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Archive for April, 2007

• Improving Communication between the Dental Team and Patients

  Treatment plans involving dental implants can often be complex and difficult for patients to understand. It is our responsibility to communicate the information to the patient. The better we are at communicating, the better the patients are at understanding their treatment plans.

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• Fixed-Detachable Denture: 8 or 6 Implants?

  I have recently seen many clinicians placing only 6 dental implants in the edentulous maxilla for this type of restoration…

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• Die Spacer: Is it Needed?

  My lab uses no die spacer on dental implant-supported crowns and bridges. I think this is a mistake.

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• Using Triad to Create a Verification Jig?

  I was thinking that it would be a good idea to connect all the impression copings with Triad material (gel) before taking the impression, thus creating a verification jig?

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• Cone Beam CT for Old Extraction Sites?

  I have read that Cone Beam CT can be used to evaluate old extraction sockets, and whether they have healed properly or not.

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• NobelGuide Problems?

  NobelGuide has been indispensable when I am planning to place implant, multiple or single unit. However, the problems that I have found over the year plus of use are many.

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• Trouble with Parallel Dental Implants

  I have trouble placing dental implants parallel to one another. After I drill with the 2.0 pilot drill, I place the guide pins and take a radiograph.

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• Using the Dental Implant Fixture to Tap the Bone

  Is there any harm in tapping a dental implant osteotomy site with the implant itself?

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• Clip for Bar in the Anterior Mandible?

  I have a patient that has had two dental implants with a bar in the anterior mandible which has retained her overdenture since 1987.

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• Peri-Implantitis : Any Solutions?

  This is the first case I have done where I placed the dental implant on the day I extracted the tooth. This was in #14 area (Maxillary Left First Molar).

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• Periodontal Disease: A Contraindication for Dental Implants?

  I am 50 years old, and have had periodontal disease for 20 years. I also developed rheumatoid arthritis about 12 years ago.

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• Replacing the Natural Root: Is An Implant the Right Esthetic Solution?

  My dentist, has recommended removing the root of my incisor because it’s casting a dark shadow through my porcelain crown…

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• Failing Dental Implant

  Since this problem implant was put in, the 2 teeth nearest it, and that whole area of the jaw, have been wracked with pain and the natural teeth on either side of the implant are very sensitive to hot and cold.

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• Improve Implant Case Acceptance Rate

  We would like to assemble a list of the 10 most frequently asked questions by potential dental implant patients so we can develop the most effective answers.

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• Inclination of Implant Replacing Maxillary Canine?

  I recently attended a course where the lecturer stated that when an implant is used to replace the maxillary canine it should be inclined towards the buccal, just like the natural maxillary canine.

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• Locator Attachments Losing Retention

  I use Locator attachments (Zest Anchors) for implant-retained overdentures. I am seeing the nitrite coating on the metal Locator component wearing off in normal use.

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• Penetrate Maxillary Sinus or Sinus Lift?

  I have a patient who needs a single dental implant in the maxillary first molar area. There is about 3mm of bone between the alveolar ridge and the sinus floor.

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• Conventional and Mini-Implant?

  The problem is that the edentulous space is only 11mm mesiodistal width. I need 3.0mm between the two implants and 1.5mm between each implant and the adjacent tooth.

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• Bone Deteriorating Around Dental Implant

  Recently, however, I went to my dentist and after taking a few x-rays, he told me that the bone around one of my implants was deteriorating rapidly.

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