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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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.

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?

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

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 […]

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

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.

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 […]