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Archive for March, 2008
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Treatment Plan for Breast Cancer Patient?
I need to know whether a current breast cancer patient is a good case for bone graft, immediate implant with immediate temporary bridge.
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Implant Case Presentation
It is simply not enough to be able to place implants well or restore them. The dentist, and ideally the entire dental team, must be trained in case presentation, the reasons “why” patients do what they do…
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Angularity of Implants Towards Lingual Side: Special Abutment Needed?
My periodontist says everything is good, but my general dentist says the angularity of the implants, especially of #19, is too much towards the lingual side.
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Implants in Young Patient Recovering from Cancer
I have an 8 year old edentulous male patient who is recovering from cancer, and within the next few years I would like to place some dental implants to support overdentures.
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Ridge Splitting Techniques in Implant Dentistry
In this exclusive video, Dr. Maurice Salama demonstrates the technique of Ridge Splitting and Expansion utilizing piezo-surgery, ridge split instrumentation and bone expansion drills.
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Implant with Sinus Tract: How Would You Approach This?
Soft tissue looks normal and with adequate volume, however, about 4mm coronal to the gingival margin there is a sinus tract.
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Has the Removable Partial Denture Become Obsolete?
Now with the advent of implants, has the removable partial denture become obsolete?
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Straumann Announces Bone Level Implant
Straumann has complemented its highly successful dental implant system with a new generation of bone level implant, the Straumann Bone Level Implant.
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Torquing Down Implant: How Much Force is Really Needed?
Our protocol for torquing down dental implant fixtures is to go to 30Ncm, but is it really necessary to apply this much torquing force to the implant?
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Collagen on Graft Site for Pregnant Woman?
The oral surgeon placed collagen over the graft site and advised me that it was safe. However everything I am seeing online indicates it is contraindicated for pregnant and nursing women.
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Failing 3i Nanotite Implant: Anyone Experience This?
I am an oral surgeon and I recently placed 2 dental implants in #18 and #19 sites — 3i Nanotite tapered 4mm x 11.5mm.
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Small Diameter Implants to Support Full Arch Fixed Partial Denture?
Will small diameter implants be adequate to support a full arch fixed partial denture in Type IV bone?
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Constant Drainage after Sinus Lift: Protocol?
After 2 weeks post-op the sinus lift patient has developed a bad taste in her mouth in her mouth and she has a constant drainage from her nose.
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Suitable Barrier Material for Block Graft?
I have a patient with bone loss in the premaxilla as a result of trauma in a car accident. I have to do an onlay graft in order to increase bone volume for dental implant placement.
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Loose Bio-Oss Particles: Can Implants Be Placed?
I have re-entered grafted sockets three months post extraction to place an implant and found loose Bio-Oss particles.
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