Personally I would never attempt an immediate pre molar implant without a guide. There is a great amount of bone lingual to the mental foramen. The problem is that due to its superimposition over that bone, when you drill and place your implant it looks like you are right in the foramen! Scary! So by…
I’ve Got One Less Problem Without Thermoplast: CEREC Guide 2 Legacy Implant Case
Ok, here is another CEREC Guide 2 case. Perfect indication for guided surgery, Lower Molar, lots of anatomy to avoid such as the mandibular nerve, the lingual nerve and the lingual artery. Scanned up in CEREC, I always try to get as many teeth as possible. Planned the case with a mesial tip per the…
Tooth In A Day: Telio CAD Immediate Case with Grafting
Hole-y You-Know-What! Opaquing Protocol with splinted UCLA type Screw Retained Crowns
The Niz Wants What He Wants: Legacy 4 HA Immediate Case with CEREC Guide
I had the absolute honor (and well, terror), to do an implant on #8 on my long term mentor, friend and absolute idol, Dr Gerald Niznick. If you are into implants and have not been sleeping under a rock for the past 30 years, you may know about him. He holds hundreds of patents in…
Roses Are Red Violets Are Lithium DiSilicate: Emax Case on a Legacy Implant
This is a fun case where we restored an implant with an Emax screw retained crown. Sorry no surgery pics. Placed contour healer about a month previous. You can see how easy its going to be to design the sub gingival portion on this one. Copied the Gingival Mask into the Lower Model folder…