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Papers by José López-lópez

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict measures of confinement and social distancing w... more At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict measures of confinement and social distancing were taken. Dentists were considered essential personnel and their activity was restricted to emergency treatment. The present observational study aims to determine the situation of oral implantology practice in Spain during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cross-sectional observational study based on the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) guidelines. An electronic survey consisting of three blocks of questions was sent to all members of the Spanish Society of Implants. The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. A total of 237 participants (14.3%) responded to the questionnaire. The majority of participants (60.8%) only attended emergencies during the first 9 months of the pandemic. Despite this, 77.2% reported having performed dental implant surgeries and 75.5% indicated that they performed non-essential treatments....

Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Avances en Odontoestomatología

Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2017

Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry, 2017

Dental consultation may provoke stress to the patient, especially when a dental surgery is going ... more Dental consultation may provoke stress to the patient, especially when a dental surgery is going to be performed, stressful situations can cause a reaction in the sympathetic nervous system that could lead to cardiovascular alterations. Blood pressure and cardiac frequency are used often as an indirect measurement and this parameters combined can serve as good indicators of stress. Objective: Analyze the changes in vital signs and analytical parameters induced by a dental extraction. 24 healthy patients who required a simple dental extraction underwent to a blood test and motorization of their pre- and post-extraction vital signs before, at 2 and 48 hours after the procedure. Data analysis was performed by means of repeated measures one way ANOVA followed by multiple comparisons Bonferroni's Post-hoc test. The evaluated patients were 13 women and 11 men with an average age of 35.1. Thirteen patients (54.17% of the sample) were smokers and five were regular drinkers (20.8%). No s...

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2015

Introduction: Smoking is one of the main public health problems in developed countries. Despite e... more Introduction: Smoking is one of the main public health problems in developed countries. Despite extensive evidence on the effects of smoking on both oral and general health, the rate of smoking cessation is not promising. Material and Methods: To review the evidence on knowledge and programs for smoking cessation developed by dentists, a literature review was carried out on programs for smoking cessation from the dentist's perspective, as well as a review of behavioral guidelines that have been recently proposed for these interventions. We used the keywords "Tobacco", "Smoking Prevention", "Public Health" AND "Dentistry", to identify controlled studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses published between 1999 and 2014, in Google Scholar, SCOPUS and PubMed. Results: Out of 177 studies found, 35 were considered, and these were divided into 2 groups of 20 and 15 articles respectively, according to type of study and inclusion criteria. Conclusions: There is considerable scientific evidence describing the programs for smoking cessation used in dentistry, which support their effectiveness. Overall, these are brief behavioral interventions complemented by pharmacological treatment, with the participation of the entire dental team.

International Journal of Dentistry, 2015

Introduction. Pyogenic granuloma (PG) and peripheral giant-cell granuloma (PGCG) are two of the m... more Introduction. Pyogenic granuloma (PG) and peripheral giant-cell granuloma (PGCG) are two of the most common inflammatory lesions associated with implants; however, there is no established pathway for treatment of these conditions. This paper aims to illustrate the successful treatment of PG and PGCG and also report a systematic review of the literature regarding the various treatments proposed.Methods. To collect relevant information about previous treatments for PG and PGCG involving implants we carried out electronic searches of publications with the key words “granuloma”, “oral”, and “implants” from the last 15 years on the databases Pubmed, National Library of Medicine’s Medline, Scielo, Scopus, and Cochrane Library.Results. From the electronic search 16 case reports were found showing excision and curettage as the main successful treatment. As no clinical trials or observational studies were identified the authors agreed to present results from a review perspective.Conclusion. ...

The International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 2021

O ral implant therapy has become a widely accepted dental treatment for the replacement of missin... more O ral implant therapy has become a widely accepted dental treatment for the replacement of missing teeth with high success rates and high predictability. 1,2 Dental implant placement requires bone preparation and sometimes flap retraction and bone grafts as well. This procedure sometimes results in some levels of pain after implant surgery 3-6 after the effect of anesthesia ceases. 7,8 Despite being one of the most frequent manifestations after dental implant placement, acute postsurgical pain is often not adequately appreciated by clinicians, as they are often more concerned with technical aspects of surgery and long-term outcomes than with patient-centered matters of treatment. 9 Oral surgery is rarely life threatening and has a relatively short recovery duration; however, fear of pain associated with oral surgery is known to be a deterrent for seeking dental treatment. 10,11 Although pain due to dental implant placement is mostly described as mild to moderate and short-term in nature, 4 this surgical procedure is so common that the morbidity of pain might be noticeable. In epidemiology, a risk factor is a behavioral, environmental, inborn, or inherited factor associated with a health-related condition whose prevention is crucial (accessible at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ mesh/68012307). Not all factors affecting pain are intrinsic to the surgical procedure itself and are determined by both nociceptive stimulus and psychologic status. 12 Previous studies on pain and factors that might influence pain perception have suggested that acute postsurgical pain after dental implant placement might be

