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2. Geriatric dentistry - Wikipedia

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   The dental classification of ageing however is more useful if it is based on the patient's ability to seek dental care independently. [10] Frail elderly have chronic, debilitating, physical, medical and emotional problems who are unable to maintain independence without continued assistance from others. As a result, the majority of the frail ...

3. Guided bone and tissue regeneration (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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   At present, guided bone regeneration is predominantly applied in the oral cavity to support new hard tissue growth on an alveolar ridge to allow stable placement of dental implants. When bone grafting is used in conjunction with sound surgical technique, guided bone regeneration is a reliable and validated procedure.

4. Zygoma implant - Wikipedia

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   Bone grafting procedures in the jaws have the disadvantage of prolonged treatment time, restriction of denture wear, morbidity of the donor surgical site and graft rejection. [ 4 ] Zygoma implants were first introduced in late 1990s by Dr. Per Ingvar Brånemark , widely acknowledged as the "Father of Dental Implantology".

5. Dental implant - Wikipedia

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   Placement of dental implants is a surgical procedure and carries the normal risks of surgery including infection, excessive bleeding and necrosis of the flap of tissue around the implant. Nearby anatomic structures, such as the inferior alveolar nerve , the maxillary sinus and blood vessels, can also be injured when the osteotomy is created or ...

6. Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion - Wikipedia

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   They also stated that post-surgical relapse with SARPE was similar to the changes in dental arch dimensions after non-surgical rapid palatal expansion, and also quite similar to dental arch changes after segmental maxillary osteotomy for expansion. Therefore, the stability of the procedure is not superior to other known expansion techniques.

7. A patient died during a dental procedure. Here’s what that ...

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   The patient had been undergoing the dental procedure prior to a planned heart valve surgery when he began to experience drops in oxygen-saturation level, heart rate and blood pressure roughly five ...