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Archive for July, 2009

• Implant Patient with Parkinsons Disease: What is the Best Attachment to Use?

  I have got a new patient 78 year old male with Parkinsons Disease and I have treatment planned him for 2 lower implants in a edentulous mandible and a mandibular overdenture.

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• Dental Implants for Organ Transplant Patients?

  I need to research placing dental implants in organ transplant patients but I can’t seem to find very much information on the topic. Where can I find studies, if there are any?

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• Inferior Alveolar Nerve Quite Unusual: Any Ideas?

  The inferior alveolar nerve space is quite unusual in that it is over 10mm in height and over 4mm in width.

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• Placing Implant in Cystic Area?

  Recently we extracted a lower left second premolar [#20] which had a huge periapical odontogenic cyst.

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• Placing a V-Ring Against the Implant Crown: Pose Any Danger?

  I am just wondering if placing a V-ring against the implant crown will pose any danger to the implant because of the pressure the springing action will exert on the implant.

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• Atlas Narrow Body Implant System: Distinctly Different?

  With several high profile narrow diameter implant systems on the market, we’re wondering if the Atlas system is truly distinct?

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• Mandibular Overdenture Design: Two, Three or Mini Implants?

  Most of the implant retained mandibular overdentures that I have seen have two implants, but some lecturers recommend three and some say to place minis.

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• Impressions for Multiple Implants: Best to Splint all Transfer Copings Together with Resin?

  When making an impression of multiple implant fixtures in one arch, is the best procedure to splint all the transfer impression copings together with resin?

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• Restoring Bone Level Straumann Implant: Fixture Not in the Ideal Parallel Position?

  I am about to restore a bone level Straumann implant in the 15 site. I noticed that the implant fixture is not in the ideal parallel position.

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• Use of Chlorhexidine to Prevent Infection: Negative or Positive?

  I would like to know from other dentists placing implants of their experience with the use of chlorhexidine, and whether it is negative or positive when used during surgery?

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• CTX Test: Guidelines for Use in Treatment Planning for Implants?

  Where can I find more information about the CTX Test and guidelines for use in diagnosing and treatment planning patients for implants?

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• Treating a Fractured Implant Fixture?

  Does anyone have experience with treating an implant fixture that fractured under occlusal loading?

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• Should I Remove Titanium Screws to Hold Block Graft in Place?

  I’m not sure if I will be able to achieve primary stability. If not, do I have to go back in and to remove the titanium screws that I used to hold the block graft in place?

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