Archive for September, 2006

  • Malpositioned Dental Implant

    Dr. H. asks:Last night, I had inserted a fixture in right central incisor with diameter of 4.1 mm and 11 mm length. When I incised and reflect the flap I was confronted with a protruding crestal bone in the right central area because of malalignment of the extracted central.

    It was impossible to place the […]

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  • Tightening the Crown on an Implant

    James asks us:
    The threaded collar under my dental implant crown will not remain tight.  Therefore, my crown rotates on the implant (which is approx. ten years old, with a round body). 

    It has been tightened repeatedly and will not remain tight.  Is there a
    preferred method for locking the
    threaded portion to the dental implant?  I would […]

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  • Titanium Implants Fracturing?

    Dr. Rubin asks:There seems to be some danger of narrow pure titanium dental implants fracturing.

    I thought that all dental implants today were alloy but when I called a few
    companies to check, I found out that there are still many pure titanium
    dental implants on the market even though the alloy implants are stronger.
    Have you seen any […]

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