Implant Placed in Inferior Alveolar Canal: Timeline for Patient Recovery?
I recently installed an implant into the inferior alveolar canal. Upon realizing what I had done, I backed out the implant and replaced it with a shorter, wider implant.
Pregnant Patient Wants Implant: Should I Proceed?
The patient is currently pregnant and I would have to place the implant and the crowns while she is still pregnant. Should I proceed with the work?
The Atrophic Maxillary Anterior Ridge: Discussion Topic
One of the most difficult challenges is the management of the atrophic or deficient maxillary anterior ridge.
Splinting Natural Teeth to Implants: What Strategies Work?
I have encountered a number of cases where this could produce a better prosthetic result if I can be confident that splinting natural teeth to implants can be successful.
Atlas Narrow Body Implant Showing Significant Bone Loss: How Do I Save this Case?
I recently did my first narrow diameter implant case using 4 Atlas narrow body implants. The Atlas implant in #26 area was exuding purulence
Diminished Bone Volume and Patient Wants Implant Case: Recommendations?
The area has healed uneventfully but there is decreased bone height and the ridge diameter of about 5mm.
Sinus Lift with Lateral Window Approach: Best Way to Treat Tear in Membrane?
I have treatment planned some sinus lift procedures using a lateral window approach. If I tear a hole in the membrane, what is the best way to treat this?
Changing the Direction of an Implant: Proper Protocol?
When you get to the stage where you have already placed your osteotomy channel and you are down the implant fixture and you take a radiograph and see that the fixture is malpositioned or misangled, what should you do?
Parallel Walled Cylinder Implants vs. Tapered Implants: Differences?
Is there any difference in the ability to establish primary stability between parallel walled cylinder dental implants vs tapered implants?
B-TCP Grafting Material: Predictable Results?
Are people using B-TCP as a sole grafting material? Can you expect predictable results using B-TCP for 4 and 3 walled defects?
Preforated the Lingual Cortical Plate: Should I Proceed with the Overdenture?
While drilling the osteotomy in the premolar-canine area, I inadvertently perforated the lingual cortical plate.
Mandibular Denture is Loose and Shifts: Attachment Recommendations?
I have an edentulous patient with very little bone in the mandible who complains that her mandibular complete denture is loose and shifts around when she eats.
Malpositioned Implant Fixtures: Any Experience with Using an Electrosurge Unit to Pulse Generate Heat to the Implant/Bone Interface?
My question revolves around the consideration of using electrosurgery to pulse generate heat to the implant/bone interface. Any experience with this technique?
Bone Grafting: Should This Just Be Restricted to Specialists?
Is it in accordance with the standard of care for general dentists to do bone grafting at the time of implant placement or for site development and socket preservation?
Is the Implant Fixture Too Close to a Natural Tooth?
Do you think that I should advise the patient at this time that #11 may need root canal treatment?
Full Arch Implant Supported Fixed Partial Denture: Any Recommendations?
I have a patient who presents for a maxillary full arch edentulation with immediate placement of 7 implants. Thoughts on this case?
Best Surface Coatings for Immediate Implant Placement?
What are the implants with the surface coatings that most effectively achieve early osseointegration?
Preserve Bone at Extraction Site: What are the Best Approaches?
I would like to collect different approaches to extraction site and site preservation.
Paresthesia After Implant Placement: What Should I Do?
I placed implants in a 48 year old female patient. She is currently experiencing paresthesia of her lower right lip.
Abutment Fractures with Ankylos Implant System?
My office has been using the Ankylos Implant system fore the past three years. Recently we have experienced 5 abutment fractures in lower 1st molars.
PRP for Surgeries: Are You Using Bovine Thrombin?
When using PRP – Platelet Rich Plasma – for surgeries, are you using bovine thrombin to coagulate the platelets?
Sinus Lift or Zygoma Implants?
Which is a better solution for the upper arch: A sinus lift or bilateral zygoma implants?
Acute Post Nasal Drip After Sinus Augmentation Case: Proper Protocol?
Have other Drs seen acute/chronic post nasal drip or watery discharge occurring after sinus lift augmentation?
Ailing Straumann Implant Case: Should I Cut My Losses?
Implant patient now presents with a dehiscence in the crestal region where the cover screw can be seen.
Bone Loss Case: Defect 5 Weeks After Placing Single Piece 3mm UNO Implant
I now have a vertical defect on only the distal, but I am concerned since it is only 5 weeks out.
