Recent Resident Research

Research:

Industry funded

Evaluation of resorbable plates for mandibular fracture repair, PI Wilk R, Co-I Block MS, Malloy R, Kent JN, R Laughlin Inion, $76,000, 3/1/03 – 3/1/04

Local/University funded

Determination of sub-epithelial tissue graft thickness in the dog. Wood, Robert, PI; Perenack Jon co-investigator, Block MS faculty advisor. Funded by AAOMS student research award and AAOMS resident research award, LSU Office of Research, and James Peltier Chair in OMS, $7,000, 3/1/98 – 2/28/99
A comparison of multiple lip augmentation methods. PI Ferguson M: Faculty advisors J. Stover and MS Block, LSU Office of Research and Peltier Chair, $5000, 3/1/99 – 3/1/00

Foundation funded

Bone gap healing with rhBMP-2 in the dog. Yudell R , PI.; Block MS faculty advisor. Funded by AAOMS resident training award and LSU Office of Research and James Peltier Chair in OMS, $12,000. 11/1/97 – 12/1/98.
Reconstruction of Mandibular Bone defects. PI Block MS, Co-Is Stover J, Moses R, Farrell Br LEQSF HEF grant award to LSU Center of Oral and Craniofacial Biology, $68,000 for this project, $7,000,000 for the Center award.
Alveolar ridge augmentation using PRP and mineralized bone. PI Block MS, Co-Is Matt Dudziak, $10,000, AAOMS Resident research award and Peltier chair, 4/1/01 – 4/1/02
Reconstruction of cranial defects: PI Palmisano W III, Faculty Advisor Block MS, Co-I Degen M., AAOMS Foundation Student research award, Peltier Chair in OMS, 10,000, 2002-2003
Zygomatic arch bone graft healing in the dog using platelet rich plasma, PI Harris D, Faculty Advisor Block MS, Co-I Farrell B. AAOMS Foundation Student research award, Peltier Chair in OMS, 10,000, 2002-2003

Publications:

• Block MS, Achong R: Osseointegration. In Peterson’s Principles of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, ed M Miloro, chapter 10, 2004, pp 189-204.
• Achong RM and Block MS: Sinus floor augmentation: simultaneous versus delayed implant placement. Section 1, Chapter 5, 53-66, The Sinus Bone Graft, second edition, Quintessence Pub, Chicago, 2006.
• Yudell RM, Block MS: Bone Gap Healing in the Dog using recombinant human bone morphogenetic Protein-2. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 58(7):761-766, 2000.
• Gollehon, S.G., Kent, J.N.: “Facial Alloplastic Implants,” The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, Vol. 17(3)133-143, 2000.
• Gollehon, S.G., Kent, J.N.: “Facial Alloplastic Implant: Biomaterials and Surgical Implementation,” Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets, Section VI.
  “Management of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Patient, page 320.
• Block MS, Gardiner D, Almerico B, Neal C: Loaded HA coated and uncoated titanium threaded implants in dog alveolar ridges augmented with distraction osteogenesis. Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology, 89 (6): 676-685, 2000.
• Block MS, Scheufler E: Squamous cell carcinoma appearing as peri-implant bone loss, J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 59: 1349-, 2001.
• Perenack J, Wood RJ, Block MS, Gardiner D: Determination of Subepithelial Connective Tissue Graft Thickness in the Dog. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 60:415-421, 2002.
• Marchena JM, Block MS, Stover J: Tibial bone harvesting under intravenous sedation: morbidity and patient experiences, J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 60:1151-1154, 2002.
• Block MS, Finger I, Lytle R: Human mineralized bone in extraction sites before implant placement: preliminary results. JADA 133:1631-1638, 2002.
• Block MS, Degen M: Horizontal ridge augmentation using human mineralized particulate bone: preliminary results. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 62(9), Supplement 2: 67-72, 2004.
• Block MS and Baughman DG: Reconstruction of severe anterior maxillary defects using distraction osteogenesis, bone grafts, and implants. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 63(3):291-297, 2005.
• Block MS, Casadaban MC: Implant restoration of external resorption teeth in the esthetic zone, J Oral Maxillofac Surg, Nov;63(11):1653-6, 2005.
• Castellon P, Casadaban MC, Block MS. Techniques to facilitate provisionalization of implant restorations. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 63(9) suppl 2:72-79, 2005.
• Block MS, Jackson WC, Techniques for grafting the extraction site in preparation for dental implant placement.
  Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. Mar;14(1):1-25, 2006.
• Block MS, Achong R. Bone morphogenetic protein for sinus augmentation.
  Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. Mar;14(1):99-105, 2006.
• RM, Shetty K, Arribas A, Block MS. Implants in HIV-positive patients: 3 case reports. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. Aug;64(8):1199-203, 2006.
• Ryser MR, Block MS, Mercante DE: Correlation of papilla to crestal bone levels around single tooth implants in immediate or delayed crown protocols. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 63 (8):1184-1195, 2005.
• Laughlin RM, Block MS, Wilk R, Malloy RB, Kent JN: Resorbable plates for the fixation of mandibular fractures: a prospective study. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 65:89-96, 2007.
• Perenack JD, Spagnole D, The Use of Bifocal Distraction Osteogenesis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Severe Condylar Degeneration – A Case Report, with D. Spagnoli DDS, PhD, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, submitted for publication 2001.
• Perenack JD, Biggerstaff T; Lip Modification Procedures as an Adjunct to Improving Smile and Dental Esthetics. Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America,14(1)51-74,Mar 2006.

