Best Way to Close a Maxillary Flap without Tension Over the Alveolar Ridge?
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.
Inadequate Zone of Attached Gingiva: Most Predictable Application?
I have a patient with implant in #3 area. The zone of keratinized tissue following 2nd stage surgery is inadequate.
Quality of Bone Density: Should This Be Used to Determine the Implant Thread Design?
Do we use the quality of the bone density to determine which implant fixture thread design to select for sites with different bone density?
Exposed Metal Collar on BioHorizons Implant: Best Treatment?
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.
Maxillary Overdenture: Ideal Location for the Four Implants?
I have treatment planned a patient for a maxillary overdenture retained by four dental implants and am wondering about the ideal location for implants?
Effect of Magnetic Fields on Bone Healing Around Implants in the Mandible: Anybody Research This?
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.
Prognosis of Final Restoration when Using Shorter Dental Implants?
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.
Exposed Threads on Nobel Groovy Implant: Bone Grafting Techniques to Perserve Implant?
I would like to preserve this implant. Are there any kinds of bone grafting procedures and techniques that I could do to accomplish this?
Patient Pulled Out Implants on Overdenture: How Should I Treat 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.
Surgical Guide Stents for Implants: Compromise on Prosthetics to Obtain Better Placement?
I would rather compromise some on the prosthetic rehabilitation to so that I can attain a viable implant osseointegration.
Post-Operative Infection after Sinus Lift: Causes?
Then at 3.5 to 4 weeks patient returns with a moderate size swelling in the upper side where the sinus lift was performed.
Cancer Patient: Is Radiation Therapy a Contraindication for Implants?
I have a patient who recently completed radiation treatment for lung cancer. She would like dental implants in the maxilla.
Deeper Placed Implant Fixtures: Are Abutments Necessary?
Are abutments necessary for the deeper placed implant fixtures or could this framework be designed for direct fixation onto the implant fixture?
Restoring All on 4 Cases: Suggestions for Less Expensive Options?
Are there any less expensive techniques for restoring these All on 4 cases?
Recurrent Infection after Implant Surgery: Causes?
I have a patient that has presented with recurrent infection after implant surgery. Could a delay in removing the coverscrew and placing the healing abutment have caused this?
Contraindications to Immediate Placement?
Are there any contradindications to immediate placement that I should be aware of?
Zest Locators: Anyone Else Experiencing Loss of Retention?
Is anyone else experiencing a loss of retention from Zest Locators?
Block Grafts: Are These the Gold Standard or is the Long Term Viability Poor?
Some experienced clinicians suggest the long term viability of the implant post block grafting is poor.
Piezosurgery: Is the Integration of the Implants I’m Placing Compromised by the Piezo?
I started using Piezosurgery recently to extract some of the root canal treated anterior teeth during immediate implant cases. I noticed after the extractions that the socket bone almost looks burned and bleeding is reduced.
Soft Tissue Laser for Stage 2: Recommendations?
I would like to use a soft tissue diode laser more for Stage 2 uncovery. What are your recommendations?
Dental Implants for Pregnant Patients: Protocol?
If a female patient is pregnant, when is the safest time frame to surgically place dental implants?
Entered the Nose Area While Raising the Flap During Implant Surgery: Best Way to Manage This?
During implant surgery, while raising the full thickness flap I entered the nose area. Is there a protocol when you enter the nose?
Dental Implant Fixture Got Stuck: Any Ideas on Why This Would Happen?
I recently placed an Astra 4.0×13 implant in the #5 area. The implant fixture became stuck at the midpoint of the depth of the osteotomy during installation.
Early Dental Implant Failure: Clarification of Possible Explanations?
I have been confronted with a case of early implant failure resulting in the removal of the implant, I am trying to figure out what went wrong with a case that I just did which failed immediately.
Shock Absorbing Intermediate Connections Between the Implant Prosthesis and Abutment?
Are there any shock absorbing or cushioning or spring-action intermediate connections between the prosthesis and the implant abutment?
