Dr. Jack Hahn was recently interviewed by the Cincinatti Enquirer. What follows are some brief excerpts from this interesting history provided by Dr. Hahn.
For those who may not know, Hahn is one of the pioneers of modern dental implantology. He invented the "Replace Select" dental implant system - a system for replacing missing teeth […]

Dr. Blair asks us:
I have a young man (28) that needs his upper two centrals removed due to trauma and we plan dental implants.

The adjacent teeth are virgin and do not need to be restored. Comfortable and esthetic provisionals are always a struggle for cases  like this. I have used the Essix type of […]

Can anyone inform me of the latest thinking regarding dental implant placement in grafted sites, whether it be autogenous or otherwise……3/12, 6/12?? I seem to find conflicting evidence at every turn. Many thanks

Has anybody tried the new soft-hard reline material that replaces the need for O-rings or attachments with mini dental implants?

Is it possible to use mini dental implants to attach a 3 tooth bridge?

Even the Wall Street Journal is beginning to comment on the Fosamax debate. This past week the newspaper commented: "Echoing claims made in Vioxx lawsuits, Pensacola, Fla.-based law firm
Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor earlier this
week filed a suit against Merck in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers
seeking class-action status. The suit claims that […]

The oral bisphosphonate (e.g. Fosamax) / osteonecrosis story continues to heat up.  This past week Linda Secrest and her husband, Frank Secrest, filed a personal injury and product liability lawsuit against Merck & Co., the manufacturer of Fosamax. Class-action status will be pursued for similarly injured victims, O’Brien, her lawyer said. The lawsuit was filed […]

A new technology for dental implants that may improve construction or repair of bones in the face, skull and jaw, has been developed by researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

The new technology, which is described in journal articles(1, 2,3), provides a method for making […]

Source: By Linda Marsa, Special to The LA Times
Sue Piervin never suspected the pills she took to strengthen her bones
could severely damage her jaw. Twelve years ago, a routine X-ray
revealed her bones were thinning, so her doctor prescribed a drug to
help stop the erosion of bone density. Then, in 1999, Piervin developed
a painful bone spur […]

I have started treatment planning a dental implant rehabilitation for a patient with mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation. 

She will be receiving multiple dental implants and two dental implant supported bridges.  She routinely takes an antibiotic premedication (amoxicillin) for dental treatment that involves gingival bleeding, surgery, etc.  A periodontist will be placing the dental implants […]

Several times now I have tried to treatment plan immediate dental
implant placement ( not immediate load ) of two dental implants (6.0mm Nobel Replace dental implants)  in the
lower canine region only to find that the natural root diameter just
exceeds 5mm.

I end up having to extract the canines/bone graft/wait 4-6 months/etc. Wouldn’t it be a good […]

Dr. Neale comments:
I am relatively new at doing lateral wall sinus graft augmentation.

My last surgery, I encounted an undiagnosed sinus polyp. Although the dental implant patient was non-symptomatic as far as sinus history, the infractured sinus membrane released at lot of purulence.  I continued with the procedure by placing a membrane and placement of allograft […]

Dr. Huang asks:
Is it necessary to put a resorbable membrane over the Titanium mesh + bone grafting for GBR before dental implantation?

Periostum is a GBR membrane -like tissue for bone augmentation, isn’t it? Are bone graftings with allograft/Xenograft or autogeneous grafts different approaches for this GBR technique?

Dr. Stefan asks:
I’m interested in knowing what kind of guarantees other dentists are offering for dental implant patients.

Is there some sort of financial formula to use or a special contract that you have your dental implant patients sign? How else are you mitigating the potential risks associated with dental implant treatment? Thanks !

Dr. Adler asks:
I have inherited some patients with 4 dental implants and Locators retaining a mandibular overdenture. 

The dental implants are placed in the anterior between the mental foramen nerves.  In all of these cases the distal saddle extensions have been off the tissue so that the overdentures are actually dental implant supported (i.e., RP4).  […]