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Discussions on Nobel Biocare

Welcome to the Nobel Biocare Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Nobel Biocare.

It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Nobel Biocare.

Recent Nobel Biocare Discussions

• Nobel Direct Loss of Buccal Gingiva: Prepare the Implant in the Mouth or Make PFM Instead?

  I placed a Noble Direct 3.0 implant in the mandibular right first premolar area. Now there is loss of buccal gingiva right up to vestibule.

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• Nobel Groovy Implants: Higher Rate of Failure and Increase in Peri-Implantitis?

  At a recent course I took, a well known, prominent lecturer stated that Nobel Groovy implants have a higher rate of failure due to the TiUnite surface which covers the entire implant fixture surface, including the collar.

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• MK III Implant: When is the Best Time to Place the Final Abutment?

  My periodontist has told me that he is going to extract the tooth, place a bone and soft tissue graft, place a Nobel Biocare MK III implant, and bond the crown of the central incisor to the adjacent central incisor and lateral incisor while the implant fixture osseointegrates.

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• Nobel’s Fastest-Growing Markets

  Nobel Biocare Holding AG said sales are growing much stronger than 20 percent in India and China, helping make Asia the company’s fastest-growing region.

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• Nobel Hunting for Acquisitions?

  Nobel Biocare was eyeing acquisitions itself, and growth will happen through acquisitions.

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• All-On-4 Technique: Any US Experts?

  I am planning on taking the Nobel Biocare All-on-4 course

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• Nobel Buys Alpha Bio: What is the Motivation?

  What was the motivation behind Nobel’s purchase of Alpha Bio, as the company apparently was not generating enough revenue to justify a $95 million valuation.

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• Nobel Biocare Shares Fall To Record Low

  Nobel Biocare Holding AG, the world’s largest maker of dental implants, fell to a record in Zurich trading after cutting its 2008 sales target by about half.

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• ICOI Abstract: Total rehabilitation of the edentulous patient with the All-on-4 concept

  The surgical protocol follows the All-on-4 concept which is an innovative concept developed in the early 90’s at the Malo Clinic for the immediate rehabilitation of all fully edentulous jaws.

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• Implant Somewhat Deep: Should I Reduce Gingival Thickness?

  Upon flap elevation I noted that although ridge width was well maintained, there was minor vertical height loss (approx 2-3 mm dip below adjacent teeth CEJ’s). I placed the platform of the dental implant at this level.

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• Materialise Scores Against Nobel Biocare: More Changes Looming in the Surgical Guide Market?

  What are your thoughts on the recent court victory of Materialise against Nobel? Will this ruling dramatically change the overall landscape in the Computer Guided Implant Surgery market?

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• All Zirconium Dental Implants: Opinions?

  What do the dentists here think of these new all zirconium implants? Do you think they will osseointegrate as well as titanium, and perform as well as the titanium dental implants?

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• NobelGuide Problems?

  NobelGuide has been indispensable when I am planning to place implant, multiple or single unit. However, the problems that I have found over the year plus of use are many.

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• Immediate Loading Imperiled?

  Does the recent negative study of Nobel Biocare’s Teeth-In-Hour dental implant protocol merely reflect on Nobel or does this study call into question the reliability of Immediate Loading methods in general?

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• Swedish Medical Body Requests More Information from Nobel Biocare

  The NobelDirect and NobelPerfect saga continues. Yesterday, The Medical Products Agency said it has asked for additional information from Nobel Biocare AG on its dental implant products NobelDirect and NobelPerfect, reiterating that the group may not actively market the products before the Swedish medical watchdog approves.

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• Easy Abutment

  I am considering the use of the Nobel Biocare Easy Abutments for the restoration of an edentulous maxilla. Has anybody attempted this kind of restoration and what complications did you encounter?

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• Noble Tapered Groovy Issues

  I started placing dental implants this past year using Noble Tapered Groovy and have run into issues placing them in my last two cases.

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• NobelSmile

  Can Nobel Biocare finally smile again? Last week Sweden’s Medical Products Agency (MPA) gave Nobel the green light to continue selling its NobelDirect and NobelPerfect implants. The condition is simply that Nobel Biocare must rewrite instructions for the NobelDirect
  and NobelPerfect dental implants to inform customers and dentists of a
  possible bone loss problem and how to […]

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• ZiUnite ?

  Have any of you heard of ZiUnite dental implants that Nobel Biocare is producing?

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• All On 4 Technique

  I am trying to form my opinion on the ‘All On Four’ concept by Nobel Biocare. However, it is very difficult to find good data on the subject.

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• HA Coated Dental Implants

  Dr. Nimchuk asks:
  HA coatings on dental implants have been shown to accelerate surface bone apposition, thereby shortening the waiting period for dental implant restoration.

  We also know the HA surface degrades and in some instances separates, so the trend has been to substitute coatings with roughened surface dental implants, which incidentally also show better and […]

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• NobelDirect On Hold?

  Any thoughts on Nobel´s recently announced decision to put promotional material for NobelDirect on hold for 60 days?

  Last week, Nobel stated that it sent a letter to the Swedish Medical Product Agency (SMPA) proposing steps towards a constructive dialogue and informed  the SMPA, that it decided to put promotional material for NobelDirect voluntarily for […]

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• Nobel Responds to Dental Implant Critics

  Interestingly, the Nobel Direct dental implant accounted for only 2 percent of Nobel´s sales, so the economic impact to Nobel should be limited. However, the key question is whether there will be any impact from this on the marketability of other Nobel dental implant product lines. What are your thoughts?

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• World-Renowned Scholar Joins U of T’s Faculty of Dentistry

  Professor Asbjørn Jokstad from the University of Oslo, Norway, to join U of T’s Faculty of Dentistry as the Nobel Biocare Chair in Prosthodontics.

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