Straumann explains how its Neoarch solution offers practitioners maximum flexibility with optimal aesthetics. The demand for dental implants continues to increase in the UK and abroad. The reasons for this trend will likely include greater patient expectations for fixed solutions to missing teeth. As well as an ageing population that is willing to invest in…

Engaging lectures, networking and cutting-edge exhibitors: the 2020 Implant Dentistry Show had it all. Guy Hiscott reports. Almost 500 dentists poured through the doors of the Implant Dentistry Show early last month as the event celebrated its second birthday in style. The premise was simple: a day focusing on maximum-impact implant education. Sixteen of the…

[embedded content] Among the many industry-leading brands from the Straumann Group is the Axiom Multi Level implant system, which Anthogyr manufactures. The portfolio incorporates an array of products that provide highly intelligent surgical and prosthetic solutions using Axiom dental implants. They are designed to enable optimal management and stability of both soft and hard tissues,…

David Burgess describes a new dynamic navigation protocol for edentulous case planning and implant placement. The use of dynamic navigation for dental implant treatment is becoming more widespread, enabling surgeons to visually monitor the progress of the drill throughout implant site preparation. The first version of Navident, introduced in 2015, required a radiographic marker to…

[embedded content] We find out a little more about Nilesh Parmar and his life in dentistry. More about Nilesh Parmar In 2004, aged 22, Nilesh graduated youngest in his class at the Barts & London Dental School. After qualifying Nilesh carried out the one-year mandatory vocational training at a small dental practice in Gt Dunmow,…

Thomas Sealey presents an aesthetically challenging case to restore a missing upper left central tooth. This case presentation demonstrates a unique approach to an aesthetically challenging restorative solution for a missing UL1 due to a less-than-ideal placement angulation of an implant by another dentist. This case was complicated by the patient being incredibly nervous and…

This is your chance to win an Iphysio Premium Kit, worth £500, simply by following Lyra on Facebook. What is the Iphysio Premium Kit? [embedded content] The Premium Kit helps you experience the Iphysio workflow, simply and economically. It gives you two implants (Naturactis – see link below), two Iphysio Profile Designers and all the…

Implant Dentistry Today rounds up the latest abstracts published on the subject of diseases affecting the peri-implant tissues. Van Velzen FJ, Lang NP, Schulten EA, Ten Bruggenkate CM (2016) Dental floss as a possible risk for the development of peri-implant disease: an observational study of 10 cases Clin Oral Implants Res 27(5):618-21 Aim To report…

Simon Chard demonstrates how the use of digital intraoral scanning and chairside milling can enhance the restorative phase of implant therapy. Dental implants are a fantastic addition to the repertoire of any restorative dentist and allow us to replace a tooth in a way that minimises damage to the remaining dentition. Dental implant restoration requires…