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Archive for May, 2009

• New Technique for Vertical Ridge Augmentation?

  I have seen a new technique for augmentation of vertical height of bone on deficient alveolar ridges. You harvest autogenous bone and mix it with particulate bone graft material and/or particulate hydroxyapatite and deliver this on to the ridge.

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• CBVT Scan for Small Implant Cases?

  Is CBVT really necessary for easy implant cases?

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• Radio Frequency Analysis: Can Someone Clarify This?

  I have read the literature on radio frequency analysis and am impressed by what it can do for implant placement.

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• Establish Harmonious Plane of Occlusion with Implant Replacement: Correct Procedure?

  One problem is that the opposing #3 has super-erupted and I need to do an occlusal adjustment to establish a harmonious plain of occlusion.

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• How To Design and Incorporate Ball Attachments into an Overdenture Framework?

  I would like to use a ball type of attachment to retain a mandibular overdenture. I have heard some lecturers say that this is a better attachment design because it allows for universal movement around the ball which is something that other attachments are not capable of doing.

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• Attached Gingiva: How Much is Necessary for Maintaining Periodontal Health after Implants?

  How much attached gingiva is necessary for maintaining periodontal health after implants are placed in the anterior mandible? Is a zone of attached gingiva of 5mm width adequate?

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• Implant Patient has Persistent Metal Taste in Mouth: Recommendations?

  On 5/5/09 I placed a Zimmer implant at #10 with no flap in a very atraumatic placement and placed a metal healing cap in a 32 yo male in good health. Later, the patient called and said he had a metal taste within 2 hours of the surgery.

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• Temporary Crown on an Implant Replacing a Maxillary Central Incisor: Can You Clarify the Procedure?

  I attended a dental implant meeting where several lecturers demonstrated how to make a temporary crown on an implant replacing a maxillary central incisor.

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• Achieving Aesthetic Emergence Profile with Straumann Bone Level Implant?

  I have placed a Straumann ITI bone level implant in site 11. I want to achieve an aesthetic emergence profile to match the 21

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• ERA Complications with Implants: Can’t Get Any Retention?

  One month ago I placed 4 Sterngold 3.5X8mm dental implants between the mental foramina on a patient without much alveolar bone height. They are only intended for full denture retention.

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• NobelActive: Best Implant Fixture for Immediate Restorations?

  I want to increase the number of immediate restorations on the implants I place and my understanding is that NobelActive is the best implant fixture for that purpose.

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• Computer Guided Implant Surgery: Is Laying a Flap Really Not Necessary?

  Is computer guided implant surgery always successful to the extent that laying a flap is really not necessary?

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• Porcelain Fractures: Is This Very Common?

  Is it just me or are other dentists having problems with porcelain fractures on their crowns and bridges.

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• Temporary Cement for Implant Supported Bridges?

  What temporary cement should I use to make it possible to retrieve a cement retained bridge?

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