Oral Surgery, 2011

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a haematological disease characterised by the multicentric proliferation... more Multiple myeloma (MM) is a haematological disease characterised by the multicentric proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. This relatively rare disease develops mainly in men (mean age, 60 years). The occurrence of the disease in jaws is uncommon as a primary manifestation. A 73-yearold man was first seen with a chief complaint of a painful mandibular enlargement persisting for 1 month with an increase in the volume of the gingiva, which bled during oral hygiene. The Xray revealed a 'punched-out' lesion with ill-defined margins in the mandibular ramus and body. A computed tomography scan showed a mandibular osteolytic lesion extending to the surrounding soft tissue. The incisional biopsy revealed a monotonous proliferation of plasmacytoid cells strongly immunoreactive to Kappa IgG, which confirmed the diagnosis of MM. After the biopsy, the patient spontaneously fractured his ribs, and the Bence Jones protein test was positive. Conformal radiotherapy followed by bortezomib with melphalan and prednisone was the elected treatment. The patient stopped treatment after two cycles, and progression to death followed after 6 months. This case report reinforces the data on the importance of early diagnosis of MM in the jaw and illustrates the contribution that oral assessment can provide for the diagnosis of this disease.

Materials

The augmentation of the alveolar crest after the loss of one or several teeth can be carried out ... more The augmentation of the alveolar crest after the loss of one or several teeth can be carried out using different bone augmentation techniques. These techniques include bone distraction, ridge expansion, bone block grafts, etc. Guided bone regeneration is an alternative to increase the volume of the hard tissues for the subsequent placement of the implants in the optimal three-dimensional position. The objective of this paper is to show a case report of the use of customized titanium mesh for posterior vertical bone regeneration. Case report and Results: A 59-year-old woman comes to rehabilitate edentulous spaces with implants. After taking the anamnesis and the intra and extraoral exploration, a vertical and horizontal bone defect is observed in the third quadrant. After the radiological study with CBCT, a bone height of 6.04 mm to the inferior alveolar nerve and a width of the bone crest of 3.95 mm was observed. It was decided to carry out a regeneration with a preformed titanium m...

Applied Sciences

Background: The relationship between chronic inflammatory diseases and their comorbidities and co... more Background: The relationship between chronic inflammatory diseases and their comorbidities and correlation with periodontal diseases has become an increasing focus of research. Objectives: The aim of this case-control study was to conclude if patients suffering from COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) tend to have more AP (Apical Periodontitis) than non-COPD patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 30 patients assigned as cases, associated with 30 control patients linked by age (+/−5 years) and sex. Results: A total of 60 patients were recorded, and a total of 12 radiographic variables were analyzed. A total of 43 (71.7%) patients were registered with PAI (Periapical Index) ≥ 3, and there was a slightly tendency in the patients from the control group 22 (73.3%) compared to those from the cases 21 (70%), respectively (p > 0.05). Conclusions: It was concluded that there was not a significant association between the levels of PAI (Periapical Index) ≥ 3 pe...

Materials, 2019

This systematic review aims to analyze the effect of the local application of statins in the rege... more This systematic review aims to analyze the effect of the local application of statins in the regeneration of non-periodontal bone defects. A systematic study was conducted with the Pubmed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library and Scielo databases for in vivo animal studies published up to and including February 2019. Fifteen articles were included in the analysis. The local application of the drug increased the percentage of new bone formation, bone density, bone healing, bone morphogenetic protein 2, vascular endothelial growth factor, progenitor endothelial cells and osteocalcin. Meta-analyses showed a statistically significant increase in the percentage of new bone formation when animals were treated with local statins, in contrast to the no introduction of filling material or the introduction of polylactic acid, both in an early (4–6 weeks) and in a late period (12 weeks) (mean difference 39.5%, 95% confidence interval: 22.2–56.9, p <0.001; and mean difference 43.3%, 95% confiden...

Cancers, 2021

The purpose of this review was to identify and describe the causes that influence the time-interv... more The purpose of this review was to identify and describe the causes that influence the time-intervals in the pathway of diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer and to assess its impact on prognosis and survival. The review was structured according to the recommendations of the Aarhus statement, considering original data from individual studies and systematic reviews that reported outcomes related to the patient, diagnostic and pre-treatment intervals. The patient interval is the major contributor to the total time-interval. Unawareness of signs and/or symptoms, denial and lack of knowledge about oral cancer are the major contributors to the process of seeking medical attention. The diagnostic interval is influenced by tumor factors, delays in referral due to higher number of consultations and previous treatment with different medicines or dental procedures and by professional factors such as experience and lack of knowledge related to the disease and diagnostic procedures. Patients wi...

