Most Popular Implant Q&A Posts

My question is what factors determine the better choice for selecting a bone or tissue level implant in the maxillary anterior region? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each design?

I am planning on placing a 15mm Nobel Active immediate implant. Are there any contraindications in placing longer implants for stability?

One month post-op, the implant patient developed a draining sinus tract on the buccal.

When I checked the angulation of the implant after I had finished placing it, the implant was angled too far to the labial.

I would like to get some advice on the best way to restore his mandible with implants to provide increased retention for his mandibular complete denture

Can we place one implant fixture in the center and implant and have it support two crowns?

During first 6 weeks the stability was good, but after that I noted a slight increase in mobility which has gradually been increasing. At what point do I consider this a failed implant?

I have a patient who is treatment planned for an implant and free-standing single crown in the maxillary left central incisor site. He has a significant buccal concavity.

What exactly do we mean now by biologic width and how do we apply this to the surgical placement and restoration of implants?

I placed a Camlog implant in #3 area 7 days ago. The sutures have been disrupted and the membrane has been dislodged.

I have a patient who wants me to do a roundhouse, implant supported bridge on his maxilla. However, he still has some teeth which are maintainable.

I placed a Nobel Biocare Replace Select implant and the screw fractured. I need to retrieve the most apical portion of the screw which is lodged firmly inside the implant fixture.

Which would provide a more predictable therapy to augment the zone of attached gingiva – a Free Gingival Graft or a Sub-Epithelial Connective Tissue Graft procedure?

If in fact the implant has not integrated, what would be better? Graft and wait, or place a larger diameter implant at that time?

How long should one wait after dry socket symptoms resolve before placing implant?

I recently placed an endosseous root form implant. Unfortunately my orientation was not entirely accurate and I ended up placing the implant about 0.5mm close to the adjacent tooth.

I wish to avoid doing a maxillary sinus lift and bone graft. How can I do this?

Have any of you used the Endopore implant for this kind of situation to avoid maxillary sinus surgery?

I placed 4x10mm implants in position A B D E in the anterior mandible about 2 months ago.

Many of the implants which should have been placed at the alveolar crest have been placed supra-crestally, i.e. slightly raised.

At the last visit I took a periapical radiograph and noticed there was a lack of bone about 5 mm on the distal part of the implant.

I have been using Biomet 3i implants and am thinking about switching to Ankylos implants because in the cases I have observed there is minimal die-back.

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When you are extracting a maxillary first molar and immediately replacing it with a single implant fixture, exactly where is the most favorable position for drilling the osteotomy.

I performed a lateral window with sinus lift and bone graft and placed 3 dental implants. On post-operative recall, the patient presented with a large swelling of the overlying cheek