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Implantology

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Machine Learning for Dentists: Predicting Implant Success with AI
Learn how AI in dentistry uses linear regression to predict dental implant success, bone loss & ISQ values. Interactive ML explainer for dental professionals.
Francisco Teixeira Barbosa
Jan 22, 2026
Conceitos de Zero Perda Óssea pelo Prof. Tomas Linkevičius: Um Caminho para a Estabilidade Óssea Crestal
Aprenda sobre os Conceitos de Zero Perda Óssea do Prof. Tomas Linkevičius e como alcançar a estabilidade do osso crestal ao redor de implantes dentários.
Francisco
Jan 17, 2026
Conceptos de Cero Pérdida Ósea por el Prof. Tomas Linkevičius: Un Camino hacia la Estabilidad Ósea Crestal
Aprenda sobre los Conceptos de Cero Pérdida Ósea del Prof. Tomas Linkevičius y cómo lograr la estabilidad del hueso crestal alrededor de implantes dentales.
Francisco
Jan 17, 2026
Vantagens Clínicas da Fibrina Rica em Plaquetas (PRF) na Odontologia
Descrição dos diferentes tipos de fibrina rica em plaquetas e como usá-la na odontologia e outros campos.
manthandesai
Jan 17, 2026
Ventajas Clínicas de la Fibrina Rica en Plaquetas (PRF) en Odontología
Descripción de los diferentes tipos de fibrina rica en plaquetas y cómo usarla en odontología y otros campos.
manthandesai
Jan 17, 2026
Remodelação Óssea Após Extração Dentária: Entendendo o Processo de Cicatrização em Implantodontia
Descubra os segredos do processo de cicatrização após a extração dentária. Aprenda sobre as mudanças que ocorrem no rebordo alveolar após a remoção de um dente.
Francisco
Jan 17, 2026
Remodelación Ósea Tras la Extracción Dental: Entendiendo el Proceso de Cicatrización en Implantología
Descubre los secretos del proceso de cicatrización tras la extracción dental. Aprende sobre los cambios que ocurren en el reborde alveolar después de extraer un diente.
Francisco
Jan 17, 2026
实现新鲜磨牙即刻种植成功的5个概念
您现在花宝贵的时间阅读这些文字,这让我感到非常震撼。真的。作为感谢,我们不会浪费您的时间,让我们开始吧。 不久前,我在Facebook上发布了一个临床病例。一颗上颌第一磨牙的即刻种植。 我的朋友们开始发表评论,像往常一样,引发了一场健康的讨论,几乎所有参与者都同意这种方法。 然而,我的一个好朋友发表了以下评论: "哥们,等3个月要容易得多……" 起初我想:"...
Francisco
Jan 9, 2026
¿Qué tan profundo debe ir tu implante? Posiciones supracrestal, crestal y subcrestal revisadas.
En el siglo XIX, el economista italiano Vilfredo Pareto hizo un hallazgo curioso mientras trabajaba en su pequeño huerto.  Notó que un número muy pequeño de vainas producía la…
Francisco
Jan 9, 2026
Quão Profundo Deve Ser o Seu Implante? Revisão das Posições Supracrestal, Crestal e Subcrestal.
No século XIX, o economista italiano Vilfredo Pareto fez uma descoberta curiosa enquanto cuidava do seu pequeno jardim.  Ele notou que um número muito pequeno de vagens produz…
Francisco
Jan 9, 2026
Bone Remodeling After Tooth Extraction: Understanding the Healing Process in Implant Dentistry
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...
Francisco
Nov 26, 2024
Socket Shield ruined men. Few understand this.
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...
Francisco
Oct 31, 2024
Será a Conexão é um Elemento Protético?
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...
Vitorbras
Mar 29, 2023
5 mitos e verdades sobre o torque de inserção do implante
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...
Vitorbras
Apr 6, 2021
Socket Shield arruinó a los hombres. Pocos entienden esto.
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
Francisco
Mar 27, 2021
Socket Shield arruinou os homens. Poucos entendem isso.
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
Francisco
Mar 27, 2021
Socket Shield ruined men. Few understand this.
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...
Francisco
Mar 27, 2021
La Reconstrucción de un Maxilar Atrófico Mediante Acceso Apical
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...
Erik
Mar 22, 2021
Complicações em Implantologia Oral: Deiscências do tecido mole vestibular
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...
Vitorbras
Mar 21, 2021
¿Es la Conexión un Elemento Protético?
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...
Juanma Vadillo
Mar 16, 2021
Clinical Advantages of the Platelet Rich Fibrin in Dentistry
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...
manthandesai
Mar 11, 2021
How to Solve the Most Common Bone Defects With Guided Bone Regeneration
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...
Francisco
Feb 28, 2021
Complications in Dental Implant Dentistry: Buccal Soft Tissue Dehiscences
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...
Francisco
Oct 18, 2020
Sobredentaduras sobre implantes: quais opções de implantes removíveis são confiáveis
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
Ricardo
Jul 31, 2020
Sobredentaduras sobre Implantes: Qué opciones Removibles Sobre Implantes Son Fiables
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”,...
