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Team-work, team player, team spirit—these terms indicate crucial social skills in almost every sphere of life. We can only succeed if we work as part of a team. In dentistry, as in many other fields, regardless of skill and the protocols in place for many treatment situations, circumstances arise for which guidelines are lacking. Challenges like this can result in stress, anger and helplessness among the dental team.1 ...
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20 years of membrane-protected bone regeneration - A report
Jiaoshou (Prof.) Dr Frank Liebaug & Dr Ning Wu, Germany
Dental implantology has developed to a reliable and successful clinical routine procedure for all those cases where an adequate bone material is available. But this precondition is not always met. Nevertheless, today also patients with a bone situation which is not optimal for implant insertion do wish an improvement of function and aesthetics—they actually consider this to be granted...
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Ridge augmentation for an atrophied posterior mandible using NanoBone block - Part II: Treatment outcome of clinical complications
Dr Omar Soliman & Prof. Dr Dr Mohamed Nassar, Egypt
In the previous issues of implants international magazine of oral implantology (implants 1/2014) the authors gave a detailed introduction to their topic. In this issue, their report is completed...
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Double crowns made of a new high performance polymer
Dr Rolf Vollmer, Dr Martina Vollmer, ZTM Michael Anger & Dr Rainer Valentin
Double crowns in form of telescopic or conical crowns have been used for many decades in dental prosthetics. In the beginning of dental implantology prosthetics, there were still droughts about the transfer of these constructions on the implant-supported dentures. However, in the practical application more and more telescopic or conical prosthetics recently prevail...
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Replacement of teeth through implantation and ridge expansion - A case report
Carlos Barrado & Juan M. Ambros, Spain
The use of implants with a tapered design and a short drilling sequence is an increasingly common trend, since such implants allow us to perform simple, quick and minimally invasive surgery in the bone. Working with an implant system that has a short drilling sequence also allows us to use a simple and ergonomic surgical tray, which facilitates the work of the surgeon and support staff (Fig. 1)...
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“Düsseldorf mäkt sech fein” (Düsseldorf adorns itself) - this phrase does not only apply for the fifth season - carnival season - which is intensively celebrated in the Rhine metropolis. No matter if it is spring, summer, autumn or winter: With its fine range of arts and culture, noble restaurants and traditional pubs, first-class architecture as well as wide streets and places, the city is always worth a visit. On the 26 to 27 September, the metropolis at the Rhine is hosting the 44th International Annual Congress of the DGZI.
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This year's 5th International CAMLOG Congress was held in Valencia from June 26-28 with the motto “The Ever Evolving World of Implant Dentistry”. The Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias, a unique city of the Arts and Sciences, offered the perfect scenario for the congress. Over 1,300 delegates from all over the world and 66 internationally renowned speakers and moderators had travelled to this exceptional event in the architectural highlight Palau de les Arts. In the presentations and the practical and theoretical workshops specialised topics and studies were discussed, practice-relevant new trends were presented and current practical examples demonstrated...