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Archive for August, 2009

• Bone Loss on the Mesial: Proper Treatment Plan?

  I placed an implant fixture #5 area and recently a radiograph revealed a small amount of bone loss on the mesial.

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• Tooth Treated with a Root Canal: Candidate for Immediate Implant Placement or Not?

  Tooth #8 was treated with a root canal, post and crown and has fractured vertically. The tooth needs to be extracted and replaced with an implant. I’d like to do immediate placement.

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• Mix Antibiotic with Bone Graft to Decrease Post-Operative Infection?

  I was wondering if I would decrease my chance for post-operative infection if I mix an antibiotic with the bone graft material?

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• Hip Graft: How Long to Wait Before Placement of Implants in Maxilla?

  How long do you have to wait after a hip graft before placement of implants in the maxilla?

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• Implant Threads Exposed: What Should I Do?

  The problem I have is that 3 of the threads are exposed on the lingual side of the implant fixture.

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• Implant Site Preparation: Treatment of Asymptomatic Foreign Bodies on the Sinus?

  There is no current consensus on the treatment of asymptomatic foreign bodies on the sinus. Does the patient really need to have it removed? Is it medically necessary?

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• Tissue Necrosis Around Implant: What To Do?

  I had recently placed an implant in the lower mandible region in order to replace the missing lower left central incisor. Two weeks later, the gingiva started to appear necrotic.

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• Antibiotics Following Implant Placement or Socket Grafting?

  With regard to implants, I cannot find any controlled studies that suggest whether or not healthy patients should or should not receive antibiotics following socket grafting or implant placement.

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• Splitting the Ridge Instead of Block Graft: Details on Procedure?

  I have read about splitting the ridge to increase bone volume at the recipient site instead of doing a block graft on the buccal of the cortical bone.

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• PRP and BMP: Should These Become Standard of Care for Implant Placement?

  We have good evidence that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Bone Morphogenic Proteins (BMP) can significantly enhance osteogenesis. Should these become standard of care?

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• Switching Back to Screw Retention for Implant Fixed Partial Dentures?

  I have had to remake several short-span implant fixed partial dentures because the porcelain fractured and my attempts to repair did not hold.

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• Adequate Anesthesia for Implant Placement?

  I was taught that only buccal and lingual infiltrations are the proper way to anesthetize for placing implants in the molar sites.

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• Zygoma Implants to Retain Removable Partial Denture?

  Does anyone have experience using zygoma implants to retain a removable partial denture?

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• Inserting Implants: Use Particular Speed or Torque Value?

  I am not clear about what I am supposed to use as a guide when I insert the implants into a healed edentulous site. Am I supposed to use a particular speed – like 30 rpm – or am I supposed to use a torque value like 45 Ncm?

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• Deficient Buccolingual Bone: Recommendations?

  I have a healthy young adult male who is missing #7 and I’m planning a single free-standing dental implant fixture. The buccolingual dimension of the alveolar ridge in that area appears to have a buccal concavity.

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• What is the Cost of Implant Failure?

  I am also concerned, though, about the cost of implant failure.

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• How Do You Know that the Graft Site is Ready to Receive a Dental Implant?

  how do you know that the graft site is ready to receive an implant?

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• Particulate Graft: Place Implant and then Pack?

  Can I place the implant and then pack the Puros around it?

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