Ricardo
Jul 31, 2020
Preservación de la cresta alveolar: presentación, animaciones e ilustraciones.
Este contenido es sólo para patrocinadores. Este paquete incluye: Preservación de la cresta alveolar presentación en PowerPoint y Keynote Animación Impacto del
Francisco
Jul 22, 2020
Preservação do cume alveolar - apresentação, animações e ilustrações
Este conteúdo é apenas para Patronos. Este pacote inclui: Preservação do Cume Alveolar apresentação em PowerPoint e Keynote Animação Impacto da lacuna na perda
Francisco
Jul 22, 2020
Alveolar Ridge Preservation- Presentation, animations, and illustrations
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...
Francisco
Jul 22, 2020
The Story Behind Platform Switching
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...
manthandesai
Jun 21, 2020
Are all the implant surfaces the same? a review of the different surfaces.
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...
Francisco
Jun 8, 2020
Zero bone loss concepts by prof. Tomas Linkevičius. A path to crestal bone stability
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...
Tomas
May 17, 2020
La Expansión Ósea como Alternativa en atrofias maxilares Horizontales
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...
Daniel Robles
Apr 1, 2020
Vertical and Horizontal Bone Augmentation- How to solve complex implant cases with predictable techniques
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...
DL Oral Surgery
Feb 9, 2020
El sondaje en implantes y los negacionistas- 4 razones por las que es importante sondar implantes
“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...
Daniel Rodrigo
Feb 2, 2020
La Posición Tridimensional Ideal de Implantes en el Sector Estético.
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...
Francisco
Aug 24, 2019
美学区种植体的理想位置
本文描述了美学区种植体最佳位置的规则及其生物学原理。
Francisco
Jul 22, 2019
A Posição Ideal do Implante na Zona Estética
Este artigo descreve as regras sobre a posição ideal do implante na zona estética e o fundamento biológico.
Francisco
Jul 22, 2019
Platform switching ¿Un concepto biológico o un producto de marketing?
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...
Francisco
Apr 9, 2019
How Dentists value immediate returns and their relationship to the human brain and digital dentistry
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...
Francisco
Apr 7, 2019
Cómo Usar las Redes Sociales Para Potenciar una Clínica Dental. 11 simples consejos.
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...
Francisco
Feb 3, 2019
¿Son iguales todas las superficies de implantes?
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...
Francisco
Dec 28, 2018
How Deep Is Your Implant? Supracrestal, Crestal, and Subcrestal Implant Position Revisited.
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...
Francisco
Dec 22, 2018
Two ways to Restore  Edentulous​ Spaces in the Aesthetic Zone
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...
Francisco
Dec 9, 2018
Immediate implant placement in molar extractions sockets using a definitive abutment.
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...
Emilio
Apr 29, 2018
Stranger Implants: The Top 10 Stranger Implant Cases Seen on Social Media.
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...
Francisco
Dec 12, 2017
Técnica de Socket Shield. Informe de un caso.
Los cambios dimensionales de la cresta alveolar después de la extracción del diente continúan siendo una carga para el tratamiento restaurador con implantes. Mu
Darcio Fonseca
Jul 4, 2017
Técnica de Socket Shield. Relato de um caso.
Alterações dimensionais do rebordo alveolar após a extração dentária continuam a sobrecarregar o tratamento restaurador com implantes. Muitos estudos clínicos v
Darcio Fonseca
Jul 4, 2017
Socket Shield Technique. Report of a case.
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...
Francisco
Jul 4, 2017
5 Important Scientific Publications About Implant Dentistry
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...
Francisco
May 29, 2017
How to perform a predictable immediate loading
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,...
Francisco
Apr 7, 2016
Immediate Implants in the Aesthetic zone: Some tips and tricks that will help you
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...
Francisco
Mar 27, 2016
Soft Tissue Recession Around Implants – A common Complication
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...
Francisco
Sep 22, 2015
4 Implant Dentistry Books You Should Start Reading Today
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...
Francisco
Aug 26, 2015
Photography Equipment for a Dentist
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...
Francisco
Aug 6, 2015
3 Simple Steps to keep all your Photos Avalaible and Shareable in a Dental Practice
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...
Francisco
Aug 5, 2015
How to Create an Illustration
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...
Francisco
Aug 5, 2015
What is Papers 3 and how it works
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...
Francisco
Aug 4, 2015
Platform Switching. A Biological Concept
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...
Francisco
Aug 4, 2015
10 Tips that Everyone Should Know Before Performing an Implant Treatment in the aesthetic zone
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...
Francisco
Aug 3, 2015
Bio-Oss® Collagen in the Buccal Gap after an Inmediate Implant
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...
Francisco
Aug 3, 2015
5 Concepts to Achieve a Successful Immediate Implant Placement Into a Fresh Molar
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...
Francisco
Jul 30, 2015