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Now getting your patients to take a CT scan has become a piece of cake.  M3DIC is a van which comes to your dental practice of even your patient’s home to scan them. They are reliable, efficient and affordable. As far as I know they cover a vast area including  New  York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. [...]

On Tuesday March 31, I will presenting a case at the Spring Meeting of The Implant Study Group of NY at the Crown Plaza Hotel in White Plains. The meeting is lead by Dr. Trevor Bavar and I will be speaking about using CT scans and Nobelguide CAD software to treatment plan and place implants.

Last night, September 23rd, I attended a dinner at Morton’s steak house hosted by Nobel Biocare. Via live satellite broadcast, Domenico Scala, Nobel’s CEO , Kevin Mosher and Tom Albright, spoke about how they intend to market Nobel implants to the general public. An interesting topic over good food!

I will give an overview of the ERA attachment system . (source: Clinical and laboratory Manual of Implant Overdentures, Hamid R. Shafie) ERA attachments are a type of stud attachments used to aid the retention and resiliency of dentures. There are two components: the female fixed component which attaches to the implant itself and the [...]

Since the moment I observed my first implant surgery I knew I wanted to learn as much as possible about all aspects of implant dentistry. Besides the two AEGD programs I attended at NYU and Columbia, here’s a list of continuing education programs I have participated in. Perio Institute: Dr. Jack Hahn. This is a [...]

If you’re doing an implant supported denture give the locator abutments a try. Either chairside or in the lab, they are easy to insert and really forgiving if your alignment is not completely parallel.

For all those dentists who have gone through pages and pages of catalogs trying to identify an implant from an x-ray, there is now a great solution. Visit whichimplant.com, a searchable database designed to help you identify any dental implant system!