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Topic: Implant Dentistry

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Small Logo HSC-BCD Researcher Expands Implant Testing
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DALLAS, Texas – As the popularity of dental implants rapidly increases, a researcher at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry is committed to testing the reliability of the technology.

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Posted by TAGD on Friday, June 01, 2007
 
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Small Logo OsseoSpeed™ Fluoride Modified Implant Surface Provide Additional Mode of Action for Documented Bone Response
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MÖLNDAL, Sweden-- When the fluoride modified OsseoSpeed™ implant was launched in 2004 it was based on solid pre-clinical and clinical documentation and in order to fully understand and utilize the full potential of OsseoSpeed, Astra Tech has continued to search further.

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Posted by PressRelease on Saturday, March 10, 2007
 
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Small Logo 'Always Better" Series Tackles Tooth Replacement Options
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ROCHESTER, New York – A free workshop exploring new dental implant options for patients who are among the 30 million Americans that have lost their teeth will be held 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 5 at the Hahnemann Club at The Highlands at Pittsford, 100 Hahnemann Trail.

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Posted by UREastman on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
 
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Small Logo Smoking Can Cause Dental Implants To Fail
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Smoking can harm the integrity of dental implants and cause them to fail more often than in a nonsmoker, according to a new study that appeared in the February issue of the Journal of Periodontology (JOP).

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Posted by AAP on Tuesday, February 06, 2007
 
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Small Logo Nobel Biocare Welcomes The Decision Of The Swedish Medical Product Agency (MPA) On NobelDirect And NobelPerfect One-Piece Implants
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ZURICH, Switzerland – Nobel Biocare welcomes today's decision of the MPA to continue the sales of NobelDirect and NobelPerfect one-piece implants. The Company is satisfied that the Agency did not find a reason to prohibit the continued release of those actual implants to the market.

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Posted by NobelBiocare on Wednesday, December 06, 2006
 
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Small Logo Protein-Coated Dental Implants Could Improve Bone Regeneration
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AUGUSTA, Georgia – Titanium dental implants coated with proteins that induce bone formation may be a key advancement in treating tooth loss due to gum disease, researchers say. In laboratory tests, Medical College of Georgia (MCG) researchers applied a protein onto implants that directs endogenous stem cells to become bone-forming cells. The result was a nearly complete regeneration of lost tissue, says Dr. Ulf Wikesjö, a professor of periodontics in MCG’s School of Dentistry.

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Posted by MCG on Monday, July 17, 2006
 
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Small Logo Nobel Biocare consumer awareness campaign, NobelSmile now launched in 29 countries.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – Nobel Biocare is strengthening its consumer awareness program around the world: On 1 April, the world leader in innovative esthetic dental solutions initiated a campaign to inform the general public about modern tooth replacement. The campaign includes patient information material, media features and a consumer website: NobelSmile.com. Available in 29 coun-tries this campaign is a channel to meet the growing demand by patients to make advised decisions about their dental care.

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Posted by NobelBiocare on Monday, April 03, 2006
 
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Small Logo 2005 AAOMS Dental Implant Conference Draws Record Crowd
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ROSEMONT, Illinois – As treatment philosophies continue to point toward the long-term benefits of dental implants, interest in the field has skyrocketed-and so has attendance at the annual Dental Implant Conference held by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). It was held this year on December 2 and 3 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. More than 1,400 registrants-OMSs, their office staff and guests-attended the conference and visited the more than 90 companies displaying the latest OMS-related products and services in the Exhibit Hall.

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Posted by AAOMS on Thursday, December 29, 2005
 
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Small Logo Removing Gaps Depends on Patient’s Overall Health
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Dental implants, an artificial tooth root surgically anchored into a jaw to hold a replacement tooth or several teeth in place, offer a permanent solution to replace lost or extracted teeth. Implants have become a treatment of choice for some patients to eliminate the need for removable partial or complete dentures. Other patients choose implants for esthetic purposes or to conserve tooth structure in an otherwise cavity-free mouth.

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Posted by AGD on Thursday, December 29, 2005
 
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Small Logo New Biomimetic Process Used to Grow Artificial Bone for Better Implants And Prosthetics
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SAN PEDRO ZACATENCO, Mexico – Biomimetic processes mimic the bodies own bone formation and deposition processes. The biomimetic process can be used impart bioactive characteristics onto otherwise bioinert biocompatible materials through the deposition of a bone-like apatite layer. This means that, when implanted, the human body more finds it more difficult to distinguish the implant as a foreign object, hence reducing the chance if rejection.

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Posted by AZojomo on Tuesday, December 06, 2005
 
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Small Logo New Method Gives Patients Tooth Implants In One Hour
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ANN ARBOR, Michigan – Ann Arbor retiree Bill Madalin needed to replace his teeth but hated the idea of traditional dentures. "I didn't want to put my teeth in a glass every night,: Madalin said. Instead, he was one of the first patients at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry to undergo a new procedure that implants permanent replacement teeth in about an hour.

