Newsletter

Our dental practice is dedicated to educating you with the latest treatments and techniques available in prosthodontics.

The Angled Screw Channel: Latest Findings

Contributed by DentalROI

In the past, labial implant projection in the anterior maxilla might have required prosthetic screw access through facial or incisal restoration surfaces. Introduction of the angled screw channel (ASC) concept permitted prosthetic screw tightening using a hexalobular, sphere-shaped driver that engages the screw at various angles. This allows the screwdriver and the restoration’s screw channel to follow an orientation different than the implant’s long axis to emerge more esthetically through the restoration’s palatal surface. While the ASC design may have solved the esthetic concern, other problems may arise. This issue of Prosthodontics Newsletter looks at recent research on the ASC.


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Proximal Contact Stability Adjacent to Fixed Implant Restorations

Contributed by DentalROI

The movement of teeth adjacent to dental implant restorations is a perplexing and complicated phenomenon that may relate to normal alveolar growth, functional occlusal loading or parafunctional occlusal activities, or it may have some multifactorial etiology. Although understanding the factors that may lead to adjacent tooth movement is important, the mere fact that it occurs is an essential consideration in treatment planning, restoration and maintenance protocols.


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Tooth–Implant-Supported vs Implant-Supported FPDs

Contributed by DentalROI

Often dismissed due to obvious biomechanical abutment disparities, the tooth–implant-supported fixed partial denture (FPD) may be either a deliberate design choice or a design of necessity, given a variety of diagnostic factors uncovered during treatment planning (bone volume, anatomic limitation, esthetics, soft tissue availability, etc.).


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Implant-supported Cantilever Fixed Partial Dentures

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

To provide optimal implant-based clinical care for partially edentulous patients missing 2 to 3 teeth, the practitioners must consider implant location and design of the restoration prior to implant surgery.


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Titanium Base Abutments for Fixed Implant Restorations

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

The relatively recent development of titanium base abutments for implant-supported fixed prosthodontics, particularly single implant restorations, was intended to solve key laboratory and clinical problems.


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Complications in Implant Therapy

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

While over the past several decades implant therapy has been remarkably successful in addressing challenging patient needs, the wise practitioner remains informed about potential surgical, treatment and posttreatment complications.


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Immediate Loading of Dental Implants

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

With potential advantages of shortened treatment time, patient convenience and better esthetics during and following treatment, immediate implant loading has gained wide acceptance by the profession and by our patients. This issue of Prosthodontics Newsletter takes a look at the state of the art and the current research on immediate loading.


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State-of-the-Art Applications for Zirconia in Prosthodontics

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

Winter 2020 Dental Implants Newsletter

The use of zirconia-based dental restorations has revolutionized the way modern dentists think about restorative options, material selection and appropriate material application. The availability of a tooth-colored indirect restorative material with favorable intraoral durability, esthetics and functional properties offers patients additional treatment options. However, dental professionals must understand appropriate application of this unique material and, perhaps more importantly, the material’s strengths and weaknesses in each application. This issue of Prosthodontics Newsletter reviews several recently published studies that discuss the profession’s advancing understanding of this unique material.


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Prosthodontics Newsletter Focusing on Dental Implants

A Professional Courtesy of: Pacific Northwest Prosthodontics

Frequently cited reasons for seeking high-quality prosthodontic therapy include superior esthetics, functional improvement, enhanced phonetics and elimination of pain. While a single measure, such as masticatory ability, may shed light on one important aspect of oral health, the holistic concept of oral health–related quality of life provides a broader insight into prosthodontics’ impact on patients’ systemic health and well-being. This issue of Prosthodontics Newsletter reviews recent studies that evaluate the effects of treatment on patients’ oral health–related quality of life.


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