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Archive for December, 2007

• Small Tear Over Graft Material: Best Course of Action?

  I have placed a dental implant with an onlay graft covered with a Bio-Gide membrane and When I was placing the membrane over the graft site, it developed a small tear over the graft material which is now exposed at that point.

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• Mini Implants: How to Present to Patients?

  I am now thinking about introducing mini implants into my practice but am unsure what to say to patients.

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• Lupus: Precautions? Contraindication for Implants?

  I have a 55 year old female patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and I would like to treatment plan her for dental implants.

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• Graft Material Appears Gone: Suggestions?

  Using the Bio-Col technique with Bio-Oss to graft the gap between the socket walls and implant, I was able to engage about 5 mm of fresh bone beyond the apex of the tooth.

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• Warfarin: Potental Dental Implant Complications?

  I would like to treatment plan a patient for multiple dental implants where the patient takes warfarin.

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• Sinus Tract with Purulent Discharge : How Proceed?

  The swelling went down and she has now developed a sinus tract with purulent discharge associated with one of the implants.

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• Hemorrhaging After Implant Placement: Explanation?

  Soon after, while still at the surgery the dental implant patient had spontaneous, immediate bleeding from his right nostril.

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• CTX Level: What Level is Risky?

  I have a patient that requires 2 mandibular extractions and is interested in dental implant replacements where I ordered serum CTX study which returned with a level of 137.

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• Graft Resorption: What are Normal Limits?

  Was this magnitude of graft resorption within normal limits or is something pathologic going on?

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• Cone Beam vs. Conventional CT Scans: Radiation Levels?

  I’m wondering how this warning about CT scans extends to Cone Beam Volumetric CT scans that we use in dentistry?

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• Wide Implants in a Narrow Maxillary Alveolar Ridge: Best Technique?

  I need to place wide platform dental implants in a relatively narrow maxillary alveolar ridge

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• Implant Protrudes into Maxillary Sinus: How To Manage?

  My mother went to the dentist and had a root-form dental implant placed in her left posterior upper jaw.

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• ICOI Abstract: Total rehabilitation of the edentulous patient with the All-on-4 concept

  The surgical protocol follows the All-on-4 concept which is an innovative concept developed in the early 90’s at the Malo Clinic for the immediate rehabilitation of all fully edentulous jaws.

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• Updated Strategies for Implant and Regeneration Success

  This course is designed for specialists and advanced implant surgeons. A small, intimate environment at one of Arizona’s finest resorts will encourage group interaction, collective learning and discussion with the presenters.

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