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Discussions on Restoration of Dental Implants

Welcome to the Restoration of Dental Implants Section of OsseoNews.com, where you can research, and participate in discussions about Restoration of Dental Implants. It's the one place where dentists, surgeons, and industry experts share their knowledge on Restoration of Dental Implants.

Recent Restoration of Dental Implants Discussions

• Problems with Procelain Fractures on Implant Crowns and Bridges: Use Ultrasonic Unit?

  I have had some problems with porcelain fracture on my implant crowns and bridges. I try to tap off the crown or bridge with a Morrel Crown Remover with gentle tapping.

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• UCLA Type Implants: Crowns Have Less of a Tendency to Loosen?

  The first implants I learned how to restore were the UCLA type implants where the crown was screwed directly into the implant fixture.

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• Internal Hex vs External Hex Configurations: Long-Term Studies?

  What do the long-term studies show in terms of benefits of the internal over the external hex?

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• Is One Implant Enough to Retain the Overdenture?

  I recently attended a course where for the first time I learned about using one implant with an attachment to retain a mandibular overdenture.

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• Abutment Screw Loosening: Is This Inevitable?

  Do all abutment screws eventually loosen and have to be re-tightened?

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• Custom Vs. Standard Abutments: What is the Difference in the Long Run?

  What I am planning now is to use only standard abutments and prepare them as though they were natural teeth. I hope to avoid using custom abutments as much as possible.

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• Cement Retention of Implant Crowns: What Are You Doing?

  There are many different views on cement retention of implant crowns and fixed partial dentures. What is everyone using?

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• Abutment Level Impressions vs. Implant Level Impressions?

  I plan to make final impressions at the abutment level and then insert the permanent bridges. In the past I made implant level impressions and then inserted the permanent abutments and bridges at the same time. Anything wrong with making abutment level impressions like I am planning?

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• Technique for making Implant Level Impressions on Slightly Malaligned Implant Fixtures: Anybody Try This?

  I read an article in the current issue of JOMI on the Accuracy of Different Impression Techniques for Internal-Connection Implants which described a technique for making implant level impressions on slightly malaligned implant fixtures.

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• Connecting Natural Teeth and Dental Implants: New Techniques?

  A recent article concluded that if case selection was appropriate and some modifications in technique were used that natural teeth could be connected to dental implants.

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• Unable to Make Abutment Level Impressions: Recommendations?

  I have not been able to capture clear impressions of the margins. I really do not want to remove the abutments and take a new implant level impression and make a second set of abutments.

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• Implant Supported Denture: Single Piece Metal Framework or 3 Seperate Segments?

  I am doing an implant supported mandibular fixed partial denture for an elderly edentulous patient, and my oral surgeon and lab are recommending to different protocols.

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• Switching Back to Screw Retention for Implant Fixed Partial Dentures?

  I have had to remake several short-span implant fixed partial dentures because the porcelain fractured and my attempts to repair did not hold.

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• Placing a V-Ring Against the Implant Crown: Pose Any Danger?

  I am just wondering if placing a V-ring against the implant crown will pose any danger to the implant because of the pressure the springing action will exert on the implant.

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• Impressions for Multiple Implants: Best to Splint all Transfer Copings Together with Resin?

  When making an impression of multiple implant fixtures in one arch, is the best procedure to splint all the transfer impression copings together with resin?

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• Restoring Bone Level Straumann Implant: Fixture Not in the Ideal Parallel Position?

  I am about to restore a bone level Straumann implant in the 15 site. I noticed that the implant fixture is not in the ideal parallel position.

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• Abutment for HA MicroVent Implant?

  I have a patient with an HA MicroVent 10 X 3.7 implant in the #4 region which was placed in 1989.

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• Using Implant as an Abutment for a Removable Partial Denture?

  Is there any way that I can use an implant as an abutment for a removable partial denture? Is there some protocol for using a particular attachment system like ERA or Locator to use the implant for retention of the removable partial denture?

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• 5 Free-Standing Implants to Retain a Maxillary Overdenture?

  Are any of you using this design with 5 free-standing implants to retain a maxillary overdenture with a horeshoe major connector design?

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• Establish Harmonious Plane of Occlusion with Implant Replacement: Correct Procedure?

  One problem is that the opposing #3 has super-erupted and I need to do an occlusal adjustment to establish a harmonious plain of occlusion.

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• Temporary Crown on an Implant Replacing a Maxillary Central Incisor: Can You Clarify the Procedure?

  I attended a dental implant meeting where several lecturers demonstrated how to make a temporary crown on an implant replacing a maxillary central incisor.

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• Achieving Aesthetic Emergence Profile with Straumann Bone Level Implant?

  I have placed a Straumann ITI bone level implant in site 11. I want to achieve an aesthetic emergence profile to match the 21

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• ERA Complications with Implants: Can’t Get Any Retention?

  One month ago I placed 4 Sterngold 3.5X8mm dental implants between the mental foramina on a patient without much alveolar bone height. They are only intended for full denture retention.

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• Porcelain Fractures: Is This Very Common?

  Is it just me or are other dentists having problems with porcelain fractures on their crowns and bridges.

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• Temporary Cement for Implant Supported Bridges?

  What temporary cement should I use to make it possible to retrieve a cement retained bridge?

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