Annals of Anatomy 250 (2023) 152153
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Editorial
Implantology, bone regeneration and oral health – An international
update 2022
The anatomical journal “Annals of Anatomy” has firmly estab­
lished itself as an interdisciplinary publication medium. In order to
make the latest dental research results accessible to an inter­
disciplinary specialist audience the special issue “Dentistry” has
become a fixed component of the peer reviewed Journal “Annals of
Anatomy” over the past 10 years. On this way, we would like to
thank all the authors for their contributions as well as the editorial
team of Annals of Anatomy for their many years of cooperation.
Due to the lively interest in this publication medium, an up-to-
date new special issue "Dentistry" has now been compiled. This
issue again contains 8 publications on new findings in the field of
implantology, bone substitution materials and the use of modern
imaging methods for therapy planning. It thus connects seamlessly
to the other issues whose publications have recently been sum­
marized in a review article (Keil et al., 2022).
A first example of this is the use of autologous dentin particles
obtained from extracted teeth as bone substitute material. In 2018,
Calvo-Guirado et al. showed that using dentine particles for socket
preservation, the buccal and lingual bone plates are protected and a
large amount of new woven bone was formed (Calvo-Guirado et al.,
2018). Both, good volume maintenance and good histological results
has now been confirmed by extensive literature research in a review
article for dentine (Sanchez-Labrador et al.).
Good biocompatibility between osteoprogenitor cells and bone
substitute is necessary for a bone substitute material to induce cell
differentiation and osteogenesis. Peláez-Cruz et al. showed that the
in vitro biocompatibility of bone substitution materials can be im­
proved using Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). The addition of
EGCG reverted the negative effects upon dental pulp stem cell via­
bility, migration and cell adhesion of Bio-Oss®, Gen-Os® as well as
Cerasorb® (Peláez-Cruz et al.).
As described recently, using of radiological examination methods
and due to the advancing technical development, many new ana­
tomical aspects were examined and described in the last few years
(Keil et al., 2022). Among other things, it was now possible to de­
termine with these noninvasive methods the age limit for the least
pronounced zone of the lower jaw buccal cortical plate in children,
which is important for the effectiveness of transcortical injections
(Vasil’ev et al.).
There is also new knowledge regarding the insertion of dental
implants. Recently was shown, that in order to facilitate the inser­
tion of dental implants the full-guided static navigation surgical
method demonstrates the highest accuracy, whereas non-computer
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half-guided and free-hand implant placement provides the least
accuracy and require more surgical experience to overcome this
limitation (Gargallo-Albiol et al., 2019). Undergraduates also benefit
from applying full-guided implant insertion in order to assess the
correct implant position (Schulz et al.). In the meantime, it is also
known that with the help of dental implants in a strategic position
under a removable partial denture (RPD), a mainly tissue-supported
RPD can be changed in an implant-tissue-supported or implant-
tooth-tissue-supported RPD (Al Jaghsi and Mundt).
Finite element analysis can be used to study the influence of fra­
mework materials on the transferred load to the implant system and the
surrounding bone (Keil et al., 2022). This method was now used for the
analysis of anterior fixed partial denture supported implants with dif­
ferent materials (Xie et al.) and for choosing the optimal mandible po­
sition for inferior alveolar nerve block (Darawsheh et al.).
As the life expectancy of the population continues to increase,
oral pathologies and problems are also becoming more common. A
recent review article on the use of mouthwashes pointed out that
these solutions are widely extended in elderly patients. However, the
various ingredients in the mouthwashes are only effective for certain
diseases, such as chlorhexidine for gingivitis or fluoride for caries
(Pérez-Nicolás et al.).
Declaration of Competing Interest
None.
Christiane Keil
Department of Orthodontics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Friedhelm Heinemann
Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Biomaterials,
University of Greifswald, Germany
References
Calvo-Guirado, J.L., Cegarra Del Pino, P., Sapoznikov, L., Delgado Ruiz, R.A., Fernandez-
Dominguez, M., Gehrke, S.A., 2018. A new procedure for processing extracted
teeth for immediate grafting in post-extraction sockets. An experimental study in
American Fox Hound dogs. Ann. Anat. 217, 14–23.
Gargallo-Albiol, J., Barootchi, S., Salomo-Coll, O., Wang, H.L., 2019. Advantages and
disadvantages of implant navigation surgery. A systematic review. Ann. Anat. 225,
1–10.
Keil, C., Gredes, T., Gotz, W., Heinemann, F., 2022. Anatomical journals as publication
platforms for dental research. Ann. Anat. 244, 151960.