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Archive for March, 2009

• Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot: Complications during Implant Placement?

  I have a male patient with Tetralogy of Fallot who has been treatment planned for implants.

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• Cantilever to Avoid Sinus Lift?

  My peridontist says this will not work because cantilevers generally fail and always place a great deal of force on the implant adjacent to the cantilever.

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• Alternative to Bone Grafts for Implants?

  For personal religious reasons I do not want animal or human bone graft material to be placed in my body.

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• CEREC to Make 3-Unit Bridge to Cement over Implants?

  Can you use the CEREC to make a 3-unit bridge to cement over implants?

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• Bone Morphogenic Protein: Is this Required for New Implant Cases?

  Should I expect my periodontist or oral surgeon to use BMP or PRP or any of the new bioactive materials to promote osseointegration?

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• Better to Place on 5mm Implant or Two Narrower Implants?

  Is it better to place one 5mm implant or two narrower implants and interproximally disk adjacent teeth?

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• Mini Implants in Posterior Area to Support Removable Partial Denture?

  Could I place mini implants in the posterior area to support and retain a removable partial denture with a saddle area on the one side?

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• Video: Immediate Placement and Temporization of a Dental Implant

  This presentation will illustrate some of the principles of Immediate placement and temporization of dental implants.

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• Video: Mini Dental Implants Surgery

  This video shows a simple surgery performed to insert mini Dental Implants for an overdenture.

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• Intra-Lock Implant System to Replace Maxillary Lateral Incisors?

  Has anyone used the Intra-Lock mini implant system to replace maxillary lateral incisors in a space too small for conventional implants?

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• Restoration of Immediate Temporary Crown Cases: Guidance?

  I am just starting out with the restoration of dental implants placed by my surgeon. He recommends that we do some immediate temporary crown cases.

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• Die Spacer for Implant Crown and Bridge Cases?

  When I send my crown and bridge cases to the dental laboratory, I specify how many coats of die spacer I want placed on my master dies. Should we be doing the same thing for implant crown and bridge cases?

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• Allergic to Titanium: What are My Options for Implants?

  I am allergic to titanium, however, I want to get dental implants.

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• Drill Becoming Lodged in Surgical Guide Stent: Anyone Experience This?

  While attempting to drill the osteotomies, the drill became lodged in the stent and would not turn.

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• Pain Without Overdenture in Mouth: Thoughts?

  The attached gingiva is now healthy but the patient now reports pain only at night when the mandibular overdenture is out of the mouth.

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• Best Way to Recommend Implants in a Treatment Plan?

  What is the best way to lead up to recommending dental implants in a treatment plan restoration?

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• Piezoelectric Surgery: Comparing the Systems?

  I would love some comments comparing and contrasting the various piezo surgery systems that are now on the market.

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• Temporary Crown for Implant: How do I Contour this to Prevent Gingival Recession?

  How do I contour the buccal of the temporary crown to prevent gingival recession?

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• Video: Sinus Lift with Cerasorb and Immediate Placement Using MIS Seven Implants

  Dr. Ziv Mazor (Perio, Israel) performs a sinus lift using Cerasorb, and an immediate placement of MIS SEVEN utilizing MIS Abrahami kit (Parallelism & Angulation) and MIS Bone Compression Kit.

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• Video: R & L sinus Lift with Placement of 10 MIS BioCom Implants

  R & L sinus Lift with Placement of 10 MIS BioCom Implants.

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• Is it OK to Brush Implants with Toothpaste?

  The patient asked me however if she was allowed to use toothpaste she buys at the store to brush her implants or if she only had to use water and a small brush.

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• Large Calculus Deposits on Dental Implants: How to Manage?

  Is there anything else I can do to reduce the deposition of calculus on the dental implants?

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• Microsurgical Techniques: Will This Achieve Increased Success with Implant Placement?

  Is there anything to the view that to achieve increased success in the placement of implants, the dentist should microsurgical techniques?

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• Strongest Alloy and Porcelain Combinations for Implants?

  I want to minimize the amount of chipping of porcelain on my implant crown and bridge cases. What are the strongest alloy and porcelain combinations?

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• Can Reuteri Tablets Cause Implant Failure?

  This is apparently the first time the oral surgeon has had such a high failure rate with regard to osseointegration and he is of the opinion that the implant failure was caused by my use of Reuteri.

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