According to researchers at the University of the Basque Country, about 10 percent of dental implants end up having to be removed due to bacterial infections or the implant not integrating with the ...

With a large number of people using dental implants, it has become extremely important to take care of oral hygiene — keeping the implants from infection and also ensuring that they do not harbour ...

Millions of dental implants are inserted every year, and often they need to be replaced due to issues such as tissue infections caused by bacteria. In the future, these infections will be prevented ...

Scientists have developed a dental implant containing a reservoir for the slow release of drugs. Laboratory tests in which the reservoir slowly released a strong antimicrobial agent showed that the ...

Infections rates appear to be relatively low for patients who underwent bone augmentation procedures prior to dental implant treatment regardless of the type, dose, and duration of prophylactic ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers has developed a dental implant that gradually releases drugs from a built-in reservoir. This helps prevent and fight infections, they say. A multidisciplinary ...

(Nanowerk News) A brighter, better, longer-lasting dental implant may soon be on its way to your dentist's office. Dental implants are posts, usually made of titanium, that are surgically placed into ...