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Discussions on recentposts

Welcome to the recentposts Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about recentposts. It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on recentposts.

Recent recentposts Discussions

• How to Avoid Hitting the Mental Foramen Nerve?

  What do you recommend I do to avoid hitting the mental foramen nerve? How should I lay the flap? Is flapless surgery a possibility?

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• Depth of Implant Platform?

  I am wondering if a principle outlined by Misch in Dental Prothesis book is generally accepted?

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• Retained Root Tip: Should I Expect Complications?

  I treatment planned a patient for a wide platform dental implant in the mandible to replace a second molar. Near the projected implant site, there was a 3mm long root tip left from a prior extraction I did 3 months prior.

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• Implant Threads Exposed: How to Handle?

  In one of my first cases, shortly after placement, 3-4 threads of the implant on the buccal side became exposed. The implant has good primary stability.

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• Open vs. Closed Tray Impressions?

  I have been using closed tray impressions since I started restoring dental implants. I have used them for single as well as multiple units. My lab now wants me to use open tray impressions.

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• Three Implants: Incision Site Will Not Heal?

  During the healing phase immediately after the implant surgery, the patient loosened up the sutures by gargling very vigorously and using other oral hygiene techniques also with great vigor.

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• Grafting an Upper Molar Socket?

  A question came up at our dental implants study club recently and I thought I would post it to get others opinions. The question was: when is it best and when it not best to graft an upper molar socket that you know will require an antral wall sinus lift augmentation later in order to place a dental implant?

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• Implants in Young Patient: Will This Prevent Full Growth of Maxilla?

  I have a 14 year old male who lost all four of his maxillary incisors in a car accident. I would like to place dental implants in the maxillary alveolar ridge and would like to use them to support a bridge.

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• Increasing Alveolar Ridge Height: Techniques?

  Are there any other techniques for augmenting alveolar ridge height other than using a block graft?

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• Exposure of Graft: How to Manage?

  I have performed a bone block graft from the ramus on the anterior maxilla for future dental implant placement. During healing I had a small fenestration of the flap and exposure of the graft.

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