Discussions on Surgical Placement of Dental Implants

For some implant systems and in some countries, implants may be guaranteed for life. How do you feel about giving a guarantee for dental implants that you install?

We place the Z System’s zirconium oxide implants and have had relatively good success. What I am trying to understand is why not all of them succeed.

I have a new dental implant patient who presents with a history of leukemia and a bone marrow transplant. He is currently suffering from graft versus host disease.

Should we now be revising our traditional approach to the retention of questionable or marginal teeth and leaning more toward extraction and replacement with implants?

One of the most difficult challenges is the management of the atrophic or deficient maxillary anterior ridge.

The instructor recommended using hollow osteotomy drills with internal irrigation with cold water.

I have encountered a number of cases where this could produce a better prosthetic result if I can be confident that splinting natural teeth to implants can be successful.

The extraction of teeth prior to implant installation has received a great deal of attention in recent years because of the impact on site preservation.

I recently did my first narrow diameter implant case using 4 Atlas narrow body implants. The Atlas implant in #26 area was exuding purulence

I have had good success in the maxillary posterior areas with laying flaps that are passively retained over ridge areas where I have done bone augmentation… In the posterior mandible I have not been able to do this.

I have treatment planned some sinus lift procedures using a lateral window approach. If I tear a hole in the membrane, what is the best way to treat this?

How long should I wait after she stops the Actonel before I place the dental implants?

Despite many advances, peri-implantitis and implant mucositis continue to be problems that are difficult or impossible to resolve.

There are a number of different philosophies concerning treatment planning options for supporting molar crowns.

With the increasing accuracy of CBCT scans and the increasing accuracy of surgical guide stent fabrication, there is more and more emphasis on flapless implant fixture installation.

In terms of risks and benefits, what indicators are you currently using in your practice to assure maximum success and minimal chance of complications for immediate placement?

Should dental implants not be a viable treatment option considering my patient’s level of immunosuppression?

With respect to the minimum age that dental implants can be placed, how do I determine when bone growth has ceased?

I am wondering if anybody can suggest what they think would be the best possible topics in site development, surgical installation of implants, bone grafting, ridge augmentation, restoration of implants, etc. for a thesis?

One implant was very close to the mental nerve. The patient immediately developed a paresthesia.

I have a male patient with rheumatoid arthritis and Type II diabetes. What additional precautions should I take before placing an implant?

This may seem naive, but what is wrong with perforating the floor of the maxillary sinus with an implant?

Do we use the quality of the bone density to determine which implant fixture thread design to select for sites with different bone density?

I placed a 12mm long and 5mm diameter Biohorizons implant, and after two months I can see the whole cover screw and the metal collar on the lingual side.

I have treatment planned a patient for a maxillary overdenture retained by four dental implants and am wondering about the ideal location for implants?