After complete healing, the alveolar ridge appeared favorable for a flap-less implant placement approach. This can be a challenge to position the implant platform at the ideal level. If the implant is positioned too shallow, there will be insufficient room to create a proper emergence profile and crown form. If […]
In the last blog I presented a patient that had a non-restorable maxillary central incisor. She was treated with an immediate post-extraction implant placement and a custom provisional crown to immediately support the soft tissues. Unfortunately, we can not always provide this form of treatment to all patients. When should […]
Using a custom anterior guide table with complex cases. If you are planning to treat patients with more complex dental problems you should consider using an anterior guide table. Many patients with tooth wear, especially pathway wear and restricted envelopes will have milled out the envelope of function that they […]
One Week after Minimally Invasive Implant Surgery I thought I would share some photos from the one-week post-operative appointment with the implant surgery case I posted last week in this blog. As you can see the case has healed really well at the one-week mark and the tissue looks excellent. […]
Plumber’s tape can have many uses in your dental practice. One product that is really inexpensive and useful to have around your dental practice is plumber’s tape. You can buy it for a few dollars at the local Canadian Tire or hardware store and it can be very handy for […]
I wanted to post a couple of photos from an implant I placed on Thursday. The implant was a Straumann bone level implant. The surgery was completed with a Simplant Surgiguide and the implant was placed without a flap through a 4.0 mm tissue punch. I have talked about this […]
We have just completed the installation of a new Apple computer network in my office and I am happy to report that it is working the way that I had hoped. I had a vision to create a Apple network with iMac workstations running Mac applications as well as Abeldent […]
Have you ever had a patient come into your practice wanting some complex dental care completed on a shorter time frame and your schedule was full for the next 6 weeks with less productive smaller restorative treatment? Did the patient eventually go to someone else to have the work completed? […]
I just posted a new video that will provide you with some ideas and thoughts about treating complex full mouth cases. I talk about a case I am currently working on as an example of one way to sequence a full mouth case. My patient has a posterior crossbite and […]
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