Collegium Carolinum

It seems that the 21st century urgently demands a return to Edith Stein’s anthropology, as we are facing a profound anthropological crisis, that is, a lack of meaning in life, distortion of the meaning of values that guide human life and philosophical reductionism, which turns human beings into a two-dimensional psycho-physical unit and invalidates a fully human (that is, spiritual) dimension. It was surprisingly the same diagnosis that Edith Stein gave in the lecture “Value of Femininity and Its Importance in the Life of the People” in 1928, describing human’s internal disintegration and how the integral man (who, according to her, is the remedy for the disease of our time) can be a way out of the contemporary crisis. It seems that internal disintegration means a weakening of a human being’s spiritual dimension that makes one’s behavioural and mental reactions more dependent on psychological impulses and diminishes one’s capacity for discerning values and decision-making process. The objective of this paper is to present Edith Stein’s diagnosis of the contemporary anthropological crisis and then to present the psychotherapeutic practises of Personal Integration Therapy through the ADI/TIP method, which, through the Stenian theoretical foundation, can no longer fragment man but reconstitute integrity.

AimTo apply high‐frequency ultrasound (HFUS) echo intensity for characterizing peri‐implant tissues at healthy and diseased sites and to investigate the possible ultrasonographic markers of health versus disease.Materials and MethodsSixty patients presenting 60 implants diagnosed as healthy (N = 30) and peri‐implantitis (N = 30) were assessed with HFUS. HFUS scans were imported into a software where first‐order greyscale outcomes [i.e., mean echo intensity (EI)] and second‐order greyscale outcomes were assessed. Other ultrasonographic outcomes of interest involved the vertical extension of the hypoechoic supracrestal area (HSA), soft‐tissue area (STA) and buccal bone dehiscence (BBD), among others.ResultsHFUS EI mean values obtained from peri‐implant soft tissue at healthy and diseased sites were 122.9 ± 19.7 and 107.9 ± 24.7 grey levels (GL); p = .02, respectively. All the diseased sites showed the appearance of an HSA that was not present in healthy implants (area under the curve = 1). The proportion of HSA/STA was 37.9% ± 14.8%. Regression analysis showed that EI of the peri‐implant soft tissue was significantly different between healthy and peri‐implantitis sites (odds ratio 0.97 [95% confidence interval: 0.94–0.99], p = .019).ConclusionsHFUS EI characterization of peri‐implant tissues shows a significant difference between healthy and diseased sites. HFUS EI and the presence/absence of an HSA may be valid diagnostic ultrasonographic markers to discriminate peri‐implant health status.

This investigation aimed to evaluate the 1-year survival of implants placed after staged lateral alveolar ridge augmentation using equine-derived collagenated xenogeneic bone blocks (CXBBs) or autogenous bone block (ABB). Fifty patients who underwent lateral augmentation in a previous trial were included. The primary outcome measure was implant survival at the 1-year follow-up, and secondary outcomes included implant success, peri-implant clinical and volumetric parameters, pink aesthetic scores (PES) and patient-reported outcome measures. Data analysis involved Fisher's exact test, the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. In this study, no late implant failures were observed. The cumulative survival rates were 78.6% for the CXBB group and 90.9% for the ABB group, with no difference between the groups. Similarly, the success rates were 53.6% and 63.6%, respectively, showing no significant difference. Peri-implant clinical and volumetric parameters indicated the presence of healthy peri-implant tissues surrounding implants placed in both CXBB- and ABB-augmented sites. PES were 8.5 and 11.0 for implants placed in CXBB- and ABB-augmented sites, respectively. Furthermore, patient satisfaction rates were high and similar between the groups. Dental implants placed in both CXBB- and ABB-augmented ridges demonstrated no statistically significant differences in clinical, volumetric and aesthetic outcomes, along with high patient satisfaction rates.

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ObjectiveTo assess the influence of biphasic calcium phosphate materials with different surface topographies on bone formation and osseointegration of titanium implants in standardized alveolar ridge defects.Materials and methodsStandardized alveolar ridge defects (6 × 6 mm) were created in the mandible of 8 minipigs and filled with three biphasic calcium phosphate materials (BCP1–3, 90% tricalcium phosphate/10% hydroxyapatite) with different surface properties (micro- and macroporosities) as well as a bovine-derived natural bone mineral (NBM) as a control. At 12 weeks, implants were placed into the augmented defects. After further 8 weeks of healing, dissected blocks were processed for histological analysis (e.g., mineralized (MT), residual bone graft material (BS), bone-to-implant contact (BIC)).ResultsAll four biomaterials showed well-integrated graft particles and new bone formation within the defect area. MT values were comparable in all groups. BS values were highest in the NBM group (21.25 ± 13.52%) and markedly reduced in the different BCP groups, reaching statistical significance at BCP1-treated sites (9.2 ± 3.28%). All test and control groups investigated revealed comparable and statistically not significant different BIC values, ranging from 73.38 ± 20.5% (BCP2) to 84.11 ± 7.84% (BCP1), respectively.ConclusionAll bone graft materials facilitated new bone formation and osseointegration after 12 + 8 weeks of healing.