Implant Best Practices

 

Key Notes

• "Implants are last resort! What would we do in our mouth? 5% fail soon, 50% have peri-implantitis or big problems in 10 yrs, 50% anterior never look good anyway"
• "No dentist wants all on four in their mouth, they all want implant/Zest overdentures." Gordon Christensen
• Watch occlusion before prep, canine guidance good, if tooth cause deviation on sliding forward cut it before impression
• 2nd Molar have high likely hood of failure
• Anterior often need bone & Gingival grafting
• 3mm between implants
• 1mm bone
• Never bridge Implant to natural tooth
• Bridge 2 implants better than 3 implants
  

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