Abstract Presentations:

• Neal C, Block MS, Almerico B, Dean K: Loaded HA-coated and uncoated implants in alveolar ridges augmented with distraction osteogenesis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 56 (8) Supplement 4, 96-97, 1998.
• Yudell RL, Block MS, Kim H-J, Cornejo R: Bone gap healing with rhBMP-2 in the dog. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 56 (8) Supplement 4, 97, 1998.
• Cornejo R, Block MS, Cosse C, Waguespack S: Mandibular widening using skeletal to tooth fixation and distraction osteogenesis in dogs. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 56 (8) Supplement 4, 76, 1998.
• Casadaban M, Block MS, Akin R: Short segment alveolar ridge distraction. Hinman Student Research Symposium, Memphis, Tenn, 10/31/98.
• Wood R, Perenack J, Block MS: Subepithelial connective tissue grafts in the dog. Hinman Student Research Symposium, Memphis, Tenn, 10/31/98.
• Block MS, Casadaban M, Stover J: An endosseous distraction osteogenesis device for ridge augmentation. AAOMS Innovations, session 1, 10/1/99.
• Block MS, Perenack J, Wood R: Determination of subepithelial connective tissue graft thickness in the dog. AAOMS annual abstract session 8, 9/30/99, Boston , J Oral Maxillofac Surg supplement 1, 57 (8):58-59, 1999.
• Perenack JD, Split Thickness Sub-epithelial Connective Tissue Grafting in a Canine Model; Evaluation of Changes in Tissue Thickness Over Time, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, presented at the AAOMS National Convention 1999.
• Darling B, Block MS, Stover JD: Effect of PDGF and IGF on Bone Incorporation within Bio-Os/Collagen Composites, AOMS scientific sessions, J Oral Maxillofac 58(8) supplement 1, page 88, 2000.
• Jose M Marchena, DMD, MD*, Michael S. Block DMD, John D. Stover DMD PhD MD, Denise Lirette RDH Tibia Bone Harvesting Under Intravenous Sedation: Morbidity and Patient Experiences, AAOMS scientific sessions, Innovations abstract, Sept 22, 2000.
• Achong R, Block MS: Comparison of morbidity of zygomaticus implants to sinus iliac grafts. AAOMS scientific sessions, J Oral Maxillofac 58(8) supplement 1, page 91, 2000.
• Perenack JD ,A Comparison of Lip Augmentation Materials, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, presented at the AAOMS National Convention 2000.
• Dudziak ME, Block MS: Immediate ridge preservation with anorganic bovine bone following tooth extraction. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 59 (supplement 1):103-104, 2001.
• Block MS, Lirette D, Salinas T, Sadan A, Blatz M, Raigrodski A, Chandler CS, Achong R. Prospective evaluation of single tooth implants in the anterior maxilla, placed into edentulous sites without previous grafting. J Oral Maxillo Fac Surg, 60(supplement 1): 94, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, October, 2002.
• Block MS, Finger I, Potiket N, Lirette D, Achong R, Chandler CS. Prospective evaluation of immediate provisional single tooth molar and premolar implant restorations. J Oral Maxillo Fac Surg, 60(supplement 1): 93, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, October, 2002.
• Block MS, Farrell Brian, Boudreaux D, Stover J. The effect of PRP with and without membranes on bone defect healing in the dog, J Oral Maxillo Fac Surg, 60(supplement 1): 38, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, October, 2002.
• Dudziak ME, Block MS, Immediate ridge preservation with anorganic bovine bone or human mineralized bone following tooth extraction, J Oral Maxillo Fac Surg, 60(supplement 1): 101, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, October, 2002.
• Palmisano W III, Degen M, Block MS. Craniotomy bone defect healing with PRP combined with mineralized bone, J Oral Maxillo Fac Surg, 60(supplement 1): 39, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, October, 2002.
• Dudziak ME, Block MS: Ridge augmentation with PRP/PPP and mineralized bone in dogs. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 61 (8), suppl 1:41-42, 2003, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, September.
• Harris D, Farrell B, Block MS: Zygomatic arch defects grafted with mineralized bone with PRP or PPP in dogs, J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 61 (8), suppl 1:42, 2003, AAOMS Scientific Sessions, September, 2003.
• Chandler, Clay: “A Follow up on Four Cases: Bone Source used for Frontal Sinus Abulation”, SSOMS Scientific Session, April 2008.
• Cook, Daniel: “Soft Tissue Changes in Single Tooth Implants”, SSOMS Scientific Session, April 2008.
• Haggerty, Christopher: “Maxillary Implants in the Strophic Maxilla Without Bone Grafting”, SSOMS Scientific Session, April 2008.
• Jackson, Walter: “Alloplastic Total Joint Replacement: Case Report and Current Update”, SSOMS Scientific Session, April 200.