Uploaded by MISimplantsCanada on Mar 30, 2012 LOCATOR Attachments are designed with customizable levels of retention and a low vertical profile. Most important, however, is its innovative ability to pivot, which increases the attachment’s resiliency and tolerance for the high mastication forces an attachment must withstand, allows it to compensate for the path of insertion even with up [...]

There are a few people who shall remain nameless, but you do know who you are, who I sincerely hope read this. There is a need to blend industry and profession in so many more ways than simply sponsorship funding……and the Internet is the truest catalyst of all for the inevitability of that synergy. In [...]

Santa Fe, New Mexico – December 1, 2011 Sigma Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: SGLB) announced today that its collaborative work with a dental implant manufacturer has resulted in the filing of a potentially ground-breaking patent for a new manufacturing technology that appears to significantly improve integration between an implant and bone. Richard Mah, CEO of Sigma Labs, [...]

Love the way they’ve organized this congress as a TEAM EFFORT!!!! The International Team for Implantology ITI Congress UK & Ireland will be held on December 1 – 3 2011 at the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre, Liverpool, UK. The Congress theme is ‘Implants in Practice‘. Implant dentistry is a team effort and the programme [...]

Swed Dent J 2010;34(2):53-61 Carcuac O, Jansson L. Source Department of Periodontology at Kista-Skanstull, Folktandvården i Stockholms Iän AB, Stockholm,Sweden. Abstract Implant therapy has become a widely recognized treatment alternative for replacing missing teeth. Several long term follow-up studies have shown that the survival rate is high. However, complications may appear and risk indcators associated [...]

Think Rod Serling and then revisit the title… “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears [...]

From DrBicuspid.com – Rob Goszkowski -  October 3, 2011 – The placing of a titanium dental implant by Per-Ingvar Brånemark into the mouth of a volunteer in Sweden in 1965 was a turning point in restorative dentistry. Over the past 40 years, dental implants have become a preferred means of treatment for missing teeth for many [...]

By Rob Goszkowski, Assistant Editor Dr. Bicuspid September 26, 2011 – SAN FRANCISCO – The specter of litigation can keep good dentists from adding dental implants to their treatment repertoire. While implants can add another revenue stream to a practice, dental practitioners need to be aware of the associated risks,according to Burdick Ray,JD, an attorney in Irvine, [...]

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From Dental Tribune by Arun Garg, DMD Technology promises to be the driver of medical and dental advances in the years to come. New imaging modalities, better diagnostic and therapeutic strategies and even improvements in data storage and the implementation of electronic medical records are all changing health-care delivery as we know it. Read more [...]

Billboard, bus or radio marketing – I think not. VIDEO ON THE INTERNET – that’s the ticket. http://vimeo.com/28786200 Related articles Electronic dental lab prescriptions report available for comment (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) FBI forensic course to convene in California (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Dr. Bicuspid – Leaders in Dentistry: A conversation with Dr. Joel Weaver (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Growing Mature Dental Practices with [...]

From Dr. Bicuspid – it’s long overdue for the dental companies to get their toe in the water of social networking and APP’s.  The complexity of treatment planning and related techniques mandates more than voice mail hell and “I’m not available messages” when a problem arises. September 8, 2011 – Biomet 3i, a manufacturer of dental implants, [...]

LOVE the website – CHECK OUT THE CASES LINK http://www.bicon.com/index.htm Related articles Montreal Dentist discusses the choices in dental implants (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Healing times for dental implants could be cut (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com) Endo Perio Implant Algorithm Redux (blogohj.oralhealthjournal.com)

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from Dental Tribune International – August 10, 2011 NEWCASTLE, UK: Researchers from Newcastle University have developed a dental injection system that could reduce patients’ pain when being injected. The system, a modification of a dental local anaesthetic cartridge that allows a buffer solution to be mixed with the anaesthetic, was recently recognised with a Medical [...]

From Dr. Bicuspid Team July 26, 2011 – In response to concerns over the degradation of titanium implants, researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain have developed a highly sensitive method to determine the levels of titanium in human blood (Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, July 22, 2011). Read article Related articles Heavy metal: Titanium implant [...]