Implants

Managing Implant Challenges While Expanding Treatment Options

Implant placement challenges can arise related to a multitude of factors. Those can include...

Ridge Splitting to Prepare for Immediate Implant Placement: A Controlled Procedure

Atrophic ridges present some unique challenges to the surgical placement of dental implants. Patients...

Dynamic Implant Navigation: Same-Day Implant Placement Now More Precise Than Ever

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry estimates that 3 million Americans have dental implants...

Implant Treatment Planning: Simplicity for Success

Implantology is a highly predictable procedure with a mean survival rate of 94.6% and...

An Alternative Treatment Approach to All-on-X

  INTRODUCTION During the past 10 years, immediate loading on a screw-retained prosthesis, also...

A Fix for Maxillary Implants in Previously Failed Sites

INTRODUCTION An active clinician will encounter implant failure. Failures occur for myriad and interrelated...

Autologous Tooth Structure as an Adjunct Grafting Modality

INTRODUCTION Full-arch dental implant reconstruction is a viable treatment choice for patients who are...

Using Alloplastic Material for Subantral Grafting

INTRODUCTION When maxillary posterior teeth are extracted, and the extraction site is not grafted,...

Transitional Implants and Modular Prosthetic Components, Part 1

The transition period between extraction of all remaining teeth and the final definitive prosthesis...

Simplifying Implant Placement in the Maxillary Anterior Using an In-Office Fabricated Corrected Surgical Guide

INTRODUCTION Dental implant placement can be challenging based on the geometry of the bone...