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Archive for March, 2008

• 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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• 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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• 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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• 3M to Acquire IMTEC: Implications?

  3M announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IMTEC, a manufacturer of dental implants and cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanning equipment.

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• Straumann Bone Level Implant Interview

  An interview with Arjan Haverhals, Vice President of Straumann’s Prosthetics Business Unit, on the range of prosthetic components for the new Straumann Bone Level Implant.

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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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