Afya Sahib Diab Al-Radha

Background: Cortical bone thickness (CBT) is a critical factor for implant success and for determining the long-term dental implant treatment outcome. Objectives: The objective of this investigation was to examine posterior cortical bone thickness buccally and lingually in dentate and edentulous implant sites according to gender. Materials and...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of teaching dental implant science as a merged implant-related lectures with other curriculum items on undergraduate dental students' knowledge and practice, through study years. The study was conducted using a random sampling with pretest self-administered, anonymous, multiple-choice q...

Purpose: To study the influence of anxiety on dental implant patient satisfaction, and to explore if hemoglobin levels and the amount of body fat affected patient satisfaction. Materials and methods: One hundred three partially edentulous patients (mean age 42.06 years) who had received dental implant therapy were enrolled in the study. Self-adm...

Background and aim is dental implant could induce inflammation due to microbial invasion of pathological type. 15 submerged titanium implants at the second-stage of surgery were used for microbiological and cytological examination. There was no statistical differences between stage 1 and stage 2 regarding inflammatory response for both microbial an...

Purpose: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of natural antimicrobial agents in reducing biofilm development on different titanium and zirconia dental implant materials in vitro using a constant depth film fermentor (CDFF). Materials and methods: Contact angles and surface free energy were determined for all surfaces. Biofilms...

The aim of this study was to identify bacteria associated with peri-implant diseases using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) as a method for microbiological assessment. Subgingival plaque samples along with essential patient information and clinical indices were taken from 22 subjects showing signs of peri-implant diseases. Bacteria we...

Zirconia ceramic material has been widely used in implant dentistry. In this in vitro study the physiochemical properties of titanium and zirconia materials were investigated and the affinity of different bacteria to different materials was compared. Disc samples with different surface states were used: polished partially stabilized zirconia (PZ),...