Discussions on Dental Implant Attachments
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Recent Dental Implant Attachments Discussions
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Difficulty Seating Overdenture with Locator
For the first 6 months the Locators worked fine. Because the abutments were not exactly parallel, I used the Green Locator attachments for retention. After 6 months when I attempted to use the Blue Locator male attachments to increase retention…
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Locator Attachments Losing Retention
I use Locator attachments (Zest Anchors) for implant-retained overdentures. I am seeing the nitrite coating on the metal Locator component wearing off in normal use.
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Locator Attachments or Mandibular Overdentures?
What is the current thinking about using Locator attachments for mandibular overdentures?
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Understanding Implant-Abutment Attachments
A patient asks us:Can someone please give me a basic explanation of the various types of dental implant-abutment attachments?
Are they important in the success of a dental implant? Is there really a difference between the attachments produced by different companies? What is morse taper? Thanks for your help.
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Retrofitting 4 Locator Attachments to a Mandibular Full Denture
I am retrofitting 4 Locator attachments to a mandibular full denture to convert it into an overdenture. The problem I have is that the mandibular denture has a relatively narrow Bucco-Lingual width around the mandibular anterior area – right where I want to retrofit the attachments.
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Dental Implant Overdenture
Everyone understands how wonderful a treatment for our denture patients implants are.
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What is the feeling about connecting 2 implants with a bar or having them independent with an attachment, ball, ERA, or Zeiss Locator?
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