Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Magazine Issue 8 | Page 45

Issue #8, December 2017
Immediate loading of dental implants do work.
If cases are properly evaluated and selected, the
appropriate techniques, materials, and protocols
are used, immediate loading for single units
and large cases, in the maxilla as well as in the
mandible can succeed.
Over the last 20 years, in an effort to improve
and increase the integration of dental implants
into everyday clinical practice, dentistry has
significantly modified and enhanced many of the
initial clinical guidelines for implant placement.
Because of the nature of osseointegration,
implants need stability and good blood supply
in order for the bone to grow to the surface
of the implant. Therefore, if clinicians don’t
ensure excellent placement of the implants by
selecting an implant that has the best capability
of providing stability (i.e,it is long enough and
has the most appropriate macro surface design),
ensuring that there is sufficient bone, and
verifying that there’ is adequate blood supply (i.
good width of bone), then no matter how nice
the final crowns look, the process is going to fail.
3-D technology: the new paradigm for dental
implantology
A combination of CBCT with 3D
photography what will allow us to
superimpose your image onto the 3D
X-ray and plan your treatment that is
in harmony with not just your mouth
but face as well. This is particularly
important in cosmetic dentistry,
especially in placing immediate
implants .
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