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Posted by UMSOD on Monday, November 28, 2005
 
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Small Logo Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Presents Second Dental Implant Supplement
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ROSEMONT, Illinois – "Restorative-Driven Solutions forDental Implants," the second supplement on dental implants to accompany theJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, explores the restorative-drivenaspects of implant dentistry, with an emphasis on the joint leadership andpartnership between the oral and maxillofacial surgeon and the restorativedentist.

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Posted by AAOMS on Friday, September 02, 2005
 
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Small Logo Dental Implant and Bone Graft Markets to Approach $3.5 Billion in 2010
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NEW YORK, New York – The worldwide market for implant-baseddental reconstruction products will approach nearly $3.5 billion by 2010,according to a new study released today from Kalorama Information. Althoughthe dental implant sector accounts for only about 9% of the global dentalmarket, it is the fastest growing segment with a forecast growth rate ofalmost 15%.

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Posted by Kalorama on Friday, August 26, 2005
 
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Small Logo AGD Foundation Partners with Nobel Biocare, Perio Institute
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CHICAGO, Illinois – The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and the AGD Foundation (AGDF) are pleased to announce a $500,000 strategic partnership with Nobel Biocare and Perio Institute, which will provide general dentists with the most up-to-date continuing dental education (CDE) implant and implant restoration programs in the dental industry.

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Posted by AGD on Tuesday, February 01, 2005
 
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Small Logo Trend Towards Better Hygiene Driving the Market for Dental Implants
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TORONTO, Ontario- Americas obsession with the endless pursuit of beauty has had quite a positive effect on oral hygiene. This obsession, combined with improvements in the standard of care for oral hygiene, has resulted in a declining prevalence of edentulism in the United States and abroad. As a result, the demand for dental implants has been rising annually, according to a new report by Millennium Research Group (MRG). The market for dental implants and abutments (the posts to which a prosthetic tooth is attached) in the US was valued at almost $270 million in 2003 and will experience strong growth through 2008.

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Posted by PressRelease on Thursday, November 18, 2004
 
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Small Logo Don't Be Haunted by a Toothless Grin This Season; Dental Implants Are Your Option
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CHICAGO, Illinois As you trick-or-treat this season, remember the trick to enjoying the treats: Brushing and flossing your teeth and gums after eating candy, caramel apples, popcorn and other Halloween snacks. This will help to prevent periodontal diseases.

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Posted by AAP on Wednesday, October 06, 2004
 
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Small Logo Dentists Restore Patients’ Teeth with New Laser Technology
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BOSTON, Massachusetts- Replacing missing teeth through dental surgery with nominal Novocain and minimal blood is now a reality. With the understanding that many individuals have an intolerable fear of dentists and dental procedures, Boston-based dentists, Dr. Jack D. Rosenberg and Dr. Steven D. Spitz, have developed a groundbreaking laser surgery technique to place dental implants (tooth replacements) without cutting, bleeding or stitches, and with minimal discomfort.

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Posted by PressRelease on Thursday, August 19, 2004
 
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Small Logo Straumann Invests in Future Growth With New U.S. Headquarters, Education Center and Production Facility in Andover, Massachusetts
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ANDOVER, Massachusetts – At a groundbreakingceremony today the world's second largest producer of dental implants and aleader in dental tissue regeneration products, Straumann of Switzerland,unveiled plans for a new combined U.S. headquarters, training and productioncenter in Minuteman Park, Andover, 25 miles north of downtown Boston. Thecompany plans to move into the new facilities in mid 2005.

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Posted by Straumann.com on Friday, May 28, 2004
 
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Small Logo Reality TV Gives Americans First Look at How Immediate Loading Implants Transform Patients' Lives
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CHICAGO, Illinois Appearing on a recent episode of reality TV, periodontist and member of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), Jeff Ganeles, DMD, showed how immediate loading dental implants transformed a patients smile in just a few visits. This event gave Americans a look at the future of implant dentistry, making the thought of dentures primitive and traditional dental implants routine technology.

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Posted by AAP on Saturday, February 14, 2004
 
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Small Logo Dental Implants "Fill The Gap" For Many Children With Missing Teeth
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September 1, 2003--It's every parent's nightmare, a child losing a permanent tooth due to a sport's injury or other mishap. This is especially true if a big gap is revealed when the child smiles. Young patients now have a solution better than solutions of the past, according to doctors scheduled to speak at the 85th American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) annual meeting, September 10-13, in Orlando, Fla.

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Posted by AAOMS on Monday, September 01, 2003
 
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Small Logo Dental Implants Placed Immediately Are Successful
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CHICAGO, Illinois – If you lose one tooth or many teeth due to an accident or trauma, you know that you've also lost the ability to smile and eat with ease. Replacing the teeth with dentures or partial teeth may not give you the same confidence that the real teeth did. A dental implant, on the other hand, does look and feel like a real tooth. A dental implant is an artificial tooth root that is placed into the jaw, and holds the replacement tooth, teeth or bridge.

