Can someone explain, in simple terms, what platform switching is, and why it may lead to less bone loss?

In a recent issue of Dental Economics, Pat Sullivan,of Nobel Biocare, argued that due to certain advances in technology, the market for implant-supported fixed bridges is on the verge of a major transformation.

I started placing dental implants this past year using Noble Tapered Groovy and have run into issues placing them in my last two cases.

Bicuspid replaced with NobleBiocare Replace Select.
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I have been hearing a great deal about the problem of bacteria colonizing around the micro-gap between the dental implant fixture and the abutment. Is this a real problem to be concerned with?

I recently placed 4 dental implants in the maxillary jaw. The panoramic radiographs I took before the procedure showed a 13mm vertical bone height in the left premolar area.

Will I have tissue problems, especially plaque control, and how predictable is GBR after the implant has osseointegrated? How can I be sure that I have a “tension free” flap, which is, I think, is my biggest problem?

We took great care in creating a state-of-the-art system that simplifies the process from the ordering and scheduling of a CT scan, to the processing of the scan, to delivering the scan to the doctor. This process can usually be done the same day.

The bottom line here is that after 2-years in the posterior mandible, there was basically no difference between the dental implants which had a 3-month osseointegration followed by restoration versus immediate loading of the dental implants!

I am an orthodontist in Indiana. I would like to place mini-implants for anchorage in the anterior region for effective intrusion of anterior teeth.

Are there any special considerations for grafting/ dental implants given the previous work that was done around the cleft? Are there any factors to be considered when placing dental implants for a cleft palate?

Can Nobel Biocare finally smile again? Last week Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (MPA) gave Nobel the green light to continue selling its NobelDirect and NobelPerfect implants. The condition is simply that Nobel Biocare must rewrite instructions for the NobelDirect
and NobelPerfect dental implants to inform customers and dentists of a
possible bone loss problem and how to […]

A doc friend of mine recently recommended that I try shorter dental implants. So I’ve been trying to get some opinions on these implants. Dentists on OsseoNews.com: What has been your experience with these shorter dental implants?

Charles, a dentist, asks:

I have a devil of a time making temporary crowns and bridges on
dental implants. Does anybody have any good techniques that they would care to
share with the rest of us?

I have had problems locking on the temporary bridge to the dental implant platform where I had to cut off the temporary bridge […]

Dr. Stefan asks:
I have heard about a new material being used for dental implant fixtures that is similar to resin-composite. Are any of you familiar with this material?

Have any of you used these resin-composite dental implant fixtures? Is this
material just osseo-accepted or does it result in osseo-integration? I
am sorry but I do not know […]