Archive for May, 2006

  • Grafting Into An Active Infection?

    Dr. Markowitz asks:Just saw a dental implant patient with a draining sinus tract on the buccal of #9.  Had an endo that failed and the subsequent apico failed.

    I extracted the tooth and placed a flipper.  I was wondering if I should have gone ahead with a bone graft and dental implant placement? I usually […]

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  • Dental Implants vs. Crowns and Bridges

    Eve a dental implant patient asks us: I am 51, female, attractive and toothless. To date I have spent in excess of $7,000 for 2 lower dental implants and upper bone grafting.

    That was over a year ago and I can’t seem to get the 2 separate doctors to agree on a plan. I simply cannot […]

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  • Dental Implants: Pontic Area

    Dr. Kaplowitz asks:I have a patient where I am redoing a dental implant bridge in the mandibular anterior from 27 to 22. 

    Her chief complaint was that when she said certain sounds, she spit between the pontic embrasures.  One of the problems is that there is a lot of vertical bone and soft tissue loss […]

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  • Fosamax Class Action Lawsuit Filed

    Another Class Action lawsuit is underway in the world of pharmaceuticals with negative side effects. Fosamax is an osteoporosis drug prescribed to treat patients with bone loss. It works, but it’s been found to cause deformities in the jaw.

    Attorney J. Marshall Hughes says: "And in the jaw it causes what they say is dead jaw. […]

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