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Simplifying Single-Stage Solid Abutments: Techniques for Impressioning and Temporization

Single-stage implants are being utilized more frequently. Currently, Straumann ITI, Lifecore Biomedical, Sulzer Paragon,...

Indications and Techniques for Surgical Indexing at Stage I Implant Surgery

In reference to prosthetic reconstruction, implants may be placed in poor alignment for a...

A Case Study for the Predictable Reconstruction of the Hopeless Maxilla

Since the introduction of osseointegrated implants for the replacement of missing or lost teeth,...

Maximizing Available Options to Embrace “Less Is Best”

A healthy 21-year-old presents to your office with a history of trauma to the...

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Implant Placement

Eight years ago, Dr. Gordon Christensen told me, If you can do molar endodontics...

Direct Preparation of Preexisting Implant Abutments

Dental implants have been used with great success as root replacements in oral reconstruction....

Prerestorative Periodontal Plastic Surgery Creating the Gingival Framework for the Ideal Smile

It has been said that a beautiful painting or photograph is enhanced by the...

New Directions in Dentistry

For the first time in my career, my wife and I have had the...

Noninvasive “Face-Lifts” For Your Dentate Patients: A New Technique

Is dentists, we all have had training in removable prosthodontics, and we already know...

Simplifying Diastema Closure in the Anterior Region

There may be a number of reasons why patients present requesting diastema closure, including...