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Replacement of severely traumatized teeth with immediate implants and immediate loading: literature review and case reports

Abstract One of the options for management of severely traumatized dentitions is to provide immediate implant placement with immediate loading. Three representative cases out of 15 patients with 23 traumatized teeth treated to date in our clinic are presented. None had labial bone fractures. The teeth were replaced with NobelReplace Groovy implants (Nobel Biocare, Gothenburg, Sweden) in the fresh sockets immediately after extraction. They were placed toward the palatal areas in the sockets and 3 mm below the gingival margins. If there were gaps between implants and sockets wider than 1 mm, particulate deproteinized bovine bone was grafted in the gaps. Immediately after placement, the implants were loaded with provisional prostheses. The final restorations were installed 3–4 months lat…

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Lexington Dentist Releases Best-Selling Book on Amazon

Dr. Patricia Takacs, a leading Lexington provider in clear braces, recently released her second book on Amazon that has reached best-seller status. The new book, “A Cup Of Coffee With My Dentist,” is co-authored by Dr. Takacs and chronicles the importance of oral health care.

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Limited surgical space and increase restorative space: thoughts?

Currently, the goal is to find a solution for the MD spacing prior to placing one implant. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Las Cruces Dentist Attends Special Training in Dental Implants

The training focused on securing lower dentures with dental implants. Dr. Reiter, owner of Advanced Dental of Las Cruces, can now provide dental implants to replace individual missing teeth or to stabilize dentures.

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Can bone be regenerated in this case?

I laid a full thickness flap and determined that there had been significant bone loss. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)

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Community water fluoridation and health outcomes in England: a cross?sectional study

ConclusionThis study uses the comprehensive data sets available in England to provide reassurance that fluoridation is a safe and highly effective public health measure to reduce dental decay. Although lower rates of certain nondental outcomes were found in fluoridated areas, the ecological, observational design prohibits any conclusions being drawn regarding a protective role of fluoridation. (Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology)

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Digital Impression Standalone Scanners Market to Expand at a CAGR of…

A new report has been published by Transparency Market Research, titled “Digital Impression Standalone Scanners Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020”. TMR, a market intelligence company based in the U.S., states that for global digital impression standalone scanners market was estimated at US$ 54.4 million in 2013 and is predicted to reach US$ 178.9 million by 2020, expanding at a CAGR of 17.1% between 2014 and 2020.The technology utilized to develop a three-dimensional image pertaining to teeth and intraoral tissue is known as digital impression.

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Stephen Hawking

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”
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Guided bone regeneration in standardized calvarial defects using beta-tricalcium phosphate and collagen membrane: a real-time in vivo micro-computed tomographic experiment in rats

In conclusion, based on real-time assessment, NFB is formed in calvarial defects as early as 4 weeks following GBR with ?-TCP + CM as compared to 6 weeks when ?-TCP alone was used. (Source: Odontology)
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Cornerstone Dental Labs Expands Denture Repair Department

Cornerstone Dental Labs located in Huntingdon Valley, PA, is happy to announce that they have recently expanded their denture repair department. Over the past couple months, the dental lab has noticed that more and more dentists have contacted the company regarding issues they have with removables such as dentures and partials.

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