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What Are Bruxism & Occlusion?

Bruxism is commonly considered to be causally related to deviations in dental occlusion and articulation. Therefore its treatment was focused on reshaping the bite to achieve an occlusion and articulation free of deviations and interferences. Because bruxism management efforts are not always effective, the current evidence supporting a link between bruxism and the bite was reviewed. A search of PubMed identified 93 English-language articles, of which 46 were deemed

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The New Classification of Periodontal Disease and Peri-implant Disease

A committee representing both the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) and the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) met in November 2017 with the charge of updating the 1999 classification of periodontal disease and conditions. The Proceedings of the World Workshop on the Classification of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases and Conditions consists of 19 review papers and four consensus reports. This post provides a simple summary of the new classification

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Is Peri-Implantitis “The New Gum Disease?”

Dental implants have become part of the mainstream in dental treatment and the replacement for lost teeth. As with any new treatments, the complications come to light as the treatment modality develops and more and more studies are done on the patients treated over a longer period of time. An important question to answer here is with patients with dental implants, what is the incidence or prevalence of peri-implantitis?

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The Role of Implant Position for Long-Term Success

Dental implants have become part of the mainstream in dental treatment and the replacement for lost teeth. As with any new treatments, the complications come to light as the treatment modality develops and more and more studies are done on the patients treated over a longer period of time. An important question to answer here is with patients with dental implants, what is the incidence or prevalence of peri-implantitis?

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Peri-Implant Health, Peri-Implant Disease Case Definitions and Diagnostic Considerations

Dental Implants have high rates of long term survival, defined as more than 10 years when supporting various dental prostheses. However, the success of dental implants is not as high as their survival as functional implants and the restorations may be subject to mechanical and biological complications. Biologic complications associated with dental implants are mostly inflammatory conditions of the soft tissues and surrounding bone. These are biofilm-induced inflammatory lesions

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