Implants

Tapered Dental Implants With a Novel Design for Successful Immediate Procedures

INTRODUCTION Immediate implant placement was first introduced in 1976 in Tübingen, Germany.1 This treatment...

The Use of Zygomatic Implants in Restorative Cases

INTRODUCTION Dr. Leonard Linkow, one of the pioneers of implant dentistry, once noted that...

Advanced Grafting Materials and Techniques

INTRODUCTION Historically, everything from autogenous bone to xenografts, allografts, and alloplastic materials has been...

Early Implant Restoration Through Photofunctionalization

INTRODUCTION Osseointegration, as defined by Brånemark, is a direct structural and functional connection between...

Allogenic Block Graft Utilized for Pre-Implant Site Development

INTRODUCTION Implant dentistry has become a discipline in health care to reconstruct lost soft...

A Simplified and Predictable Approach to Crestal Sinus Elevation

INTRODUCTION Implant placement in an edentulous posterior maxillary site faces challenges related to the...

Full-Arch Surgery With No Prosthesis to Convert: Using Photogrammetry to Design Interims Right After Implants Are Placed

INTRODUCTION For anyone who has been involved with an All-on-4 procedure, the thought of...

Ceramic Implants and Dental Implant Rehabilitation, Part 2

Full-Arch Removable Treatment INTRODUCTION In part 1 of this series, in the March 2023...

Alternative to All-on-X: A Conservative Approach?

INTRODUCTION Implant dentistry has become a prominent treatment modality in many of our dental...

Contemporary Approach on Sinus Augmentation 

INTRODUCTION Perforation of the maxillary sinus by a dental implant is a concern for...