How to Evaluate Growth Before Dental Implants
Introduction When considering dental implant treatment of the adolescent and young adults several factors have to be taken into consideration. In fact, the residual growth and the residual eruptive...
View ArticleCanine Exposure: Surgical Treatment of Impacted Teeth
A Maxillary left canine tooth is surgically exposed. What is an impacted tooth? The Glossary of Periodontal Terms defines impacted tooth as: An unerupted or partially erupted tooth so positioned that...
View ArticleDr. Geminiani Lectures at University of Texas Health and Science Center –...
Houston skyline (Creative Commons via arielp at flickr.com) The lecture titled Recession Coverage: a Decision Making Process will analyze topics of mucogingival surgery from an evidence-based point of...
View ArticleDr. Geminiani Lectures at Houston Community College, School of Dental Hygiene...
Houston Community College The lecture titled Initial Therapy and Introduction to Surgical Therapy will analyze topics focusing on the surgical and non-surgical treatment of periodontal disease....
View ArticleGummy Smile Makeover Houston TX
Certain patients show too much gingiva (gum tissue) when they smile. This condition is called excessive gingival display, or gummy smile. The gummy smile does not put the teeth at risk of being lost,...
View ArticlePage and Schroeder Histopathogenesis of Periodontal Lesion
This table summarizes the findings of the Page and Schroeder 1976 study. You can read more on the Page and Schroeder 1976 study in this post. Stage Key Features Initial Lesion 2-4 days After 2 to 4...
View ArticlePlatform Switching, Enough Evidence?
by The Dental Elf via Dental Implant-Abutment Connection on Bone Levels. Insertion of dental implants is commonly associated with bone remodeling. A number of biological, technical and biomedical...
View ArticleDr. Geminiani Lectures at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon – Monterrey, Mexico
The lecture titled Applications of Sonic Surgery in Oral, Periodontal and Implant surgery will analyze topics focusing on the surgical uses of sonic and ultrasonic hand piece. The lecture titled...
View ArticleDr. Geminiani Lectures at the Rochester Dental Study Club – Rochester, NY
The lecture titled Treatment of Non-carious Cervical Lesions, will analyze the decision tree involved in the treatment of cervical lesions with a combined periodontal-restorative treatment. Handouts:...
View ArticleTreatment Options for the Edentulous Patient (including All-On-4)
Implant bridges made of monolithic zirconium oxide. Introduction Edentulism is a world wide pandemic. It is estimated that the Western world has more than 35 millions edentulous individuals, while the...
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