Mini Implant Systems | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants
Mini Implant Systems | OsseoNews Discussions on Dental Implants: "I was first introduced to dental implantology in 1968 by Dr. Leonard Linkow, while doing a post graduate program working in the department of Prosthodontics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Israel. Dr. Linkow demonstrated his concepts of placing different shaped titanium fixtures into the existing residual jaw bone
( an assortment of “blades”, screws,endosteal stabilizers, intramucosal inserts, subperiosteal frames,and even a coined titanium “Star of David” into the jawbone of a rabbi, ; and he called them all dental implants.
An artificial device that can be embedded into the jawbone and protrude into the oral cavity such to support a tooth or teeth is, in my humble estimation, a dental implant. I can understand the point of view of the FDA to place a value on the engineering specifications of the strength of a fixture, and decide that anything less than 3mm in diameter is not strong enough to be considered a permanent fixture, and is therefore not considered a dental implant, in order to place guidelines to protect the public.
However, if dentists like Dr. Victor Sendax did not have the moxy and ingenuity to go beyond the “established guidelines” of definition, and help out a famous opera star when his permanent bridge was falling out of his mouth before a performance ( and steril"
( an assortment of “blades”, screws,endosteal stabilizers, intramucosal inserts, subperiosteal frames,and even a coined titanium “Star of David” into the jawbone of a rabbi, ; and he called them all dental implants.
An artificial device that can be embedded into the jawbone and protrude into the oral cavity such to support a tooth or teeth is, in my humble estimation, a dental implant. I can understand the point of view of the FDA to place a value on the engineering specifications of the strength of a fixture, and decide that anything less than 3mm in diameter is not strong enough to be considered a permanent fixture, and is therefore not considered a dental implant, in order to place guidelines to protect the public.
However, if dentists like Dr. Victor Sendax did not have the moxy and ingenuity to go beyond the “established guidelines” of definition, and help out a famous opera star when his permanent bridge was falling out of his mouth before a performance ( and steril"
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