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Archive for March, 2006

• Dental Implants: 3-Unit Fixed Denture

  Dr. Croll asks us:
  I just inherited a patient with a 3-unit fixed partial denture on 3 well integrated dental implants #19, 20, 21 positions.

  All of the porcelain has shattered off #21.  The FPD is intact and the porcelain is intact on #19, 20.  It is cement retained.  I am planning on doing an overcoping to […]

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• Dental Implant Impinged On Nerve

  I have a patient where dental implants were placed at the lower left first molar and first premolar positions three months following extraction of the posterior teeth. Unfortunately, the anterior dental implant (12mm Straumann RN) slightly impinged the anterior loop of the mental nerve.

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• Nobel Replace Select Implants

  I had Nobel Biocare Replace Select Regular Platform implants placed in #8,9 sites 3 months ago.

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• Dental Implant Complications

  Maria, a patient, asks us:
  I had dental implant surgery on Wednesday of this week. Teeth 9/10, 9 was missing and 10 was removed. I got very swollen on Wednesday night and Thursday.

  Now, I have discomfort right under my front tooth. I wore a dental flipper the first night as told. My lip still feels […]

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• CT Scans for Dental Implant Treatment

  Is it imperative to take CT scans for all of our dental implant patients? Somebody might say “case selection”, but what does this mean?

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• Loading Protocols

  Dr. Maynard asks:
  How aggressive are you in your loading protocols, and are you getting predictable outcomes? 

  Do you believe the surface on the dental implant allows you to be more aggressive or is it just a case of acheiving primary stability?

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• Dental Implant Complications

  Asher, a dental implant patient, comments:Hi…all Doc’s … I am a recipient of at least 12 more like 15 but who is counting dental implants. I do not know which type. I will find out as I go back again to  my dentist to find out what the heck is causing my swollen throat, nasal […]

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• Restoring Full Arch Cases

  There are times when multiple dental implants for a full arch fixed prosthesis do not have ideal angulation. The ideal of course would be to have all dental implants in the arch parallel to one path of insertion.   

  In an atrophic mandible, even with distraction osteogenesis or grafting, the angulation of dental implant fixtures may […]

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• Mini Implant Abutments

  I would like to know what abutments other dentists are using for their IMTEC mini dental implant cases?

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• Insertion Torque and Osseointegration

  It has been purported that excessive insertion torque may lead to ineffective osseointegration due to bone compression and necrosis at the cellular level.

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