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• Possible to Cause Compression Necrosis by Tightening Too Much?

  I tightened the implant beyond 45 Ncm. It’s the fourth post-operative day and the patient still has pain which is relieved with analgesics.

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• Too Much Insertion Pressure When Placing Implants Leading to Pain?

  I placed a parallel wall cylinder implant 4×11.5 at #29 site, mandibular right second premolar, on a 37 year-old healthy woman.

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• Packed in More Graft than Needed: What Should I Do?

  When I viewed the immediate post-op panoramic radiograph, I noticed that I had packed in a bit more graft than I really needed and this appears to have obliterated part of the maxillary sinus cavity.

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• Using Osteotomes to Place Implants: Avoid Membrane Perforation?

  I am planning on using osteotomes to fracture the floor of the sinus and elevate it 4mm in order to gain adequate bone height to place 4.1×8mm tapered implants.

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• Abutment for HA MicroVent Implant?

  I have a patient with an HA MicroVent 10 X 3.7 implant in the #4 region which was placed in 1989.

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• Dental Implant Spinning in Socket: How to Manage?

  ut when I went in to torque down the abutment, the implant began to spin in the socket. What do I do now?

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• Chances of Injuring the Nasopalatine Foramen During Implant Placement?

  On the periapical radiograph the root apex appears very close to the nasopalatine foramen. What are my chances of injuring the nerve?

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• Xenogenous Block Graft Cracked: What Should I Do?

  I re-entered the site and placed two implants. The block graft cracked. I filled the fractured areas with Bio-Oss and covered it with a membrane.

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• Using Cantilevered Pontics in the Posterior Maxilla?

  I talked with my oral surgeon who is very conservative and careful. His recommendation is not to use cantilevered pontics in the posterior maxilla because 80% of the occlusal force on those pontics will be transmitted to the adjacent implant.

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• Using Implant as an Abutment for a Removable Partial Denture?

  Is there any way that I can use an implant as an abutment for a removable partial denture? Is there some protocol for using a particular attachment system like ERA or Locator to use the implant for retention of the removable partial denture?

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• Reusing Implants: Is it Possible?

  If an implant fails and exfoliates by itself or is extracted, can that implant be sterilized and reused?

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• Bone Graft Exposed: How to Deal with this Condition?

  I have an implant case which involved ridge splitting, implant placement, guided bone regeneration using Bio-Oss (Osteohealth) and Epiguide membrane (Riemser) in the left posterior mandible area (35-37).

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• Bone Loss and Purulence Around Implant: Correct Procedure?

  I noticed pus discharge on finger pressure on the labial side and radiographs show bone loss in the shape of crater up to the 3rd thread of the implant.

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• Immediate Placement of Implants: Graft First or Only After Placement?

  Is it better to place the implant and torque it down and then place the graft around it? Or should I graft the socket first and then insert the implant fixture into the socket?

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• Connecting Implants and Natural Teeth: Philosophy Changing?

  I just attended a lecture about connecting implants and natural teeth. It seems that the philosophy has changed.

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• 5 Free-Standing Implants to Retain a Maxillary Overdenture?

  Are any of you using this design with 5 free-standing implants to retain a maxillary overdenture with a horeshoe major connector design?

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• New Technique for Vertical Ridge Augmentation?

  I have seen a new technique for augmentation of vertical height of bone on deficient alveolar ridges. You harvest autogenous bone and mix it with particulate bone graft material and/or particulate hydroxyapatite and deliver this on to the ridge.

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• CBVT Scan for Small Implant Cases?

  Is CBVT really necessary for easy implant cases?

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• Radio Frequency Analysis: Can Someone Clarify This?

  I have read the literature on radio frequency analysis and am impressed by what it can do for implant placement.

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• Establish Harmonious Plane of Occlusion with Implant Replacement: Correct Procedure?

  One problem is that the opposing #3 has super-erupted and I need to do an occlusal adjustment to establish a harmonious plain of occlusion.

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• How To Design and Incorporate Ball Attachments into an Overdenture Framework?

  I would like to use a ball type of attachment to retain a mandibular overdenture. I have heard some lecturers say that this is a better attachment design because it allows for universal movement around the ball which is something that other attachments are not capable of doing.

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• Attached Gingiva: How Much is Necessary for Maintaining Periodontal Health after Implants?

  How much attached gingiva is necessary for maintaining periodontal health after implants are placed in the anterior mandible? Is a zone of attached gingiva of 5mm width adequate?

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• Implant Patient has Persistent Metal Taste in Mouth: Recommendations?

  On 5/5/09 I placed a Zimmer implant at #10 with no flap in a very atraumatic placement and placed a metal healing cap in a 32 yo male in good health. Later, the patient called and said he had a metal taste within 2 hours of the surgery.

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• Temporary Crown on an Implant Replacing a Maxillary Central Incisor: Can You Clarify the Procedure?

  I attended a dental implant meeting where several lecturers demonstrated how to make a temporary crown on an implant replacing a maxillary central incisor.

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• ERA Complications with Implants: Can’t Get Any Retention?

  One month ago I placed 4 Sterngold 3.5X8mm dental implants between the mental foramina on a patient without much alveolar bone height. They are only intended for full denture retention.

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