Re: dental implants

From: Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S. (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:37:17 -0400

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:02:49 -0400, Steven Bornfeld
<dentaltwinnospam@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>
>Carolyn Dailey wrote:
>> Hi Group, I would like to hear from anyone about problems with endosteal
>> Implants supporting a overdenture. Thank you
>>
>
> No technique is totally trouble-free. Still, implant-retained
>overdentures are one of the most efficient ways to improve the function
>of lower dentures.

What's your opinion of Sandex Imtec?

JOEL

Issues are below (for patients).

http://www.imtec.com/demo/patientsguide1.php

 
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What Are Mini Dental Implants? .
Is the Mini Dental Implant FDA approved?
When can Mini Dental Implants be used?
What's the primary and most effective use for Mini Dental Implants?
How specifically can Mini Dental Implants help denture wearers?
 I'm somewhat aware of the tremendous forces the human jaw usually
endures during normal chewing of food. How can these tiny Mini Dental
Implants withstand that?
You've told us about the diameter of the Mini Dental Implants. How
long are they?

 
 
 

> I haven't restored that many implant patients, but have done a few
>overdentures. By and large they are a wonderful procedure--far less
>expensive than implant-retained full-arch fixed appliances, and
>well-tolerated by patients.
> Any implant fixture may fail, but proper case selection and surgical
>placement minimizes this possibility. The very first implant-retained
>overdenture I did, nearly 20 years ago failed. First, the surgeon
>placed 4 fixtures, and 2 of them failed. One was replaced, but poor
>tissue management caused the tissue to overgrow one of the three, and
>the remaining 2 were utilized for ERA attachments. One of the abutments
>snapped off, leaving the fractured screw in the fixture.
> Needless to say, I haven't used that system again (which may well have
>been changed since in any case), and I haven't used that surgeon for any
>more implant cases (though I'm sure he has since become highly competent
>for implants). But I didn't restore another implant case for 10 years
>or so.
> I haven't had any problems of this magnitude with any other implant
>patients. Like anything else, new technologies take a while to get the
>kinks out--though I'm sure that is cold comfort for my first implant
>patient!
>
>Steve
>

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