Publications
Publications
Vygandas Rutkunas, Daniel Kules, Ingrida Mischitz, Sandra Huber, Marta Revilla-León, Christel Larsson, Martin Janda
Misfit simulation on implant-supported prostheses with different combinations of engaging and nonengaging titanium bases: Part 3: A radiographic evaluationJustinas Pletkus, Liudas Auškalnis, Leva Gendvilienė, Rolandas Pletkus, Tan Fırat Eyüboğlu, Mutlu Özcan, Mykolas Akulauskas, Vygandas Rutkūnas
Accuracy of different maxillomandibular relationship recording techniques in the edentulous maxillary archHeather Button , John C. Kois, Abdul B. Barmak, Jonathan M. Zeitler, Vygandas Rutkunas, Marta Revilla-León
Scanning accuracy and scanning area discrepancies of intraoral digital scans acquired at varying scanning distances and angulations among 4 different intraoral scannersJ Prosthet Dent. 2024 Nov;132(5):1044-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.01.025. Epub 2023 Mar 3.
Vygandas Rutkūnas, Darius Jegelevičius, Justinas Pletkus, Liudas Auškalnis, Mykolas Akulauskas, Tan Fırat Eyüboğlu, Mutlu Özcan, Agnė Gedrimienė
Effect of reference objects on the accuracy of digital implant impressions in partially edentulous archesVygandas Rutkūnas, Liudas Auškalnis, Justinas Pletkus
Intraoral scanners in implant prosthodontics. A narrative reviewVygandas Rutkūnas, Darius Jegelevičius, Agnė Gedrimienė, Marta Revilla-León, Justinas Pletkus, Mykolas Akulauskas, Tan Fırat Eyüboğlu, Mutlu Özcan, Liudas Auškalnis
Effect of 3D printer, implant analog and angulation on the accuracy of analog position in implant castsVygandas Rutkūnas, Darius Jegelevičius, Agnė Gedrimienė, Liudas Auškalnis, Tan Fırat Eyüboğlu, Mutlu Özcan, Nadin Al-Haj Husain, Mykolas Akulauskas, Justinas Pletkus
Effect of Different Intraoral Scanners on the Accuracy of Bite Registration in Edentulous Maxillary and Mandibular ArchesLinas Zaleckas, Milda Vitosyte, Ieva Gendviliene, Yi Sun, Tomas Simonaitis, Simonas Kaupas, Vygandas Rutkunas
Virtual planning, guided surgery, and digital prosthodontics in the treatment of extended mandible chondrosarcomaVygandas Rutkūnas, Vytautas Bilius, Julius Dirsė, Marta Revilla-León, Marius Rimašauskas, Łukasz Zadrożny, Rita Trumpaitė-Vanagienė
Repositioning accuracy of the implant- and abutment-level prosthetic components used in conventional and digital workflowsLiudas Auškalnis, Mykolas Akulauskas, Cecilie Osnes, Marta Revilla-León, Aistė Kernen-Gintautė, Vygandas Rutkūnas
Trueness of maxillomandibular relationship in 3D-printed and conventional castsJ Dent. 2024 May 4:105044. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.105044
Liudas Auskalnis, Mykolas Akulauskas, Darius Jegelevicius, Vygandas Rutkunas
Trueness of Crown Preparation Dies in Dental Models: An In Vitro Assessment of Digital and Analog WorkflowsVygandas Rutkunas, Daniel Kules, Ingrida Mischitz, Sandra Huber, Marta Revilla-León, Christel Larsson, Martin Janda
Misfit simulation on implant-supported prostheses with different combinations of engaging and nonengaging titanium bases Part 3 A radiographic evaluationJ Prosthet Dent 2024 Feb 27. DOI:10.1016/j.prosdent.2024.01.014. Online ahead of print.
Vygandas Rutkūnas, Vytautas Bilius, Julius Dirsė, Marta Revilla-León, Marius Rimašauskas, Łukasz Zadrożny, Rita Trumpaitė-Vanagienė
Repositioning accuracy of the implant- and abutment-level prosthetic components used in conventional and digital workflowsJ Dent. 2024 Jan 14. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2024.104835. Online ahead of print.
Vygandas Rutkunas, Ieva Gendviliene, Liudas Auskalnis, Francesco Mangano, Stefan Zlatev, Vasilena Ivanova, Eitan Mijiritsky, Rokas Borusevicius
Influence of Kennedy class and number of implants on the accuracy of dynamic implant navigation: An in vitro study using an X-ray free evaluation methodologyMiguel Gómez-Polo, Abdul B. Barmak, Rocío Ortega, Vygandas Rutkunas, John C. Kois, Marta Revilla-León
Accuracy, scanning time, and patient satisfaction of stereophotogrammetry systems for acquiring 3D dental implant positions: A systematic reviewJ Prosthodont. 2023 Aug 17. doi: 10.1111/jopr.13751. Online ahead of print.
