Summary
This in vitro investigation was conducted to study the relationship between resonance frequency analysis (RFA) and lateral displacement measurements of dental implants. A total of 30 implant sites were prepared in nine fresh bovine bone specimens. The bone density around each preparation was determined by using cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) and imaging software. Dental implants were then inserted during continuous registration of insertion torque. RFA measurements were performed in perpendicular and parallel to the long axis of the specimens. The bone blocks were embedded in plaster and fixated in a specially designed rig for displacement measurements. A lateral force of 25 N was applied via an abutment perpendicular and parallel to each implant and the displacement mea…
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– December 30, 2012
AGAIN, the myth: Only children suffer from malnutrition. Sure there’s that ubiquitous 30-second infomercial of a poor child with a bloated stomach and infested with flies.
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– December 30, 2012
Two new and important resources are available to dentists through the ADA’s Practical Guide Series: The ADA Practical Guide to Patients with Medical Conditions and The ADA Practical Guide to Effective Infection Control.
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– December 29, 2012
“Man is not made for defeat.”
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– December 29, 2012
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– December 29, 2012
Snap-On Smile is an affordable, non-invasive, and completely reversible, cosmetic, removable arch that can easily and painlessly give you a beauiful smile, and starting this week its available at Gulfside Dental in Beaumont, TX.
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– December 29, 2012
East Carolina University officials cut the ribbon Oct. 12 on what is being called one of its “most significant buildings in recent years”—Ledyard E. Ross Hall, the home of the School of Dental Medicine in Greenville, N.C.
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– December 28, 2012
People camped out overnight, enduring pain and boredom while waiting hours in line for something they could not otherwise afford.
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– December 28, 2012
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons(AAOS), and the American Dental Association(ADA) found that there is insufficient evidence to recommend the routine use of antibiotics for patients with orthopaedic implants to prevent infections prior to having dental procedures because there is no direct evidence that routine dental procedures cause prosthetic joint infections…
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– December 28, 2012
Most faculty in dental hygiene programs in 2010-11 were dental hygienists. Faculty members can have more than one occupational discipline so the below graph exceeds 100 percent.
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– December 27, 2012