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2021

Background: The COVID-19 disease first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Healt... more Background: The COVID-19 disease first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic in March 2020, with 40 million cases and a million deaths in October 2020. COVID-19 also includes manifestations on the skin and mucous mucosal membrane. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of the oral lesions associated to COVID-19 disease; and evaluate their clinical presentation and the hypothesized etiology. Methods: An electronic literature search was performed in PubMed, Scopus and Índice Médico Español databases. The following combination of keywords and Boolean operators were used: "COVID-19 AND oral manifestations"; "COVID-19 AND oral lesions"; "COVID-19 AND mucosal lesions" ; "COVID-19 AND mucosal manifestations"; "SARS-COV-2 AND oral manifestations"; "SARS-COV-2 AND oral lesions"; "SARS-COV-2 AND mucosal lesions"; "SARS-COV-2 AND mucosal manifestations". Furthermore, the bibliography was reviewed to manually include additional articles. The risk of bias in individual studies was assessed by two blinded reviewers using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and the evidence levels of the articles found will be cataloged according to the level of evidence and grade of recommendation of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM). Results: 249 articles were found in the Medline / Pubmed database. There are no additional articles in the Scopus and Índice Médico Español databases. We selected 14 articles plus 5 more articles due to manual searching. Patients

Medicina Oral Patología Oral y Cirugia Bucal, 2020

Background: TORS has become one of the latest surgical alternatives in the treatment of oropharyn... more Background: TORS has become one of the latest surgical alternatives in the treatment of oropharynx squamous cell carcinomas (OPSCC) and has become increasingly accepted by surgeons as a treatment option. Surgical robots were designed for various purposes, such as allowing remote telesurgery, and eliminating human factors like trembling. The study aimed to compare systematic review of the available literature in order to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS) compared with open surgery. Material and Methods: We performed a systematic review of the available literature in order to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of TORS compared with open surgery. We compared TORS and open surgery based on 16 outcomes divided in to 3 groups: intra-operative complications, post-operative complications, and functional and oncologic outcomes. An electronic search of observational studies was carried out using the following databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register, and Scielo. Data analysis was carried out in accordance to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Metanalysis (PRISMA) and the quality of the studies were evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. No language restrictions were imposed.

Brazilian Dental Journal, 2020

Patients with a history of cancer are increasingly common in the dental office. Treating cancer p... more Patients with a history of cancer are increasingly common in the dental office. Treating cancer patients requires a multidisciplinary team, which should include the dentist, in order to control the complications that occur in the oral cavity and also to recover the patient undergoing treatment in any of its types: surgical, medical, radiotherapeutic, or its possible combinations. Dental implants can be a safe and predictable treatment option for prosthetic rehabilitation. The aim of this paper is to describe in retrospect the success rate of osseointegrated implants in oncology and non-oncology patients placed by the Master of Dentistry in Oncology and Immunocompromised Patients, as well as the Master of Medicine, Surgery and Oral Implantology of the University of Barcelona Dental Hospital, between July 2011 and March 2016. 466 patients were reviewed, with a total of 1405 implants placed, considering the oncological history of the patients and the implant success rate. The total suc...

Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry, 2018

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is one of the most common dermatological diseases which are present in t... more Oral lichen planus (OLP) is one of the most common dermatological diseases which are present in the oral cavity. It is a chronic autoimmune, mucocutaneous disease that affects the oral mucosa as well as the skin, genital mucosa and other sites. Review the relevant information to OLP and its relationship with systemic diseases. Searches were carried out in the Medline/PubMed, Lilacs, Bireme, BVS, and SciELO databases by using key-words. After an initial search that provided us with 243 papers, this number was reduced to 78 from the last seven years. One of the first criteria adopted was a selective reading of the abstracts of articles for the elimination of publications that presented less information regarding the subject proposed for this work. All the selected articles were read in their entirety by all of the authors, who came to a consensus about their level of evidence. The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) criteria were used as the criteria of methodological v...

The International journal of prosthodontics

This in vitro study evaluated the effect of biofilms on abutment torque loss and wear of implant ... more This in vitro study evaluated the effect of biofilms on abutment torque loss and wear of implant internal connection surfaces. Morse taper abutments were torqued to corresponding implants and then the implant-abutment assemblies were immersed in a biofilm medium for 72 hours. After detorque evaluation, the abutments were removed and the inner implant surfaces were observed via scanning electron microscopy and profilometry. The removal torque values and the implant damaged areas decreased after contact with biofilms. The lubricating effect of biofilms decreased the friction between contacting surfaces, negatively affecting the mechanical integrity of the implant-abutment connection.