More than 40,000 root canals are performed every day in the United States affecting more than 25 million people annually. What most people haven’t yet come to realize is that root canal procedures can lead to serious life threatening or chronic health issues including cancer and heart disease. Chronic Disease Linked to Root Canals Dr. […]
On Thursday and Friday August 02 and 03, 2012 we will host our second session of Real TimeVisual Dental Education™ for 2012. This will be a two-day zirconia implantology training and certification course. A total of twelve (12) C.E. credits will be awarded for both days. This course will feature the Z-Systems one-piece ceramic dental […]
More often than not and especially in emergency cases, patients are undecided about the method of tooth replacement they desire a the time of tooth removal. As a result extractions are done in a conventional manner and even with the utmost care bone defects can be created during the process of extraction. The natural process […]
The placement of dental implants in the posterior maxilla can sometimes be complicated due to the loss of bone below the maxillary sinuses. This is very common after maxillary molars have been lost or extracted and no bone preservation procedures provided at the time of extraction. Sinus graft/lift procedures are then necessary in order to […]
This study was conducted by Dr. Noumbissi in 2000 and published in the Journal od oral Implantology in 2005. This project was part of Dr. Noumbissi thesis project while in training in dental implantology at Loma Linda University’s Graduate Program in Implant Dentistry in California. This evaluation of one 100% mineralized bone allograft was the first of […]
Guided bone regeneration is the process by which bone is regenerated in a deficient prospective implant area and in some cases around a tooth that has lost some bone. This method of bone augmentation requires not only the bone material (graft) but also a barrier membrane to exclude gum tissue from invading the slower forming […]
