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Archive for September, 2008

• Pneumatized Maxillary Sinus: Correct Treatment Plan?

  I have a somewhat pneumatized maxillary sinus in my patient. My goal would be to have adequate sinus lift and bone graft for accommodating 8mm long dental implants.

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• Implant Crowns: Should They Be Touching Opposing Lower Teeth?

  My TMJ dentist said that my general dentist made a mistake by making my two upper jaw dental implant crowns not touch the opposing lower teeth when I bite.

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• Foundation Bone Filling Augmentation Material: A Good Choice?

  I am looking for a simple and inexpensive bone graft material and I have read about Foundation [J. Morita], which is collagen-based.

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• Narrow-diameter Implants: A Restorative Option for Limited Interdental Space

  These narrow diameter implants present a cost-effective alternative for restoring limited spaces with implant restorations, without the bone augmentation or orthodontic procedures required for conventional fixed restorations.

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• Placing Regular Platform Implants in Second Premolar Positions Only?

  Is there any problem with placing regular platform implants to replace her maxillary second premolars? She has her mandibular first molars on both sides. What I am concerned about is a second premolar crown in occlusal contact with a mandibular first molar and second premolar.

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• Roxolid: A Better Material for Dental Implants?

  At the European Association for Osseointegration (EAO) Straumann presented a new material, Roxolid, that the company says make dental implants smaller and stronger.

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• Late Facial Swelling After Implant Placement?

  The dental implant patient had the denture for the whole weekend and she presented three days later with a swelling under her nose and seems to extend from the left central incisor area to the left canine area.

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• Porcelain Fractures: Most Frequent Implant Complication?

  The most frequent complication that I have seen with dental implant bridges is fracture of porcelain.

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• Easier to Deal with Implant Failure if Implants Are Free-Standing?

  His orientation is that implants fail even if everything is done right. With his treatment plan, it would be easier to retreat implant failure in the #13 and 14 sites if it occurs because those implants will be free-standing.

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• Implant Treatment Plan for Patient Who Lost Teeth to Periodontal Disease?

  I have a middle age female patient who recently lost all her maxillary teeth to periodontal disease. My treatment plan is for a maxillary full arch fixed partial denture.

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• Misaligned #4 Implant: Options?

  My problem is that the implant in #4 site is misaligned and flares out to the buccal. The bar is slightly distorted at that point. When I go to insert the overdenture it hangs up on #4 area and then snaps down.

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• Thyroidectomy: Precautions to Take Before Placing Implants?

  I have a patient who recently had his thyroid removed because it was cancerous. He is scheduled for placement of 2 dental implants.

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• Scleroderma: Contraindication to Dental Implants?

  I have a patient with a severe case of scleroderma. She can open only about 20mm without experiencing pain. I cannot insert an impression tray in her mouth no matter how I twist it or load it.

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• Comparing XiVE Implant Systems?

  I am contemplating buying Dentsply’s XiVE implant systems. They have a conventional implant, but they also offer a Transgingival (TG) one piece implant system.

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• Saggital Split: What are the Criteria?

  What criteria do you use to decide when to do a saggital split? Is there a better technique for increasing the buccolingual bone volume?

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• Reuse an Abutment?

  I had to remove a crown cemented with zinc phosphate cement because it became loose. The crown was destroyed because I had to cut it off. The abutment was still stuck to the crown, as well as, the stabilizing screw.

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• FDA Clears New Collagen Biomaterials

  Osseous Technologies of America has announced that they have received FDA clearance on their new line of patented Collagen Biomaterials. OTA’s line of Collagen products will be available in a variety of configurations for virtually every application related to pre-prosthetic and bone reconstruction surgery.

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• Lower Overdenture Retained by Ball Attachment: A More Efficient Solution?

  I have a patient with a lower overdenture retained by a ball attachment (Ceka) placed in the root of the left canine. I want to provide a solution that would be more economic and give better results.

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• Stem Cells in Sinus Augmentation?

  I recently read in the Journal of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology that a sinus augmentation can successfully be done using human mesenchymal stem cells.

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• MAX Tapered Implant System: Immediate Placement into Molar Extraction Socket?

  The Max Tapered Implant is 8-9mm wide and can be inserted into a molar extraction site and provide sufficient primary stability for immediate loading.

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