here seems to be some controversy over torquing down the abutment screw when placing dental implants. Most of the dental implant crowns and bridges that I do involve torquing down the abutment and then cementing the crown or bridge.
Read More and Comment | 5 Comments »No matter how carefully we discuss the dental implant procedure with a patient, sometimes a patient has “buyers remorse” after the surgery.
Read More and Comment | 2 Comments »An inspiring story of an academic, that developed a technique for measuring implant performance, and in 1998 founded a spin-off company with Imperial College London to exploit the idea commercially.
Read More and Comment | No Comments »A study in the November Journal of Periodontology found that tooth
loss due to periodontal disease is associated with the risk indicators
of age, male gender, smoking, lack of professional maintenance
I have replaced some maxillary canines with regular platform implants
Read More and Comment | 4 Comments »In the part three of the interview with Dr. Balshi, on Teeth-in-an-Hour and Teeth-in-a-Day paradigms, Dr. Balshi discusses Determining Primary Stability.
Read More and Comment | 1 Comment »In the second part of the interview with Dr. Balshi, on Teeth-in-an-Hour and Teeth-in-a-Day paradigms, some of the techniques used in implant restoration are described.
Read More and Comment | No Comments »We recently had a chance to talk with Dr. Thomas Balshi about the surgical and prosthetic protocols that he and Dr. Glenn Wolfinger have developed for the Teeth-in-an-Hour and Teeth-in-a-Day paradigms.
Read More and Comment | No Comments »We recently had a chance to talk with Dr. Clark Stanford about Measuring Osseointegration, fluoride-modified surfaces, and various other clinical data that relate to the Astra Tech dental implant system.
Read More and Comment | No Comments »Has anybody tried using dental implants to support distal extension base removable partial dentures?
Read More and Comment | 10 Comments »There are other recent studies that have shown no bone loss with an abutment that was step backed from the implant itself. Some manufacturers have already been offering these types of abutments for quite some time. Is this the future direction for abutments?
Read More and Comment | 41 Comments »Medications have a profound effect on a patient’s oral condition.
Read More and Comment | 3 Comments »There are many advantages over traditional CT scans…The single most groundbreaking advantage of the i-CAT is easy, convenient and low-cost access to this imaging modality for the patient and the dentist.
Read More and Comment | 25 Comments »Has anybody tried to remove cemented crowns or bridges with a pneumatic handpiece?
Read More and Comment | 2 Comments »The concept of retrievablity was something that seemed very important in the “beginnings” of implantology.
Read More and Comment | 11 Comments »What has been your experience with cementing crowns and bridges on implant abutments?
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