Discussions on Maintenance of Dental Implants

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Recent Maintenance of Dental Implants Discussions

  • Tightening the Crown on an Implant

    James asks us:
    The threaded collar under my dental implant crown will not remain tight.  Therefore, my crown rotates on the implant (which is approx. ten years old, with a round body). 

    It has been tightened repeatedly and will not remain tight.  Is there a
    preferred method for locking the
    threaded portion to the dental implant?  I would […]

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  • Dental Implant Maintenance

    Dan, a dentist, asks:
    I am having a hard time getting my dental implant patients to return for regularly scheduled routine maintenance of their implants. 

    Most of my dental implant patients are wearing a complete maxillary denture
    and a mandibular implant retained overdenture.  I charge them the same
    fee that I charge for a routine prophy.  I […]

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  • Dental Implant Failure Treatment

    I have a patient whose dental implants are completely stable but there is Peri-Implantitis. There has to be an eay way to treat this and prevent this type of situation in the future with other patients. The occlusion is fine and their home care is ok. Any thoughts?

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