V Rutkūnas, A Gedrimienė, I Mischitz, E Mijiritsky, S Huber
EPA Consensus Project Paper: Accuracy of Photogrammetry Devices, Intraoral Scanners, and Conventional Techniques for the Full-Arch Implant Impressions: A Systematic ReviewEur J Prosthodont Restor Dent . 2023 Jun 13. doi: 10.1922/EJPRD_2481Rutkunas12. Online ahead of print.
Marta Revilla-León, Achara Supaphakorn, Abdul B. Barmak, Vygandas Rutkunas, John C. Kois
Influence of print orientation on the intaglio surface accuracy (trueness and precision) of tilting stereolithography definitive resin-ceramic crownsE. Mijiritsky, V. Ivanova, V. Rutkunas, S. Zlatev
EPA Consensus Project Paper: Accuracy of Conventional and Digital Workflows in Partially Edentulous Cases Restored with FPDs over Implants. A Systematic ReviewEur J Prostodont Restor Dent. 2023 Apr 18. doi: 10.1922/EJPRD_2484Mijiritsky09. Online ahead of print.
Rutkunas V, Bilius V, Simonaitis T, Auskalnis L, Jurgilevicius J, Akulauskas M
The effect of different implant impression splinting techniques and time on the dimensional accuracy: An in vitro studyJ Dent. 2022 Nov;126:104267. doi:10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104267. Epub 2022 Aug 24.
Pletkus J, Rutkūnas V, Gendvilienė I, Borusevičius R, Gedrimienė A, Auškalnis A, Kubilius M, Kaktys J
Model-free digital workflow and immediate functional loading of implant-supported monolithic glass-ceramic crowns: A case seriesJ Dent. 2022 Oct;125:104270. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104270 Epub 2022 Aug 21.
Rutkunas V, Borusevicius R, Balciunas E, Jasinskyte U, Alksne M, Simoliunas E, Zlatev S, Ivanova V, BukelskieneV, Mijiritsky E
The Effect of UV Treatment on Surface Contact Angle, Fibroblast Cytotoxicity, and Proliferation with Two Types of Zirconia-Based CeramicsInt J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 5;19(17):11113. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191711113.
Rutkunas V, Dirse J, Kules D, Mischitz I, Larsson C, Janda M
Misfit simulation on implant prostheses with different combinations of engaging and nonengaging titanium bases. Part 2: Screw resistance testJ Prosthet Dent. 2022 Aug 15;S0022-3913(22)00286-4. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.04.027
Auškalnis L, Akulauskas M, Jegelevičius D, Simonaitis T, Rutkūnas V
Error propagation from intraoral scanning to additive manufacturing of complete-arch dentate models: An in vitro studyJ Dent. 2022 Jun;121:104136. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2022.104136 Epub 2022 Apr 20.
Rutkunas V, Dirse J, Kules D, Simonaitis T
Misfit simulation on implant prostheses with different combinations of engaging and nonengaging titanium bases. Part 1: Stereomicroscopic assessmenJ Prosthet Dent. 2022 May 5;S0022-3913(22)00229-3. doi: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2022.04.009.
Rutkūnas V, Gedrimienė A, Auškalnis L, Admakin O & Mangano F
Accuracy of Fixed Implant-Supported Dental Prostheses Additively Manufactured by Metal, Ceramic, or Polymer: A Systematic ReviewJ Prosthodont. 2022 Mar;31(S1):70-87. doi: 10.1111/jopr.13449.
Alksne M, Kalvaityte M, Simoliunas E, Gendviliene I, Barasa P, Rinkunaite I, Kaupinis A, Seinin D, Rutkunas V, Bukelskiene V
Dental pulp stem cell-derived extracellular matrix: autologous tool boosting bone regenerationCytotherapy 2022 Jun;24(6):597-607. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2022.02.002. Epub 2022 Mar 15.
Rutkūnas V, Gedrimienė A, Al-Haj Husain N, Pletkus J, Barauskis D, Jegelevičius D, Özcan M
Effect of additional reference objects on accuracy of five intraoral scanners in partially and completely edentulous jaws: An in vitro studyVygandas Rutkunas, Agne Gedrimiene, Mykolas Akulauskas, Vincent Fehmer, Irena Sailer, Darius Jegelevicius
In vitro and in vivo accuracy of full-arch digital implant impressionsClin Oral Implants Res. 2021 Sep 20. doi: 10.1111/clr.13844.
