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Three-Year Clinical and Radiographic Implant Follow-up in Sinus-Lifted Maxilla With Lateral Window Technique

Conclusions: The success rate of the implants placed with staged approach in augmented maxillary sinuses with the residual alveolar bone height of ?3 mm was high in a 3-year term. Bio-Oss is an acceptable substitute autogenous bone and can be used as an augmentation material during the maxillary sinus lift procedure. (Source: Implant Dentistry)
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Correlation Between Stress Distributions and Biological Reactions in Bone Surrounding Implants That Support Cantilevers in Supraocclusal Contact in Rats

Conclusion: These findings suggest that in this occlusally loaded rat model, the stress distributions correlated to some extent with bone volume and morphological changes observed on ?-CT images and histological sections. (Source: Implant Dentistry)

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Charles F. Kettering

“An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.”
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Biting Force and Muscle Activity in Implant-Supported Single Mandibular Overdentures Opposing Fixed Maxillary Dentition

Conclusion: Biting force was related mainly to the quality of denture support. Muscle activity was higher in patients with conventional denture than with implant-supported prostheses (with or without attachments). (Source: Implant Dentistry)
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Success Rate of Two-Piece Zirconia Implants: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis

Conclusion: The results of this study imply that two-piece zirconia implants show competitive success rates, improved from >96.7% to >98.5% over three product generations. (Source: Implant Dentistry)
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Man Tries To Sell Homemade Clay Teeth On Craigslist

Dentistry is something you want to leave up to the professionals, not some guy on Craigslist. Matthew Ronald Block claims to have created a “temporary flipper type false tooth” for his girlfriend out of modeling clay, and he tried to offer his services online.

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Anatomical Remodeling of Buccal Bone Plate in 35 Premaxillary Post-Extraction Immediately Restored Single TPS Implants: 10-Year Radiographic Investigation

Conclusions: Immediately loaded postextractive implants, placed according to the ART, have been proved to be a predictable method to rehabilitate single tooth in the anterior maxilla. (Source: Implant Dentistry)
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The August 2015 DTG Symposium in Provo, UT, featured the first-ever World Mixed Dental Arts Competition . In a timed, single-elimination event with three heats, the final two contestants in the removable division went head to head as they set a complete maxillary arch in wax for a live patient.

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Bone Regenerative Potential of Enamel Matrix Protein in the Circumferential Defect Around a Dental Implant

Conclusions: Neither EMD alone nor a mixture of BCP and EMD enhanced bone healing in a circumferential gap defect around a dental implant. (Source: Implant Dentistry)
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Help for Elders Good oral care is important at all ages

Question: My parents invested in braces for me when I was a teenager and instilled in me the importance of maintaining good oral health. I was very conscientious about routine dental check-ups my entire adult life until I retired and no longer had access to dental insurance.

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