Craniofacial therapy: advanced local therapies from nano-engineered titanium implants to treat craniofacial conditions / 国际口腔科学杂志·英文版

Nano-engineering-based tissue regeneration and local therapeutic delivery strategies show significant potential to reduce the health and economic burden associated with craniofacial defects, including traumas and tumours. Critical to the success of such nano-engineered non-resorbable craniofacial implants include load-bearing functioning and survival in complex local trauma conditions. Further, race to invade between multiple cells and pathogens is an important criterion that dictates the fate of the implant. In this pioneering review, we compare the therapeutic efficacy of nano-engineered titanium-based craniofacial implants towards maximised local therapy addressing bone formation/resorption, soft-tissue integration, bacterial infection and cancers/tumours. We present the various strategies to engineer titanium-based craniofacial implants in the macro-, micro- and nano-scales, using topographical, chemical, electrochemical, biological and therapeutic modifications. A particular focus is electrochemically anodised titanium implants with controlled nanotopographies that enable tailored and enhanced bioactivity and local therapeutic release. Next, we review the clinical translation challenges associated with such implants. This review will inform the readers of the latest developments and challenges related to therapeutic nano-engineered craniofacial implants.

Clinical observation and study of hormone replacement therapy on postoperative cervical squamous cell carcinoma / 中国综合临床

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of hormone replacement therapy(HRT) on patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma after operation and its effect on sex hormone, blood fat, bone content and tumor markers, and to evaluate the clinical significance of HRT therapy.Methods:From January 2016 to January 2019, a total of 100 patients with cervical squamous cell carcinoma admitted to Zhuhai Maternal and Child Health Hospital were analyzed retrospectively.After surgical treatment, 50 patients were willing to receive hormone replacement therapy as the experimental group and 50 patients received routine treatment as the control group, Kupperma score was used to evaluate the severity of perimenopausal symptoms, and the serum levels of sex hormones, blood fat, bone content and tumor markers in the two groups before and after treatment were detected and the occurrence of adverse reactions were evaluated.Results:Before treatment, there was no significant difference in kupperma score, estradiol, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone level, lipid level, bone content and tumor marker level between the two groups(all P>0.05). After HRT treatment, kupperma score in the experimental group was significantly lower than that before treatment((11.47±5.12) vs.(20.46±7.52), t=7.262). In the detection of sex hormones, the levels of estradiol in the experimental group was significantly increased((39.26±7.43) ng/L vs.(13.78±7.52) ng/L, t=12.345), and the levels of follicle stimulating hormone((34.25±7.61) U/L vs.(62.18±19.12) U/L, t=8.245)and luteinizing hormone((20.31±6.25) U/L vs.(35.08±6.27) U/L, t=5.452, P=0.004) in the experimental group were significantly decreased.In the detection of blood lipid level, bone content and tumor markers, high-density lipoprotein((1.62±0.33) mmol/L vs(1.34±0.26) mmol/L, t=4.592, P=0.008) and alkaline phosphatase levels((66.21±25.75) U/L vs.(46.88±9.06) U/L, t=5.912, P=0.001)was significantly increased, the low density lipoprotein((2.78±0.43) mmol/L vs.(2.87±0.78) mmol/L, t=4.265, P=0.012)and total cholestenone((4.02±0.45) mmol/L vs.(4.23±0.91) mmol/L, t=5.761, P=0.002) levels were significantly decreased in the experimental group, with statistically significant differences(all P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the level of serum SCC antigen between the experimental group and the control group before and after treatment ( P> 0.05); there was no significant difference in the above indicators between the experimental group and the control group before and after treatment ( P> 0.05); there was no significant increase in adverse reactions such as breast swelling and pain (3 cases), body mass increase (2 cases), bleeding (1 case), body pain (4 cases), vomiting (4 cases), etc. between the experimental group and the control group (2, 1, 2, 3, 1 case) There was no statistical significance ( P> 0.05). Conclusion:HRT treatment of cervical squamous cell carcinoma patients after surgery can significantly improve the peri menstrual syndrome caused by low estrogen level, and did not significantly increase the risk of recurrence of cervical cancer patients and adverse reactions.

Titanium disk used for guided bone regeneration in aesthetic zone: Report of 1 case / 实用口腔医学杂志

A case with horizontal and vertical bone deficiency at the maxillary esthetic area is reported.A titanium disk was applied to maintain the space for guided bone regeneration,and ridge splitting and bone compressing technique were used to prepare the site.Finally,the restoration of implant tooth with favorable esthetic outcome was obtained.

Research progress in peri-implant soft tissue engineering augmentation method / 中华口腔医学杂志

The sufficiency of hard and soft tissue at the implant site is the guarantee of long-term function, health and the appearance of implant denture. Problem of soft tissue recession at the implant site has always been bothering dentists. Traditional methods for augmentation of soft tissue such as gingival transplantation have disadvantages of instability of the increased soft-tissue and more trauma. Lately the methods that base on tissue engineering to increase the soft tissue of peri-implant sites have drawn great attention. This review focuses on the current methods of peri-implant restoration through tissue engineering, seed cells, biological scaffolds and cytokines.

Effect of Zinc Doped Calcium Phosphate Coating on Bone Formation and the Underlying Biological Mechanism / 生物医学工程学杂志

Implant surface modified coating can improve its osteoinductivity, about which simple calcium phosphate coating has been extensively studied. But it has slow osteointegration speed and poor antibacterial property, while other metal ions added, such as nano zinc ion, can compensate for these deficiencies. This paper describes the incorporation form, the effect on physical and chemical properties of the material and the antibacterial property of nano zinc, and summarizes the material's biological property given by calcium ion, zinc ion and inorganic phosphate (Pi), mainly focusing on the influence of these three inorganic ions on osteoblast proliferation, differentiation, protein synthesis and matrix mineralization in order to present the positive function of zinc doped calcium phosphate in the field of bone formation.