Implantology Articles

• Single-Unit Screw-Retained Implant Restoration Using GC Gradia

  Inside Dental Technology - March 2013

  The article will provide a solution for deciding between cement-retained or screw-retained restorations.

• Implant Dentistry: From Seashells to Titanium

  Inside Dental Technology - March 2013

  The article provides a brief history and overview of implant dentistry.

• Treatment of Peri-Implantitis

  Lanka Mahesh, BDS, MBA, Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD, FACD, DICOI, Sagrika Shukla, BDS
  Inside Dentistry - March 2013

  Reviews methods for treatment of peri-implantitis

• A Conversation with Thomas E. Van Dyke, DDS, PhD

  Inside Dentistry - March 2013

  Einstein interview with the VP for Clinical and Translational Research and Chair of the Department of AppliedOral Sciences

• Screw-Access Marking: A Technique to Simplify Retrieval of Cement-Retained Implant Prostheses

  Compendium - March 2013

  The screw-access marking technique presented allows for any clinician to simply and predictably retrieve a cemented implant prosthesis if and when needed.

• The Digitalizing of Implant Dentistry: A Clinical Evaluation of 15 Patients

  Munib Derhalli, DMD, MS, MBA
  Compendium - March 2013

  This article discusses the use of and clinical applications for intraoral scanning technology as it applies to custom-fabricated implant abutments.

• Alveolar Ridge Augmentation: Combining Bioresorbable Scaffolds with Osteoinductive Bone Grafts in Atrophic Sites. A Follow-Up to an Evolving Technique

  Barry P. Levin, DMD
  Compendium - March 2013

  The demonstrated technique combines a resorbable mesh (PLGA) with rhBMP-2 and FDBA to reconstruct severely resorbed alveolar ridges to facilitate prosthetically guided implant placement.

• Bar Modification for Improving Composite-Resin to Ridge Design

  Robert Kreyer, Jr., CDT, Sajid A. Jivraj, DDS, MS Ed
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2013

  This article explains the bar modification for achieving a functional transition from residual ridge to prosthetic gingival base.

• Implant Dentistry in the Esthetic Zone

  Michael Sonick, DMD, Debby Hwang, DMD
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2013

  This article describes the steps taken to make implant restoration functional and esthetically viable in the maxillary.

• Implant Failures Caused by Cements

  Kate Hughes
  Inside Dentistry - February 2013

  Salvaging compromised cases and preventing complications

• “Rules of Six”—Diagnostic and Therapeutic Guidelines for Single-Tooth Implant Success

  Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD, Oliver C. Pin-Harry, DDS, MS
  Compendium - February 2013

  This report describes “rules” for effectively placing a single-tooth dental implant. They represent diagnostic targets and a single therapeutic guideline for directing clinical success and prevent...

• Zirconia Composite Restoration

  Arian Deutsch, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2013

  This article describes the importance of materials selection to restore ill-fitting dentures.

• Solving a Complex Case

  Craig Galbraith
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2013

  This article describes the steps taken to give a patient a more youthful-looking smile.

• Treatment Planning Guidelines for Proper Implant Placement

  Lyndon F. Cooper, DDS, PhD, Bryan M. Limmer, DMD, W. Day Gates, DDS, MS
  Inside Dental Technology - January 2013

  This articles explains why treatment planning is crucial to proper implant placement.

• Implants: Optimizing Outcomes

  Kate Hughes
  Inside Dentistry - January 2013

  Involving the entire dental team to optimize implant success