Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • February 2024 #8 I love pterygoid implants. And, I place them often. That being said, if available, I will almost always opt for a palatal root implant in place of a pterygoid implant. Why? 1. A palatal root implant is never easier to place than it is […]
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • February 2024 #7 We’ve all seen it. And if you’ve done enough All-On-X cases, you’ve done it too. I know I have. Despite my best efforts, I cannot argue with that post op scan. Those glaring implant apices staring at me, seeming so obviously to touch. How
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • February 2024 #6 I know, I know, it’s embarrassing right? Your assistants are watching you struggle. You’re trying to keep your cool. But despite your best efforts, you cannot get the $#$%!# torque wrench driver to actually seat in the implant housing, so that you can finish
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • January 2024 #5 A previous blog post titled, Abutment Placement: A Strategic Sequence, discussed the order in which I place my abutments for both optimal prosthetic flexibility and patient centered prosthetic design. Following the article, I received a number of questions asking for a more in depth
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • January 2024 #4 It never fails. Ever. I’m in the middle of an extremely difficult case and all the torque I can muster up on a particular implant is 25 N-cm. My composite torque is adequate, so I move forward with abutment placement in order to load.
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • January 2024 #3 If you aren’t fracturing some roots, you aren’t taking out enough teeth. It happens. Here’s how I manage a fractured root and/or root tip during AOX surgery: First of all, I don’t stress about it one bit. Not even for a second. I will
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • January 2024 #2 In a recent article titled Breaking Down The Math: Why AOX Efficiency Is More Important Than You Think, I highlighted the math behind the ways in which efficiency directly impacts our patients, our practice, and ourselves. I wanted to expound on one area that
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Archived Newsletter Re-Post. The AOX Newsletter • January 2024 #1 My target torque value for all of my implants is 45-60 N-cm. You can read more about why here. In order to fully seat my implants and to confirm the torque value, I utilize a torque wrench with a torque gauge. The torque wrench
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