적으로 유의성 있는 차이를 보이지 않았다(p>0.05). 그러나 단일 임플란트 지대주의 경우에는 통계적으로 유의성 있는 차이를 보였으며(p=0.0175), 토크타이트 나사(p=0.0462)와 티타늄 나사(p=0.0348)는 각각, 골드타이트 나사보다 유의성 있게 큰 풀림토크값을 보였으나, 두 나사 간에는 유의성 있는 차이가 없었다(p>0.05). 이상의 연구 결과로 보아, 서로 다른 종류의 나사가 나사 결합부의 초기 안정성에 미치는 영향은, 단일 임플란트 보철물의 경우에서와는 달리, 다수의 임플란트에 의해 지지되는 보철물의 경우에는 미미하다고 할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.386-390
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• 2007

This is about the case of loss of multiple teeth and alveolar bone caused by trauma, which needed alveolar bone augmentation before implant treatment. Alveolar bone was reconstructed using iliac bone graft, and thereafter first implant surgery was followed by consolidation period of 3 months. Iliac bone resorption was observed at the time of implant placement. And that resorption was more in the horizontal dimension than in the vertical. We conclude that additional treatment planning(e.g. using alveolar distraction osteogenesis or tissue expander) should be considered besides bone graft for vertical alveolar bone augmentation. For both maxilla and mandible, prosthodontic treatment was carried out $4{\sim}5$ months after implant placement. To compensate alveolar bone deficiency, partial hybrid overdenture on maxilla and implant-supported fixed bridge on mandible were fabricated, and the total treatment was finished.