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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

• Premier Implant Cement: Source of Chronic Inflammation?

  Have any of you experienced exudate, chronic inflammation, or bone loss with dental implants where the crowns were cemented with Premier Implant Cement?

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• Implant Above Tissue: Prep the Margin on Implant Itself?

  Due to the shallow placement of #10 I have found that the margin of the Astra Implant is above the tissue, which is unacceptable from an aesthetic perspective.

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• Loose Crown or Abutment Screw: Treatment Plan?

  One of my dental implant patients returned with a loose cemented crown. I cannot be sure if the crown is loose or if the abutment is loose. Is there any reliable way to determine this?

    Read More and Comment  | 7 Comments »
 
• Index Impression: What Am I Doing Wrong?

  When I pick up dental implant impression copings for a bridge, I use a custom acrylic tray with a small window where the impression coping screws poke through.

    Read More and Comment  | 8 Comments »
 
• Loose Abutment Screw

  Recently, I completed a case where I forgot to torque down the abutment screw completely. Now it is loose! How do I retrieve this screw and tighten it?

    Read More and Comment  | 30 Comments »
 
• Aesthetic Gingival Architecture Techniques

  He demonstrated how the best time to form highly aesthetic gingival architecture in the maxillary anterior aesthetic zone is at the time of implant placement.

    Read More and Comment  | 6 Comments »
 
• Unscrew the Transfer Coping Screw?

  After making my impression index, I attempted to unscrew the transfer coping screw. The angles of the internal hex rounded off and I could not engage the internal hex with the torque wrench.

    Read More and Comment  | 10 Comments »
 
• Splinted or Free-Standing Restoration?

  When restoring multiple dental implants, what is the better treatment option: splinted crowns or free-standing individual crowns?

    Read More and Comment  | 5 Comments »
 
• Abutment Holders: Worth the Extra Expense?

  The last few cases my lab has returned to me have abutments with pointy tops. They say they leave the pointy tops because it increases the occluso-gingival height of the abutment which increases retention.

    Read More and Comment  | 1 Comment »
 
• Temporary Crowns and Bridges on Dental Implants?

  Charles, a dentist, asks:

  I have a devil of a time making temporary crowns and bridges on
  dental implants. Does anybody have any good techniques that they would care to
  share with the rest of us?

  I have had problems locking on the temporary bridge to the dental implant platform where I had to cut off the temporary bridge […]

    Read More and Comment  | 4 Comments »
 
• Screw vs. Cement Retained?

  I am presently evaluating the design for both upper and lower bar-retained overdentures. The upper will have eight dental implants and the lower will have six dental implants.

    Read More and Comment  | 15 Comments »
 
• Gold Crowns vs. PFM

  I have the impression that, in absence of aesthetic considerations, gold crowns are superior to PFMs on natural teeth and on dental implants. Is this accurate?

    Read More and Comment  | 14 Comments »
 
• High Water Hybrid

  Dr. C. asks:
  I am restoring an edentulous mandible. Originally I treatment planned for five 4.0×10 mm dental implants between the mental foramens. Because of bone quality, I could only place five 3.25×10 dental implants.

  I plan to insert an FP3 (crowns with pink gingival) and use a UCLA type
  attachment where I could screw the bridge […]

    Read More and Comment  | 2 Comments »
 
• Cement Vs. Screw Retention

  Should I use cement or screw retention? Is the prevailing opinion in the restoration of dental implants moving in the direction of cement retention? If so, why?

    Read More and Comment  | 22 Comments »
 
• Bridge on Narrow Platform Implants?

  Mitchell, a dentist, ask us: I have a patient with a severely atrophic mandible. I planned to have 6 regular platform dental implants placed to support a bridge.

  Even with a CT scan we could only get 5 narrow platform dental implants
  (3.25/10) in the mandibular anterior. Most of the bone is cortical. Do
  you still think […]

    Read More and Comment  | 4 Comments »
 
• Immediate Loading in the Anterior Aesthetic Zone?

  I have discussed a number of dental implant cases where I want to do a one-piece, single stage, immediate provisionalization at the time of tooth extaction in the anterior aesthetic zone.

    Read More and Comment  | 10 Comments »
 
• Free-Standing Implants To Retain Overdentures?

  Larry, a dentist, asks us:
  I am hearing more and more about using free-standing implants to retain
  overdentures both in the maxilla and mandible. In the mandible, two
  dental implants in the canine areas appears to be the most frequent design. In
  the maxilla four dental implants in the canine and second premolar areas
  appears to be the most frequent […]

    Read More and Comment  | 14 Comments »
 
• Locator Attachments or a Bar?

  Charles, a dentist asks us:
  I have a patient who had four 4×10mm dental implants placed in her mandibular anterior.  I was planning on doing Locators and making an overdenture. 

  The gingival connective tissue over the dental implants is very dense and
  thick.  From the implant platform to the highest point on the
  surrounding gingival is 4mm […]

    Read More and Comment  | 14 Comments »
 
• Mini Dental Implants: Soft-Hard Reline Material

  Has anybody tried the new soft-hard reline material that replaces the need for O-rings or attachments with mini dental implants?

    Read More and Comment  | 6 Comments »
 
• Atlantis Abutments

  Dr. Croll asks us:
  I use Atlantis custom abutments for cement retained crowns and bridges and usually the fit on single units is excellent.

  Occasionally for multiple units I have found the fit of bridges to be a little tight.  Are any of you using die relief to create space for the cement?  I am thinking of […]

    Read More and Comment  | 3 Comments »
 
• Immediate Loading Restoration Techniques

  In the second part of the interview with Dr. Balshi, on Teeth-in-an-Hour and Teeth-in-a-Day paradigms, some of the techniques used in implant restoration are described.

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• Restoration of the Edentulous Maxilla

  Implants should never be considered as anything other than a supplemental tool in our restorative armamentarium and definitely not as a means of compensating for poorly designed or improperly fabricated prosthesis.

    Read More and Comment  | 1 Comment »
 
• Vertical Dimension of Occlusion and Rest

  OsseoNews:  What is your protocol for establishing the vertical dimension of occlusion and the vertical dimension of rest in an edentulous patient?
  Dr. Jameson: As is customarily done, I first establish the rest position of the mandible. But instead of closing the vertical dimension 2-3mm and then making the occlusal registration, this position is recorded and […]

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• Centric Relation Record

  What is your procedure of choice in making a centric relation record?

    Read More and Comment  | 7 Comments »
 
• Dental Implant Overdenture

  Everyone understands how wonderful a treatment for our denture patients implants are.
  What is the feeling about connecting 2 implants with a bar or having them independent with an attachment, ball, ERA, or Zeiss Locator?

    Read More and Comment  | 23 Comments »
 
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