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When I finished preparing a the hole for the dental implant insertion, I found that I had drilled 2mm too deep. I am concerned that it is a potential source of blood pooling which might lead to infection. Need I be concerned?

I am going to be getting a lower overdenture and have received two conflicting pieces of advice from dentists, one says to use conventional implants while the other says to use mini implants.

I need to place two conventional dental implants in the mandibular anterior region to the right and left of the midline. On analyzing a Cone Beam Volumetric Scan, I noted a large blood vessel just a few millimeters inferior and lingual to where I need to place the implants.

This recent sinus membrane perforation was quite large and I could not patch it with a collagen membrane or suture it back together so I closed the surgical site as best I could and will allow it to heal.

The field of shorter implants keeps expanding and it looks as though more and more successful cases with shorter implants are being done.

I have a somewhat pneumatized maxillary sinus in my patient. My goal would be to have adequate sinus lift and bone graft for accommodating 8mm long dental implants.

The dental implant patient had the denture for the whole weekend and she presented three days later with a swelling under her nose and seems to extend from the left central incisor area to the left canine area.

My problem is that the implant in #4 site is misaligned and flares out to the buccal. The bar is slightly distorted at that point. When I go to insert the overdenture it hangs up on #4 area and then snaps down.

What criteria do you use to decide when to do a saggital split? Is there a better technique for increasing the buccolingual bone volume?

I have a patient with a lower overdenture retained by a ball attachment (Ceka) placed in the root of the left canine. I want to provide a solution that would be more economic and give better results.

What is the current thinking about connecting implants to natural teeth? How many pontics can be supported, if any, by one implant splinted to natural teeth?

I am seeking advice for a complication in the creation and maintenance of an interproximal papilla between #7 and 8, an aesthetically demanding site.

This created a very large defect in the labial cortical plate. I therefore decided not to place the permanent implants.

The patient still has some throbbing pain in the area upon palpation and the implant is still exposed. What should I do next?

Has anyone had the experience placing implants into people with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease where the flow of tears and saliva are greatly reduced due to inflammation of the lacrimal and salivary glands?

I am thinking of restricting my use of mini implants to the anterior mandible for supporting overdentures, but I am concerned about longevity.

. That will leave me only 1mm of space on each side, will this be enough space between the implant fixture and the adjacent natural teeth?

What other options are there to temporarily replace the missing tooth while the implant integrates?

I have re-entered grafted sockets three months post extraction to place an implant and found loose Bio-Oss particles.

There has been a great deal of controversy over what implant support is required for maxillary overdentures.

I attended an excellent lecture where the speaker described how he customarily mixes Metronidazole 0.5% solution in grafting material when he does sinus lifts. I was wondering if this is a widespread practice in the rest of the dental implant community?

2 months ago I placed an implant in #14 area using a drill to prepare the osteotomy and Summer’s osteotome technique on the apical 3mm to raise the sinus floor.

I’m wondering how this warning about CT scans extends to Cone Beam Volumetric CT scans that we use in dentistry?

I was doing a sinus lift when I had a large tear in the sinus membrane. I aborted the procedure because I was concerned about the sinus membrane healing.

Does anyone have experience with placement of mini implants for long term use?