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Archive for August, 2008

• Torque Wrench Clarifications?

  Since there has been some discussion on the accuracy and reliability of break-open type torque wrenches, have any of you found any clinically significant difference between these and other torque wrench designs?

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• Unilateral Cleft Lip: Bone Graft Options?

  I have a unilateral cleft lip and palate. I currently have surgery scheduled in a month to do a bone graft from my hip to my mouth to prepare for implants

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• Replacing Congenitally Missing Lateral Incisor?

  I am interested in hearing others experiences regarding the practice of using mini implants in sites where there is a congenitally missing lateral incisor and the deciduous tooth is about to be lost, but full bone growth has not occurred in the patient yet.

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• Insurance Coverage for Part of Implants?

  The next question, patients often ask, is why insurance companies don’t pay for implants when they will pay for crowns? I just don’t have any good answers for them.

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• Riemser Purchases Curasan

  RIEMSER Arzneimittel AG, a German pharmaceutical company, has purchased the worldwide specialty dental business of Curasan AG, including its three leading products: Cerasorb®, EpiGuide®, and REVOIS®.

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• Implant Fixture Too Close to Root of Adjacent Tooth: Will it Osseointegrate?

  I placed one implant on the #13 site [maxillary left second premolar] but underestimated how far from the maxillary first premolar I should have drilled the pilot hole. If I leave the implant fixture as is, will it osseointegrate?

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• Elastomeric Lumbar Discs an Advance for Disc Prostheses

  This represents an important milestone in our plan to launch a full range of artificial disc prostheses based on our proprietary elastomeric disc technology.

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• Ostapek Vertebral Body Replacement Device Receives FDA Approval

  The Ostapek composite VBR design increases the volume of bone graft possible in a modular and stable construct, and we are convinced this improves the patient’s possibilities to create a viable, stable and definitive fusion.

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• Nobel Profit Falls

  Nobel Biocare Holding AG, the world’s largest maker of dental implants, said second-quarter profit dropped 42 percent because of a weak U.S. dollar and lower demand in Europe and the U.S.

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• Exposure of Membrane: Why?

  One of the problems I am having is that when the patient returns for post-operative follow-up, they have the membrane over the graft site exposed.

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• Current Thinking on Connecting Implants to Natural Teeth?

  What is the current thinking about connecting implants to natural teeth? How many pontics can be supported, if any, by one implant splinted to natural teeth?

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• Wide Platform Implants: Should I Splint Them?

  My patient has 8mm of bone height available for implant placement which will leave me about 2mm above his inferior alveolar nerve. Buccolingual width of bone is excellent and I have adequate room to place a wide platform implant.

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• Can Dental Implants Cause Sarcoma?

  The authors of a recent article in the ADA journal report on a case of osteosarcoma that might potentially have been caused by a dental implant.

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• Implant-Supported Maxillary Overdentures: Anterior vs. Posterior?

  The aim of the present retrospective investigation was to evaluate implant-supported maxillary overdentures using either anterior or posterior maxillary implant placement.

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• Mini Dental Implants: Advantages and Techniques

  Mini Dental Implants (MDI’s) represent another stage in the development of implant dentistry. MDI’s are narrower than conventional dental implants and offer many unique advantages.

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• Emdogain US Import Ban Is Lifted

  Emdogain, a product used as an adjunct to periodontal surgery and surgical treatment of gum recessions is available again for US customers.

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• MK III Implant: When is the Best Time to Place the Final Abutment?

  My periodontist has told me that he is going to extract the tooth, place a bone and soft tissue graft, place a Nobel Biocare MK III implant, and bond the crown of the central incisor to the adjacent central incisor and lateral incisor while the implant fixture osseointegrates.

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• Mandibular Overdentures: What are the Long-Term Costs?

  I am trying to gather information that I can use to educate my patients about the costs for the long-term upkeep and maintenance of their mandibular overdentures.

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• Implants for Patient with Lupus and Treated with Steriods?

  I have an implant patient with Lupus. She was treated with steroids for about 2 years and has been off of steroids for 6 months no

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