Implants Articles

• Cone-Beam Computed Tomography and Dental Implant Placement

  Daniel Alter, CDT, MDT
  Inside Dental Technology - September 2012

  This article gives the technician a better understanding of the processes completed by the implant-planning team.

• Custom Implant Abutments

  Chris Brown, BSEE
  Inside Dental Technology - June 2012

  Provides insight and benefactors on how custom implant abutments can help the laboratory and give the technician more control over support and esthetics.

• Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars—Part II

  Thomas Wade, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2012

  In this continuation of “Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars,” which appeared in the September 2011 issue of Inside Dental Technology, the author addresses the second stage of t...

• A Case of Congenitally Missing Laterals

  Peter Pizzi, CDT, MDT, FNGS
  Inside Dental Technology - April 2012

  Case report illustrating the importance of communication and scheduling in managing complex clinical scenarios.

• Placement of Immediate Implants and a Fixed Provisional Restoration to Replace the four Mandibular Incisors

  Richard B. Smith, DDS, Dennis P. Tarnow, DDS, Marion Brown, DMD, Stephen J. Chu, DMD, MSD, CDT, Jonathan Zamzok, DMD
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  Data from 10 consecutive clinical cases is presented, and a 100% implant survival rate is reported for a 6-year period of follow-up.

• A High-Strength, Metal-Free Alternative to Traditional Denture Prostheses

  Stan Lott, CDT, AACD
  Inside Dental Technology - March 2012

  When zirconia substructures are fitted with customized, pressed all-ceramic restorations instead of prefabricated resin denture teeth, edentulous patients have a predictable and highly esthetic fixed ...

• Becoming a Bench Top Clinician

  Joshua Polansky, MDC, BA
  Inside Dental Technology - February 2012

  How do technicians restore a single central in a less than ideal situation? The answer is that we need to broaden our knowledge to the clinical side of dentistry, going beyond the technical.

• Removable Restorations to Address Larger Vertical Dimension

  Timothy Wright, DDS, Kristi Gregory, CDT, Veeraraghavan Sundar, PhD, MBA
  Inside Dental Technology - October 2011

  This case report describes a mandibular implant-supported overdenture fabricated with CAD/CAM technology to help address a case in which a large VDO was combined with a flat ridge in an older patient.

• Full-Arch Restorations on CAD/CAM-Milled Titanium Bars

  Thomas Wade, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - September 2011

  Describes the role of impressions and screw-retained basebars in successfully delivering state-of-the-art restorative work.

• A Progressive Process

  Steve Hoofard, CDT, AAACD, Dennis Higgins, DDS, PS
  Inside Dental Technology - June 2011

  A predictable, complex rehabilitation combining conventional and state-of-the-art techniques

• Implant-Retained Prosthetics

  Irfan Atcha, DDS, Luke S. Khang, CDT
  Inside Dental Technology - Nov/Dec 2010

  Restoring the orally-handicapped with the All-on-4 technique