Vygandas Rutkūnas, Agne Gedrimiene, Reinhilde Jacobs, Mangirdas Malinauskas
Comparison of conventional and digital workflows for implant-supported screw-retained zirconia FPD bars: Fit and cement gap evaluation using SEM analysisInt J Oral Implantol (Berl). 2021 May 12;14(2):199-210. Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34006081/
I Gendviliene, E Simoliunas, M Alksne, S Dibart, E Jasiuniene, V Cicenas, R Jacobs, V Bukelskiene, V Rutkunas
Effect of extracellular matrix and dental pulp stem cells on bone regeneration with 3D printed PLA/HA composite scaffoldsEur Cell Mater. 2021 Feb 23;41:204-215. doi: 10.22203/eCM.v041a15.
Rutkūnas V, Borusevičius R, Liaudanskaitė D, Jasinskyte U, Drukteinis S, Bukelskienė V, Mijiritsky E.
The Effect of Different Cleaning Protocols of Polymer-Based Prosthetic Materials on the Behavior of Human Gingival FibroblastsInt J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 23;17(21):7753. doi:10.3390/ijerph17217753.
Gendviliene I, Simoliunas E, Rekstyte S, et al.
Assessment of the morphology and dimensional accuracy of 3D printed PLA and PLA/HAp scaffoldsJ Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2020;104:103616. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103616
Rutkūnas V, Dirsė J, Bilius V.
Accuracy of an intraoral digital scanner in tooth color determinationJ Prosthet Dent. 2020;123(2):322–329. doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2018.12.020
Rutkunas V, Larsson C, Vult von Steyern P, Mangano F, Gedrimiene A.
Clinical and laboratory passive fit assessment of implant-supported zirconia restorations fabricated using conventional and digital workflowClin Implant Dent Relat Res. 2020;10.1111/cid.12885. doi:10.1111/cid.12885
Gedrimiene A, Adaskevicius R, Rutkunas V.
Accuracy of digital and conventional dental implant impressions for fixed partial dentures: A comparative clinical studyJ Adv Prosthodont. 2019;11(5):271–279. doi:10.4047/jap.2019.11.5.27
Rutkūnas V, Gečiauskaitė A, Jegelevičius D, Vaitiekūnas M.
Accuracy of digital implant impressions with intraoral scanners. A systematic reviewEur J Oral Implantol. 2017;10 Suppl 1:101-120. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28944372
Trumpaite-Vanagiene R, Bukelskiene V, Aleksejuniene J, Puriene A, Baltriukiene D, Rutkunas V.
Cytotoxicity of commonly used luting cements -An in vitro studyDent Mater J. 2015;34(3):294-301. doi:10.4012/dmj.2014-185. Epub 2015 Apr 23.
Rutkunas V, Ignatovic J.
A technique to splint and verify the accuracy of implant impression copings with light-polymerizing acrylic resinJ Prosthet Dent. 2014;111(3):254–256. doi:10.1016/j.prosdent.2013.08.015
Malinauskas M, Rekštytė S, Lukoševičius L, Butkus S, Balčiūnas E, Pečiukaitytė M, Baltriukienė D, Bukelskienė V, Butkevičius A, Kucevičius P, Rutkūnas V, Juodkazis S.
3D Microporous Scaffolds Manufactured via Combination of Fused Filament Fabrication and Direct Laser Writing AblationMicromachines 2014; 5(4), 839-858; doi:10.3390/mi5040839
Baltriukienė D, Sabaliauskas V, Balčiūnas E, Melninkaitis A Liutkevičius E, Bukelskienė V, Rutkūnas V.
The Effect of Laser-Treated Titanium Surface on Human Gingival Fibroblast BehaviorJ Biomed Mater Res A, 102 (3), 713-20 Mar 2014. doi:10.1002/jbm.a.34739.
Rutkunas V, Sveikata K, Savickas R.
Effects of implant angulation, material selection, and impression technique on impression accuracy: a preliminary laboratory studyInt J Prosthodont. 2012 Sep-Oct;25(5):512-5. Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22930776/
Rutkūnas V, Mizutani H, Takahashi H, Iwasaki N.
Wear simulation effects on overdenture stud attachmentsDent Mater J. 2011;30(6):845-53. doi: 10.4012/dmj.2011-057. Epub 2011 Nov 25.
Rutkūnas V, Sabaliauskas V, Mizutani H.
Effects of different food colorants and polishing techniques on color stability of provisional prosthetic materialsDent Mater J. 2010 Mar;29(2):167-76. doi:10.4012/dmj.2009-075
Rutkūnas V, Mizutani H, Takahashi H.
Influence of attachment wear on retention of mandibular overdentureJ Oral Rehabil. 2007 Jan;34(1):41-51. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2842.2006.01640.x