Do transmission of bone strain in the craniofacial bones of edentulous human skulls upon dental implant loading?
Within the limitations of this study, bone strain resulting from dental implant loading was distributed to cortices not only adjacent to but also distant from dental implants. The large-diameter implant was more facilitative of stress transfer to cortical bone than the small-diameter implant tested.
Anti-TNF but not corticosteroid therapy is associated with a significant reduction in diagnostic radiation exposure a year after treatment, which persisted after 3 years.