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Immediate implant placement and temporisation in the aesthetic zone
Dr Philip J. Friel, Great Britain
The success of dental restorations can be measured in terms of biological stability over time. With regards to dental implantology, the challenge is no longer one of integration, more long term aesthetic stability of the final restoration. Nowhere is this biological and aesthetic stability more important than in the aesthetic zone...
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Use of an X-ray phantom in dental 3-D diagnostics in digital volume tomographs
Dr Georg Bach1, Christian Müller2 and Alexander Rottler3
Undoubtedly, digital volume tomography has significantly expanded the range of dental imaging diagnostics. Just as Paatero succeeded in ushering in a new era of dental radiology at the end of the 1950s with the development of an orthopantomograph and the resulting introduction of panoramic view imaging, three-dimensional processes will, in turn, replace panoramic view imaging...
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Rehabilitation of atrophic maxillas using zygomatic implants - A literature review
Joan Pi-Urgell1, Javier Mir-Mari2, Rui Figueiredo & Cosme Gay-Escoda3, Spain
Zygomatic implants, first introduced by Brånemark in 1988, are especially suitable for patients with advanced atrophy of the maxilla and who refuse or have suffered a complication after bone grafting procedures. The few studies with large samples and adequate follow-ups1-6, show excellent results. Survival and success rates, as well as, the incidence of complications are detailed below based on a Medline review on zygomatic implant papers...
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Various approaches, complications among meeting highlights, different approaches to implant therapy and solutions to unexpected complications were among the highlights of the Academy of Osseointegration’s 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting, March 4–6, at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando...
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March traditionally blesses Egypt with superb weather - warm days and soft evenings, which allow Egyptian hospitality to be showcased perfectly. Certainly the weather conditions were just one of the reasons to join the second international dental congress and 6th Arab-German Implantology Meeting held in Cairo on 24–26 March 2010...
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The International Team for Implantology (ITI), a leading academic organization dedicated to the promotion of evidence-based education and research in the field of implant dentistry, welcomed more than 4,000 participants from all over the world to the 2010 edition of its much anticipated ITI World Symposium. The city of Geneva, Switzerland, provided a picturesque backdrop to a full program of topical presentations and debate...
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It was a congress of superlatives. 2,500 participants from more than 60 countries met in Barcelona on March 19–20, 2010. More than 100 internationally known lecturers presented the latest scientific insights to an attentive audience and described how they could be successfully integrated into practice. Professor Lim Kwong Cheung of Hong Kong, Dr Henry Salama from the USA and Professor Heiner Weber from Germany were the scientific chairmen of the congress...