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Posted by AAP on Friday, February 28, 2003
 
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Small Logo ADA Survey Reveals Increase in Dental Implants Over Five-Year Period
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Although people are losing fewer teeth as they age, a recently released American Dental Association (ADA) survey reveals that when those teeth are replaced, more Americans are choosing dental implants as a replacement option than they did in the past.

According to the survey, the average number of surgically placed dental implants by dentists, who perform the procedure, increased 49 percent to 56.2 implants placed annually per dentist in 1999, compared with an average of 37.7 in 1995. The random-sample survey included responses from nearly 3,000 dentists. The respondents were ADA members and non-members.

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Posted by ADA on Wednesday, April 17, 2002
 
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Small Logo Dental Implants Highly Successful
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OTTAWA, Ontario – 92% of dental implants are successful, even for those with less-than-perfect health, an evolving team of researchers at the University of Toronto, led by Dr. George Zarb, has concluded. The team has been studying dental implants for more than two decades and, in a series of articles published today in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association (JCDA), reports that the vast majority of dental implants used to replace missing natural teeth showed good results in the long term despite the common illnesses associated with aging.

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Posted by Editor on Friday, February 22, 2002
 
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Small Logo Dental Implant Advances Cut The Wait For Replacement Teeth
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ROSEMONT, Illinois – For many patients, new materials and techniques make it possible to install an implant support in the jaw and cap it with a permanent replacement tooth in just a few weeks. Many leave the office with a usable tooth the same day an implant is placed. Previously, patients had to wait between four and six months for bone to grow around the implant before it could accept the load of a replacement tooth.

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Posted by AAOMS on Tuesday, August 28, 2001
 
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Small Logo Sulzer Dental Announces FDA Clearance to Market Immediate Load Indication for AdVent™ and SwissPlus™ Single-Stage Dental Implants
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CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Dental, The Practice Building Company™, has received clearance from the FDA to market its AdVent and SwissPlus dental implants for immediate loading. These implants are now indicated for immediate loading in the edentulous mandible when at least four implants are placed and rigidly splinted with a bar.

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Posted by Calcitek on Friday, July 13, 2001
 
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Small Logo Sulzer Dental Receives FDA Clearance to Market Non-Functional Immediate Restoration Technique
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CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Dental, The Practice Building Company™, has received clearance from the FDA to market a non-functional immediate restoration technique for single-tooth replacement using the company's Spline™ Twist™ dental implants. The technique involves placing a dental implant into a tooth extraction site and immediately attaching an esthetic temporary restoration. This method allows the patient who comes in with a failing tooth to go home with an implant and a tooth.

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Posted by Calcitek on Friday, July 13, 2001
 
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Small Logo Spousal Abuse Victim To Receive New Smile Through National Program
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CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Dental, a leading manufacturer of dental implants, is donating implant products to the "Give Back A Smile"™ program sponsored by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) .

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Posted by Calcitek on Friday, November 03, 2000
 
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Small Logo University of Toronto Professor Receives IADR Research Award
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CARLSBAD, California – The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Research Group (OMFSRG), a component of the International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research (IADR/AADR), announced the winners of its research awards for 2000. The research awards recognize outstanding research contributions and promote excellence in oral and maxillofacial surgery-related research.

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Posted by Calcitek on Friday, June 16, 2000
 
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Small Logo Dental Implants Now Filling the Gap
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia – By the age of 26, the average British Columbian is missing at least one tooth. At one time, the only solutions to replace missing teeth were dentures and fixed bridges. Today, however, dental implants are becoming a popular choice for replacing one or more teeth, according to the Association of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia.

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Posted by BCDA on Saturday, April 15, 2000
 
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Small Logo Sulzer Calcitek Announces the Limited Market Evaluation of the Spline™ CSTi Dental Implant
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CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Calcitek Inc., the dental implant company of Sulzer Medica, has begun a limited market evaluation of its Spline CSTi dental implant, an innovative new dental implant design. The Spline CSTi implant design is a result of the combined efforts of Sulzer Calcitek and Sulzer Orthopedics Inc., the Austin, Texas-based reconstructive orthopedic business of Sulzer Medica.

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Posted by Calcitek on Tuesday, October 28, 1997
 
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Small Logo Sulzer Calcitek Introduces The Spline™ Twist™ Machined and Microtextured Titanium Self-Tapping Implants
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CARLSBAD, California – Sulzer Calcitek Inc., a leading provider of dental implants and oral rehabilitation products, now offers dental clinicians more choices than ever, with the introduction of Spline Twist Ti™ and Spline Twist MTX™ self-tapping implants. These new members of the Spline dental implant family offer new implant design and surface options, in addition to the precision fit and high strength of the patented interface.

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Posted by Calcitek on Tuesday, July 22, 1997
 
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