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GRANMA'S GOT NEW FANGIIIS!

Gambar
Hiyaaa Folks! Lost alllmuz all me sky tiith . Me ground tiith there but cannaa grind! Kuz me tiith done rotted under me bridges. Nein soorry fer me. Kleverrr dentiist done plazed new uns! Dem olde iinplants dey call dem. Sum big .....sum smallllll...... miniiiis. ..what!  AAAAARGH...... dem miniisss wurrkks ai teilll ya. Ya gimme yer fingerrr and triiee......likes what me munching now! C dem baack beig an frunt ar miniis what!

Extra Wide Implants for Immediate Placement: Any Experience with These? | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants

Extra Wide Implants for Immediate Placement: Any Experience with These? | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants : "* December 15th, 2009 Dear osurg, “Iatrogenic”, according to Webster’s is defined as, “induced inadvertently by a physician”. When we insert a dental implant into the bone and gums, we create a pocket around the neck of the implant as it traverses through the gum and into the oral cavity. This pocket is different from the normal gingival sulcus that is found around a normal tooth. When the gingival sulcus become diseased due to infection, trauma or abnormal immune response……it becomes inflamed and deeper and the diseased state is then called a pocket. I call the corresponding sulcus around the dental implant as it emerges into the mouth a pocket because it is not normal but a pathology. In this case the pathology is physician-induced and therefore iatrogenic! If we examine the pocket around the implant histologically, it is a vast difference from that of

Extra Wide Implants for Immediate Placement: Any Experience with These? | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants

Extra Wide Implants for Immediate Placement: Any Experience with These? | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants : "K. F. Chow BDS., FDSRCS November 28th, 2009 I agree with Professor Tarek from that ancient city of knowledge, Alexandria. Its got the largest library in the ancient world. His approach is very sensible because it allows the bone and mucosa to heal and any infection to disappear. A 3.5mm diameter implant is reasonable as it allows plenty of marginal bone around it. I believe that the learned Professor will place implants that are at least 10mm long or more, based on the quality and quantity of the bone available. The assumption that the fixtures used should at least match the size of the roots of the teeth that it is replacing is fallacious or to say it simply, incorrect. The natural tooth is attached to the bone via a highly sophisticated biological structure called the periodontal apparatus. The dental implant is attached via osseointegration, a form of ank

NARROW DIAMETER DENTAL IMPLANTS

K. F. Chow BDS., FDSRCS   April 6th, 2010 Many of my complex cases are treatment planned with both narrow diameter and regular diameter dental implants. My experience in cases when I use only narrow diameter is that I complete my cases much faster than when it involves regular diameters. As such, it behoves serious practitioners to keep both types in mind when treatment planning because I forsee that we are beginning to shift towards a more balanced and sensible approach rather than a prejudiced and narrow approach. Cheers! Richard Hughes, DDS, FAAID, FAAIP, DABOI   April 7th, 2010 Dr. Chow: I agree. sergio  April 7th, 2010 Couldn’t agree with you more, Dr.Chow.

Returning Clinical Judgement From the Lab Back to the Dentist

Gambar
Yes. They are mini dental implants . The anterior implant has a composite bud light-cured on. The posterior 2 implants have metal buds cemented on. A direct impression was taken and sent to the lab where the bridge is made the usual way in which conventional crowns and bridges are made but designed to provide a friendly interface with the gums and easy maintenance. With the increasing use of dental implants, the dentist has become more and more lab-dependent to the extent that he/she often seem just like a technician. All the dentist have to do is to send the models and X-ray images to the laboratory and back comes a precision-stent together with the prefabricated crown or bridge. The dentist places the stent, drills the hole and screws in the implant to a preset depth and then cements the crown or bridge. Simple and straightforward but highly lab-dependent and turns the dentist from a clinician into a technician . The bud and direct impression approach gives back the dentist the re

KAI FOOS RED DRAGONFLY

Gambar
One of the most beautiful image of a dragonfly that I ever captured in my garden. Everytime I look at it, I am reminded how crude our imitations of mother nature is. And also what a pathetic imitation our dental implants are compared to the real thing.

GRANMA'S NEW FANGIIS!

Gambar
AAAAAARGH!!  Looookit me new fangiis! Ah ken eeven kleann dem with dem dental flossii what!