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No Attached Keratinized Tissue Around Implants: Recommendations?
Problem is there is no attached keratinized tissue around one of the implants and the non-keratinized loose tissue keeps on growing over the Locator attachments causing much discomfort to the patient.
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Bucco-Lingual Resorption Exposing the Threads on Implants: How to Manage?
But when I examined the patient at 6 months post-op, the alveolar ridge had undergone 4mm of bucco-lingual resorption exposing the threads on both dental implants.
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Small Bone Dehiscence from Collar of Implant Cover Screw: Next Steps?
Clinically, the dental implant is stable, it is not sensitive to percussion and appears to have good soft tissue health excluding the dehisced area
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Treatment Plan for Breast Cancer Patient?
I need to know whether a current breast cancer patient is a good case for bone graft, immediate implant with immediate temporary bridge.
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Implant with Sinus Tract: How Would You Approach This?
Soft tissue looks normal and with adequate volume, however, about 4mm coronal to the gingival margin there is a sinus tract.
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Inadequate Bone Height: Elevate Maxillary Sinus Membrane During Implant Placement?
Is it necessary to elevate the maxillary sinus membrane during placement of implants through the floor of the sinus when there is inadequate bone height?
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Lateral Incisors Orthodontically Treated: Chance of Implant Failure?
I have to place a dental implant in the anterior mandibular region to replace a lower central incisor which is congenitally missing.
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Astra Implant Rotated after Retorquing: Prognosis?
When I was retorquing the abutment on #18 and towards the end of the torque (25N/cm2), the implant rotated with the abutment about 1/8 to 1/4 circle.
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Dental Implant Micromovement
I recently attended a lecture where the idea of micromovement of the abutment / implant interface under load created a micropump of fluid movement that contributed to bone loss.
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Implant Somewhat Deep: Should I Reduce Gingival Thickness?
Upon flap elevation I noted that although ridge width was well maintained, there was minor vertical height loss (approx 2-3 mm dip below adjacent teeth CEJ’s). I placed the platform of the dental implant at this level.
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Retained Root Tip: Should I Expect Complications?
I treatment planned a patient for a wide platform dental implant in the mandible to replace a second molar. Near the projected implant site, there was a 3mm long root tip left from a prior extraction I did 3 months prior.
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Implant Threads Exposed: How to Handle?
In one of my first cases, shortly after placement, 3-4 threads of the implant on the buccal side became exposed. The implant has good primary stability.
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Fractured Screw: What Are My Chances?
I am an Australian dentist. I recently went to place a screw retained abutment and cement retained crown on the upper right premolar. The surgeon had placed a Branemark narrow platform 15mm length dental implant.
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Implants in Young Patient: Will This Prevent Full Growth of Maxilla?
I have a 14 year old male who lost all four of his maxillary incisors in a car accident. I would like to place dental implants in the maxillary alveolar ridge and would like to use them to support a bridge.
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No Cortical Bone: What’s the Prognosis?
I laid a full thickness flap to place a dental implant in the maxillary canine area. The buccal and lingual cortical plates were healthy and sound. But at the height of the alveolar crest, the bone was cancellous without a cortical bone outer surface. I filled the defect with Dyna putty graft material.
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