Archive for the ‘Dental Implant Failures’ Category
Lower dentures are often uncomfortable and awkward for patients making it difficult to speak or eat. Dental implants are one option that helps patients eat again with confidence while also improving their speech without fear of embarrassment that their teeth will come out. Dr. David Wong is a Tulsa periodontist who specializes in dental implant and periodontal surgery. This video is for doctor and patient reference only.
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6 weeks after implant removal, another implant was placed and restored immediately. Because the other two implants were in place long enough to be loaded.
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Tulsa periodontist and Tulsa Institute founder, Dr. David Wong demonstrates how dental implant surgery for the edentulous patient can be safe and relatively simple. Exposing the mental foramens during implant surgery can help the periodontist or implant surgeon get properly oriented and minimize complications such as improper spacing, malalignment, or paresthesia. This video shows the exposure of both the right and left mental foramens.
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This video that you are about to watch addresses one of the most perplexing issues dentists face in the field of Implant dentistry. Our Glendale dentist, Dr. O’ Brien has spent 26 years researching the bone implant connection and the ever growing problem of bone loss ociated with the implant which if not treated properly leads to implant failures. This problem is a very complex multi-factorial issue which to date has no real scientific solutions. Design of the implant thread and the shape of the implant are some of the well accepted and most commonly addressed etiologies by all progressive implant manufactures. Our Dentist designed and patented the SDS implant in 1989. Since then, most implants on the market today use some or all of these features described within the video. To learn more visit: www.obteam.com
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Although the success rate of dental implant is very high, there are about 10% of failure in all dental implantation. The cause is usually related to the bone quality of the implant site. Once the implant failed, it can be easily removed, wait for 6 weeks and re-implant again. It is easier to remove a failed implant than a natural tooth.
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