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Archive for January, 2006

• Ridge Augmentation

  Ridge height is adquate for 10mm length dental implants, however ridge widgth is inadequate. Provided inital stabilization is present, would this be considered too risky if approximtately 50% of the facial threads are exposed after osteotomy and dental implant placement?

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• Preparing the Abutment

  For some of my more apprehensive dental implant referrals I place the solid abutment onto the dental implant for them, allowing them to take a conventional crown and bridge impression for the crown.

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• Dental Implant Contraindications

  Because of the potential for developing osteonecrosis of the jaws, oral surgery procedures are contraindicated in these cases. This means no extractions or dental implants.

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• Effects of Electromagnetic Field

  I found little information about tissue regeneration around dental implants under the action of a electromagnetic field.

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• Dental Implant after Extraction

  I have reviewed an implant patient just recently, where I placed an implant immediately after extracting his upper left first molar. Unfortunately he has experienced some recession around the dental implant.

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• Dental Implants for Dentures

  Does anyone experience any problems with dental implants used to hold lower dentures firmly in place?

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• Metal Reinforced Acrylic Frameworks

  For fixed full-arch dental implant supported partial dentures in the mandible,
  one approach has been to use metal reinforced acrylic frameworks.

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• TGF-Beta Signaling

  What are your thoughts on the recent finding, released only last month, that the quality of bone matrix, a key component of bone, is regulated by a molecule known as transforming growth factor beta or TGF-Beta?

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• Single Maxillary Central Incisor

  I think replacing a single maxillary central incisor is quite challenging.

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• Filling the Screw Channel

  I have heard a number of speakers recommend different materials for filling the screw channel before cementing a crown or bridge.

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• Nobel Responds to Dental Implant Critics

  Interestingly, the Nobel Direct dental implant accounted for only 2 percent of Nobel´s sales, so the economic impact to Nobel should be limited. However, the key question is whether there will be any impact from this on the marketability of other Nobel dental implant product lines. What are your thoughts?

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• One-Piece Dental Implant - Abutment Units

  One of the aspects of the one-piece dental implant - abutment units is that the dental implants have to be loaded immediately after placement.

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• Recombinant Growth Factor for Periodontal Applications

  GEM 21S® (Growth-factor Enhanced Matrix) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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• Dental Implant Education

  I am a general practitioner and have taken about 80 hours of continuing education courses in the surgical placement of dental implants.

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• Dental Implant Costs

  A very interesting article we found that touches upon the important subject of the rising costs of dental implants and other surgical replacement procedures.

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