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Nanotite
Some of the dental implant manufacturers have started using a new surface coating called NanoTite. Is there truly a benefit here? Have you attempted early or immediate loading with these?
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Surface Topography for Implants: Where is this Trend Headed?
I have tried most of the major dental implant companies. I am wondering if the critical factor here in osseointegration is the surface coating?
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Protein - Coated Dental Implants?
Bob, a dentist asks us: Does anyone have any thoughts on the recently reported technology of applying a specialized protein to a dental implant to make the bone around the implant regenerate better?
In laboratory tests, Medical College of Georgia (MCG) researchers applied a protein onto implants that directs endogenous stem cells to become bone-forming […]
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Coating Tetracycline on Implants?
Has anyone had experience or read anything about coating tetracycline on dental implants at the time of placement? I have tried this and feel integration is quicker and superior.
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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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Immediate Loading: The Gold Standard?
It seems like immediate loading is becoming the gold standard in dental implant placement and restoration.
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A New Dental Implant Coating?
Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia found in experimental studies that dental implants coated
with a new class of morpheonetic proteins demonstrated significant
osteogenic properties.This may represent a new technology for stimulating bone regeneration to replace lost bone. A formal study of this new technology will begin shortly. Interestingly, hydroxyapatite which has not worked as well […]
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