Industry News
Living Bone Grown for Facial Reconstruction
Researchers led by Columbia University have engineered living bone tissue to repair bone loss...
Industry News
Cell Therapy Regenerates Maxillofacial Bone
An investigator-initiated Phase I trial using Cytori Cell Therapy in 10 patients with insufficient...
Implants Today
Bone Grafting for Dental Implant Placement
From an anatomical standpoint, it is important for the clinician to clearly understand the...
Implants
Maintaining Facial Bone During Extractions
INTRODUCTION As implant dentistry becomes more routine for replacement of nonrestorable teeth, it becomes...
Implants
Effective and Simple Bone Grafting
INTRODUCTION Guided bone regeneration has long been used for the clinical preservation of extraction...
Industry News
ADAA Education and Credentialing of Dental Assistants
ADAA is the voice of dental assistants to the public and to all professional...
Clinical Update
Breaking Bone to Create Stronger Bone for Implant Surgery
Although it seems counterintuitive, a bone break can lead to a stronger bone that...
Implants
Bone Spreading Technique
Figure 1. Occlusal preoperative view. Figure 2. Buccal aspect is too narrow to consider...
Treatment Planning
Bone Grafting and Implants: Always the Best Treatment?
Figure 1. Patient before treatment, showing 2 missing maxillary anterior teeth with a large...
Implants
Tissue Management Protocol: “Tunnel Bone Graft” Technique
INTRODUCTION Resorption in the edentulous posterior mandible primarily occurs in a buccal to lingual...