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Dental Implant Coating Halts Peri-Implantitis

The American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) reports that 15 million Americans have crown...

General Dentistry and Periodontics: A Partnership for the Future

Within the $11 billion cosmetic surgery industry, anti-aging cosmetic dentistry is one of the...

Biocompatible Material Enables 3-D Printed Bone Implants

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a 3-D printable ink for producing synthetic bone...

Researchers Use a Little Mussel to Improve Implant Performance

Dental implants use titanium because it is strong and doesn’t harm tissues, though it...

Hodroxyapatite Coating Improves Implant Performance

Researchers have developed a technique for coating polymer implants with a bioactive film that...

Surgeons Rebuild Jaw and Palate in a Single-Day Procedure

Surgeons at the University of Washington (UW) used 3-D computerized design and implant-bone integration...

Many TMD “Specialists” Aren’t So Well Informed

Some dental offices advertise themselves on the Internet as “specialists” in managing temporomandibular disorders...

Antihypertensive Drugs May Improve Implant Survival

About 80 million American adults have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, according to...

Engineering Know-how Accelerates Implant Healing

Dental implants typically take 2 to 4 months to heal. Yet research from the...

The Advantages of the Morse Taper Dental Implant Connection

One of the most challenging issues in implant dentistry is maintaining the hard tissues...