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Implants in Young Patient Recovering from Cancer
I have an 8 year old edentulous male patient who is recovering from cancer, and within the next few years I would like to place some dental implants to support overdentures.
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Maxillary Overdentures: What Implant Support is Required?
There has been a great deal of controversy over what implant support is required for maxillary overdentures.
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Overdenture: How Many Implants with Ball Attachment?
Should I use a ball attachment on all 3 dental implants and use them all for retention?
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Implant-Supported Prostheses: Comprehensive Explanation?
If possible, I’d like to get a comprehensive explanation concerning the difference between implant supported fixed partial dentures, fixed-detachable dentures [hybrid] and overdentures?
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Unsupported Area: Can An Overdenture Work?
The patient wants a more effective maxillary restoration without any grafts or new implants and The only solution I thought about is an overdenture but I am not sure of the result as I do not have any implants anterior to the canine area and a large unsupported area #6 to 14.
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Changing O-Rings on Overdenture?
Is there any way for me to buy the O rings and bulk and then change them myself?
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Denture is Loose and Problems with Adhesive?
My dentist extracted all 16 of my maxillary teeth last week. He placed an immediate complete denture as a transitional appliance. He wants to wait one year for the bone to heal before he places the mini dental implants.
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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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Fixed-Detachable Denture: 8 or 6 Implants?
I have recently seen many clinicians placing only 6 dental implants in the edentulous maxilla for this type of restoration…
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Clip for Bar in the Anterior Mandible?
I have a patient that has had two dental implants with a bar in the anterior mandible which has retained her overdenture since 1987.
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Inclination of Implant Replacing Maxillary Canine?
I recently attended a course where the lecturer stated that when an implant is used to replace the maxillary canine it should be inclined towards the buccal, just like the natural maxillary canine.
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Locator Attachments Losing Retention
I use Locator attachments (Zest Anchors) for implant-retained overdentures. I am seeing the nitrite coating on the metal Locator component wearing off in normal use.
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Treatment Approach for Overdentures?
I am also considering using just two dental implants in the canine areas to accomplish the same treatment objective.
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O-Rings: Best Method for Overdenture Retention?
What is the best method for holding a full denture to dental implant abutments? I’ve read alot about the O-Ring method, but I’m not sure if it is always applicable.
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Locator Attachments in Overdentures?
I have been doing mandibular dental implant supported overdentures for some time. My standard design is for an anterior bar supported by 3-4 dental implant fixtures. I use a central clip and 2 distal ERA or preciclix attachments.
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