Implantology

The other day, I watched my kids trying to build the perfect snowman in our backyard. Every time they piled the snow higher, the base would give way, and their frosty friend would...

Now I got you reading the article, and you are wondering why I'm dropping such a strong statement without even mention a scientific reference.  We should start remembering tha...

Sou de Madrid e "do Madrid" e hoje (eu sei) que isso é um factor de risco epidemiológico mas mesmo assim vale a pena... Depois do confinamento, a primeira coisa que fiz foi passear...

O implantologista é, normalmente, um ser orgulhoso e sensível. Tão depressa se enche o peito por conseguir uma carga imediata numa reabilitação total num osso atrófico, como se rec...

Ahora te tengo leyendo el artículo y te preguntas por qué estoy dejando caer una declaración tan fuerte sin siquiera mencionar una referencia científica. Deberí

Agora você está lendo o artigo e está se perguntando por que estou deixando uma declaração tão forte sem sequer mencionar uma referência científica. Devemos com

Now I got you reading the article, and you are wondering why I'm dropping such a strong statement without even mention a scientific reference.  We should start remembering tha...

En los últimos años ha habido un crecimiento exponencial en el número de implantes que colocamos en nuestros pacientes. Esto unido a la alta demanda estética de la sociedad actual...

Uma das situações mais dramáticas na nossa prática diária é ter pacientes que se queixam de um implante na zona estética que ficou aquém das suas expectativas. Isto muitas vezes é...

Soy de Madrid. Y “del Madrid”. Hoy ser de Madrid  es un factor de riesgo epidemiológico (lo sé) pero aun así merece la pena… Después del confinamiento, lo primero que hice fue...

It is often rightly said “Nature is the Best Teacher”. The best treatment modalities in Medical and Dental field are often inspired by body natural healing mechanism. Platelet deri...

Trying to perform implant dentistry without understanding bone dynamics, guided bone regeneration basic techniques, and biology is like organizing a barbecue for vegans. We have to...

One of the most dramatic situations in our daily practice is to have patients that complain about an implant in the aesthetic zone that does not meet their expectations. One of the...

Lembro que no início da minha pós-graduação houve um “boom” entre os colegas da minha geração e da geração anterior com quem compartilhamos durante 1 ano, dos t

Recuerdo que a inicios de mi posgrado había un “boom” entre mis compañeros de generación y la generación previa con la cual compartíamos durante 1 año, de los términos “All-On-4”,...

Este contenido es sólo para patrocinadores. Este paquete incluye: Preservación de la cresta alveolar presentación en PowerPoint y Keynote Animación Impacto del

Este conteúdo é apenas para Patronos. Este pacote inclui: Preservação do Cume Alveolar apresentação em PowerPoint e Keynote Animação Impacto da lacuna na perda

This content is only for Patrons. This package includes: Alveolar Ridge Preservation presentation on PowerPoint and Keynote Animation Gap impact on marginal bone loss around implan...

Like most good things in life are accidental, Platform Switching , too, was discovered accidentally. During the late ’80s, Nobel Biocare introduced wide-diameter Branemark implants...

Every day ,  we are bombarded by thousands of ads in the form of banners, links, and emails, where companies try to make themselves heard amidst the noise of advertising and f...

Crestal bone stability around dental implants remains one of the most important and wanted features of successful implant treatment. Yet, it seems like crestal bone loss was with u...

No hace mucho tiempo, revisando los miles de memes, videos y fotos que recibimos al día en esta época de cuarentena, vi que entre todos había un video de Víctor Kuppers. Me encanta...

Bone atrophies are one of the most challenging situations in modern implantology, and they affect many different patients in many different regions of the jaws. This increasing rat...

“Yo nunca sondo los implantes”, “sondar los implantes no es bueno” o “los índices periodontales en dientes no sirven para implantes” son afirmaciones recurrentes en diferentes foro...

Jim Collins, el autor del libro Good to Great , dijo una vez: "Es primordial primero subir las personas correctas al autobús y bajar a las personas equivocadas, antes de empezar a...

Ya llovió desde que en el año 2006 Lazarra publicara aquel artículo que a mucho de nosotros nos enseño mucho sobre biología periimplantaria. Lo llamó Platform-Switching y en España...

There is no doubt that Digital Dentistry is here to stay. It’s not a fad or a trend.  It is already a standard workflow for many dentists around the world, and it’s growing ev...

Se estima que el mercado dental global manejará unas cifras cercanas a los 37 billones de dólares en el 2021 .  Este número parece asustador para lo que parece ser un pequeño...

Todos los dias somos impactados por miles de anuncios en forma de banners, links, mails donde las compañías se intentan hacer oír entre el ruido de la publicidad y propaganda feroz...

In the 19th century, an Italian economist named Vilfredo Pareto found an exciting discovery while he was farming in his small garden.  He noticed that a small number of pea po...

On the 14th August of 1385, a battle was fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile. This battle was named the Aljubarrota Battle, and it was decisive for ruli...

Introduction to Immediate Implant in Molars Immediate implant placement into a fresh extraction sockets has become a common and well documented clinical procedure, especially in th...

Introduction to Stranger Implants Lately, there is a lot of buzz around Stranger Things tv show. For those who were just kids growing during the '80s, like me, this TV sh...

Los cambios dimensionales de la cresta alveolar después de la extracción del diente continúan siendo una carga para el tratamiento restaurador con implantes. Mu

Alterações dimensionais do rebordo alveolar após a extração dentária continuam a sobrecarregar o tratamento restaurador com implantes. Muitos estudos clínicos v

Dimensional changes of the alveolar ridge following tooth extraction continue to burden restorative implant treatment. Many clinical studies have verified that the buccal part of t...

Myths have been present since human civilization was described for the first time, and implant dentistry is sometimes subjected to some "myths". It is nothing new. It´s human natur...

Introduction Once again, before I start writing this post, I did a poll on Twitter about immediate loading: And it seems that dentists they do love immediate loading...or perhaps,...

When I'm in the middle of a discussion about the topic of immediate implants, I always remember Schulte. Schulte was the first to describe the placement of the immediate impla...

Introduction One of the major concerns is soft tissue recession around implants that may appear over time (Adell et al. 1981; Grunder 2000) and this is an important issue not only...

Recommending implant dentistry books is easy; buying them is slightly more difficult (some of them are expensive), but reading an entire book is tough work, and sometimes can be bo...

My camera My camera is a Nikon 610. Full frame and it is also the camera that I used to do the video that was on the page about Dental Photography. Lens I only use the original Nik...

Despite existing tons of image / photo softwares out there, sometimes it can be a little confusing which one to choose. When you talk with someone about this topic, the software th...

After receiving some emails from some followers, I decided to create this tutorial to introduce how I create my illustrations. First of all you should get Illustrator from Adobe. I...

Papers is an Appel Design Award and Ars Desig Award winning solution for managing research literatura. Now, it´s time for Papers 3 to take your personal library of research to a wh...

Introduction There are some questions about what is or what is not platform switching, and of course, what are the advantages of having a platform-switched concept in the implants...

Introduction Nowadays, implantology is a predictable area and well-accepted by the scientific community for missing or doubtful prognosis tooth repositioning. More than 30 years ag...

In this article, Araujo & Lindhe conclude that "the placement of Bio-Oss Collagen" in the buccal gap between the implant and the buccal-approximal bone walls of fresh extractio...

The fact that you’re spending your precious time reading these lines right now is mind-blowing. Seriously. And as an act of appreciation we are not going to waste your time, so let...