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Archive for February, 2007

• Dental Implants and Laryngeal Cancer

  I have a 52 year old male patient with a history of laryngeal cancer (removed 3 years ago + radiotherapy) who needs 7 dental implants…

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• Chinese Dental Implant Market Booming

  The report finds that this emerging market is growing quickly at a compound annual growth rate of over 35%.

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• Nanotite

  Some of the dental implant manufacturers have started using a new surface coating called NanoTite. Is there truly a benefit here? Have you attempted early or immediate loading with these?

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• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Treatment Plan for Dental Implants?

  Has anyone had any experiences with treating patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with dental implants? Were you able to find any references?

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• Straumann Diversifying?

  What is the rationale behind Straumann’s announcement last week of the acquisition of etkon, a privately-owned company specializing in conventional and implant-based tooth restoration using CAD/CAM technology?

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• Unscrew the Transfer Coping Screw?

  After making my impression index, I attempted to unscrew the transfer coping screw. The angles of the internal hex rounded off and I could not engage the internal hex with the torque wrench.

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• Patient with Paget’s Disease

  I would like to treatment plan this patient for dental implants but am reluctant to proceed until I know more about the interaction between Paget’s Disease and dental implants.

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• Tissue Punch Technique

  Can someone please elaborate a bit on the tissue punch technique for dental implant placement? What are the benefits of this approach versus the more traditional surgical flap procedures?

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• Dental Implants with an Internal Connection?

  It seems as if the market has been moving in favor of internal connections. Can someone please explain to me why this is the case? What are the benefits of the internal-hex?

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• Splinted or Free-Standing Restoration?

  When restoring multiple dental implants, what is the better treatment option: splinted crowns or free-standing individual crowns?

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• Treatment Approach for Overdentures?

  I am also considering using just two dental implants in the canine areas to accomplish the same treatment objective.

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• Dental Implants in a Transplant Patient?

  Patient has received organ transplants of the kidney and pancreas. Patient also has a very low salivary output and is xerostomic due to the multiple drugs that are taken daily to support the organ transplants.

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• Mini Dental Implant Training in Las Vegas

  Mini Dental Implant Training: Immediate Single Tooth Implant Restoration and One Visit Denture Stabilization

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• Swedish Medical Body Requests More Information from Nobel Biocare

  The NobelDirect and NobelPerfect saga continues. Yesterday, The Medical Products Agency said it has asked for additional information from Nobel Biocare AG on its dental implant products NobelDirect and NobelPerfect, reiterating that the group may not actively market the products before the Swedish medical watchdog approves.

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• Hematoma After Sinus and Graft Procedure

  Does anyone have any idea why this hematoma formed and why the patient developed such a large extra-oral swelling?

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• Can Viagra Cause Implant Problems?

  Within the last two months, three of my implants in two patients failed to integrate. Both of the patients were healthy middle-aged men without any significant negative factors in their pre-surgical assessment or medical workup.

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• Dental Implants in Infected Sites

  I have been getting some mixed messages about how to deal with dental implant sites that have frank signs of infection. In the past, when I had to extract a tooth with a chronic periapical infection, I would wait about 3 months before placing the dental implant. Am I being too conservative?

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• Dental Implant Neck Surface Topography

  I would like to know what other clinicians using dental implants with the different kinds of neck topographies have observed. Do you see a significantly greater loss of bone with necks with other kinds of surface topographies?

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• Easy Abutment

  I am considering the use of the Nobel Biocare Easy Abutments for the restoration of an edentulous maxilla. Has anybody attempted this kind of restoration and what complications did you encounter?

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• UCLA Type Abutments

  I am replacing #11, 12 and 13 with an dental implant fixed partial denture supported by two 4.0×10mm implant fixtures in #11 and 12 sites. #13 will be cantilevered. For this dental implant design, will make any difference if I use the UCLA type abutment crowns or will cement retention be better?

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• Regenerating the Pulp Tissue with Stem Cells

  I read an article in the current issue of the Journal of Endodontics that describes techniques that are being developed for re-vascularizing the pulpless tooth and then regenerating the pulp tissue with stem cells.

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• OsseoNews Monthly Review

  Missed some of past editions? Not to worry, below are links to some of our more popular posts in the last month.

  Implant Fixtures with Horizontal Microthreads ,
  Torn Schneiderian Membrane,
  Corrosion Around Dental Implants,
  Hematoma after Sinus Graft Procedure, Internal Connections, Immediate Loading Imperiled

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