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Archive for January, 2010

• When Can I Choose One-Stage Implant Surgery?

  What are the indications and contraindications for doing one-stage implant surgery?

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• How Do I Change the Angulation of the Osteotomy Site?

  How do I change the angulation of the osteotomy site?

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• Tunnel Grafting for Lateral Ridge Augmentation: Comments?

  Anyone have any experience with Tunnel Grafting for lateral ridge augmentation?

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• Block Grafts: Complete Decortications Necessary?

  I am going to do a cortico-cancellous block graft in the anterior mandible. Is complete decortications of the recipient site absolutely necessary?

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• Dental Implants for a Patient Who Is HIV Positive?

  Are there any particular contraindications to placing implants in a patient who is HIV positive?

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• UCLA Type Implants: Crowns Have Less of a Tendency to Loosen?

  The first implants I learned how to restore were the UCLA type implants where the crown was screwed directly into the implant fixture.

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• 3D Video - All-on-4 Concept: Atrophic Maxilla

  This 3D video demonstrates the surgical protocol to be followed to rehabilitate an atrophic maxilla using the All-on-4 Concept an innovative technique developed in the early 90’s at the MALO CLINIC.

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• Fracture of Buccal Cortical Plate During Extraction and Immediate Placement: Best Plan?

  I extracted a maxillary left canine [#11] and immediately placed a 4.1mm implant. During the extraction procedure, the buccal cortical plate fractured.

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• Implants in the Maxillary Sinus Without a Sinus Lift?

  I have never tried tilted implants before but I’ve been thinking about some of the cases I have done where I needed an implant in the maxillary sinus area and the patient was faced with having a sinus lift or going to another treatment plan.

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• Internal Hex vs External Hex Configurations: Long-Term Studies?

  What do the long-term studies show in terms of benefits of the internal over the external hex?

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• Is One Implant Enough to Retain the Overdenture?

  I recently attended a course where for the first time I learned about using one implant with an attachment to retain a mandibular overdenture.

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• Piezo Surgical Units: Are There Any Differences?

  I am interested in purchasing a Piezo type surgical unit for use in extracting teeth and creating lateral windows for maxillary sinus lifts.

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• Bone Between Implants Exposed and Resorbed: Why and Course of Action?

  The bone between the two implants was exposed and had resorbed. It seemed that the lingual tissue had just melted away.

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