Discussions on Dental Implant News

Should dental implants not be a viable treatment option considering my patient’s level of immunosuppression?

With respect to the minimum age that dental implants can be placed, how do I determine when bone growth has ceased?

As I was attempting to unscrew the cover screw, the implant fixture began to rotate and the patient felt pain.

Is the use of a dental implant motor contraindicated in patients using a pacemaker or other similar devices?

The China Dental Implant market appears to booming. What are some of the reasons for this growth?

I have a patient who will require bone augmentation of the alveolar ridge at the maxillary first molar site.

I am wondering if anyone has any new developments and updates on Zirconium Implants?

I am wondering if anybody can suggest what they think would be the best possible topics in site development, surgical installation of implants, bone grafting, ridge augmentation, restoration of implants, etc. for a thesis?

I was torquing down the fourth screw of an abutment for an All-on-4 case when the screw broke off in the abutment channel.

One implant was very close to the mental nerve. The patient immediately developed a paresthesia.

In my training, we were required to place membranes over every bone graft, but I have observed that some oral surgeons do not always use membranes to cover their bone grafts sites, and I have had many difficulties with membranes.

I have a male patient with rheumatoid arthritis and Type II diabetes. What additional precautions should I take before placing an implant?

This may seem naive, but what is wrong with perforating the floor of the maxillary sinus with an implant?

What is the best way to close a maxillary flap without tension over the alveolar ridge? I have had some trouble with large particulate bone grafts with titanium mesh or block grafts.

I have a patient with implant in #3 area. The zone of keratinized tissue following 2nd stage surgery is inadequate.

Do we use the quality of the bone density to determine which implant fixture thread design to select for sites with different bone density?

I placed a 12mm long and 5mm diameter Biohorizons implant, and after two months I can see the whole cover screw and the metal collar on the lingual side.

I have treatment planned a patient for a maxillary overdenture retained by four dental implants and am wondering about the ideal location for implants?

I am doing my thesis on The Effect of Magnetic Fields on Bone Healing Around Endosseous Implants in the mandible. In my experimental design, I have placed 2 implants in the mandible one on each side in the anterior region and subjected one of them to a magnetic field.

The patient would like to avoid the lateral window sinus lift at all cost, so I looked at an alternative of performing a osteotome assisted sinus lift, in which case I would have to use shorter implants.

I would like to preserve this implant. Are there any kinds of bone grafting procedures and techniques that I could do to accomplish this?

Everything was fine for awhile, but a few weeks ago when the patient removed her overdenture, she pulled out one of the dental implants.

I would rather compromise some on the prosthetic rehabilitation to so that I can attain a viable implant osseointegration.

Then at 3.5 to 4 weeks patient returns with a moderate size swelling in the upper side where the sinus lift was performed.

I have a patient who recently completed radiation treatment for lung cancer. She would like dental implants in the maxilla.