Implants: Page 26

New product: RecordLinc debuts case management module

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

RecordLinc has released a new implant case management module.

March 19, 2017

Study: Which implant sizes are more likely to fail?

By Tony Edwards

When it comes to dental implants, are those considered longer or shorter more likely to fail? Is an implant 3.8 mm in diameter less likely to fail than a 6.0-mm implant? The largest study on implant failure to date has answers.

March 12, 2017

3Shape debuts products at Chicago Midwinter 2017

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3Shape has introduced new software for digital implant scanning and new lab scanners.

February 26, 2017

Case report: Using a laser to lengthen an open crown

By Joshua Weintraub, DDS

In this case, a 73-year-old woman needed to decide between an implant that would replace tooth #4 or a fixed partial bridge for teeth #3 and #5 with a pontic #4. The patient's general dentist used a laser for the procedure rather than a scalpel and handpiece with burs, reducing the treatment time, as Dr. Joshua Weintraub describes in this report.

February 23, 2017

3Shape software integrates with Straumann implants

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

3Shape has added the Straumann implant bar and bridge libraries to its Dental System software.

February 21, 2017

Can you trust implant dentistry consensus guidelines?

By Lori Roniger

Consensus guidelines help dentists make good clinical decisions and improve patient safety, but a new study has found that the quality of these guidelines in major implant dentistry journals is mediocre. Methodological improvements are needed to ensure that guidelines adhere to high, transparent standards, the authors noted.

February 12, 2017

Sustained antimicrobial-release implant curbs biofilms

By Lori Roniger

What if you could prevent infectious biofilms on your patient's implants? Researchers have shown in the laboratory that sustained chlorhexidine release through a porous titanium-silica material prevented and eradicated biofilm formation, which may lead to a new option for preventing implant infections.

February 6, 2017

Smoking may affect optimal timing of implant loading

By Lori Roniger

Smoking may not affect the success rate of dental implants, but it could have an effect on the ideal timing for implant loading, according to a recent study. Researchers found that the survival rate of posterior mandible implants was the same in heavy smokers and nonsmokers, but bone healing around implants was slower in smokers.

February 2, 2017

DDS Lab, Dentegra form partnership

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Dental laboratory DDS Lab and Dentegra Insurance have partnered to offer discounted pricing on DDS products and services to the dental carrier's participating dentists.

February 1, 2017

Implants and inflammation

By Dr. Alvin Danenberg

Recent published research has raised a question about titanium dental implants and possible inflammation. Dr. Alvin Danenberg notes that while the vast majority of procedures using these implants have been successful and free of symptoms, he'd like to see well-designed studies undertaken and published so practitioners can offer their patients more complete information.

January 31, 2017

Implant pioneer Dr. Leonard Linkow dies

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Leonard Linkow, DDS, DMSc, died on January 26 at age 90. He was known as the father of oral implantology.

January 26, 2017

Zimmer Biomet names new Americas president

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Zimmer Biomet has appointed a new president of the company's Americas region.

January 17, 2017

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