Building Your Implant Practice – Lateral Grafting and Orthodontic TADs
Our practice has managed to grow from basically zero implants to more than many surgeons in our area. Â How have we done this? Â The answer is pretty simple – I […]
Excuse My Venting – Dealing With Restorative-Surgeon Implant Error
Please excuse my rant and don’t misunderstand my intention.  Also, I am not saying that this is ALL relationships, but this is reflective of quite a few relationships between general […]
A Critical Factor in Surgical Guide Accuracy
Guided implant surgery is only as accurate as the surgical guide. Unfortunately, not all surgical guides are created equal. I wanted to share a quick example of the precision and […]
You Should Be Doing This on Every Implant Impression
Once again I want to focus on idealizing the implant restoration. Â This time I want to focus on the inter proximal contact. During the integration period patients are typically without […]
Implant Restoration Emergence Idealization
Those who have heard me speak know my disdain for traditional healing abutments. Â In fact, I have written on my blog several times about custom healing abutments. Â This time I […]
An Important Problem to Watch for with Implant Restorations
The screw retained restoration is nothing new.  However, the modern screw retained restoration  has leveraged the economics and efficiency of CAD/CAM technology.  This has led to a proliferation of ‘low […]
Take Your Implant Restorations To A Higher Level
Those who have followed me know that one of my passions is to take a clinical procedure and find a way to make it more efficient and produce better outcomes. […]
Implant Dentistry in 2014 – See What You’re Missing
I distinctly remember my implant introduction in dental school. Â It was a cluster of screws and parts and god knows what. Â It was complicated. Â It was patients getting draped from […]
Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) – Your Next Journey in Implant Dentistry
I always talk about implant dentistry being a journey. A journey that sees you go from simple to complex and add techniques along the way. It is unreasonable to expect […]
Chairside Implant Delivery – Restoration Forms the Tissue
Chairside implant restorations are a reality. Â With this reality comes the ability to truly make things customized and gain control. Â This also allows us to totally screw things up as […]
