Thanks for responding Ivan!

Haha, what gave it away? (the emoji doesnt show up for some reason)

Yes it is my first. I have placed lots of single unit implants, but this will be my first overdenture case. For the mandible, we are restoring with a partial denture.

Hi,

#20 is planned for an extraction and socket grafting. I planned for an implant 4.0x7mm (which I’m thinking is a bit short – would have liked at least 8.5mm) but is limited in length due to the lingual concavity.

The implant fits into this pre-extraction dimensions; however, I’m anticipating some bone loss even after socket grafting and…

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Hello everyone,

As you can see over here the anatomy of the sinus is irregular as the residual bone height is a lot higher buccally and goes down slightly palatally

In this case would you rather:

1. Do a crestal sinus left approach and place a 4.6(wide diameter)x7.5mm implant. Increasing the diameter to compensate the height in that case…

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Hey everyone. I am tx planning #14 implant (5×8.5mm) with a transcrestal sinus lift of 4-5mm. He reports year round sinus issue; uses a nasal spray. I am concerned with the amount of radioopacity in the left sinus to move forward with sinus bump. His right sinus is completely clear. I put him on sudafed for 2 weeks (to try…

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