Gosh..didn't feel the need to blog for more than a year now. I am going through a ' metallic phase' in my life. All I could think of in my little head is little metals.
I wish I could say that I was inspired into this topic of dental implants. Unfortunately, my explorations into this topic took me to a website of non-sense and since then I have been opening more and more can of disgusting worms. Although the start was non-inspirational, I felt the urge to write about couple of dental implant designs that caught my attention.
I have always been a keen believer in research and sometimes I can be adamant in finding answers to basic questions. A friend of mine texted me with a photo of his chilli pepper that was called Twilight. In all honesty it looked like an eggplant, purple in colour. In the back of my mind my curiosity began. How come a chilli is purple ? Never seen in this colour. I read and read and figured out that the anthocyanins determine the colour of the ripening fruit.The pH determines if the chillies will be purple, yellow,orange or red. As they ripen they go through a plethora of colours from purple to red just like Twilight.
With a similar curiosity in mind, I was exploring some dental implant designs. There are lot of implants that are backed up with extensive research work. I feel much confident in knowing all their advantages and disadvantages. Sadly, there are also different implant designs that have poor research work and yet finding their way in markets in Eastern Europe and Asia. The ethics of the practitioners placing those implants are also questionable. One dentist recommended that the best way to put an end to periodontal disease is to extract all the teeth and place implants. It is not a thought I could ever bear! Let the sadness end here..Moving on
If I were to name an 'implant of the day' it is the 'Expandable Implant'!! What I liked about this implant is that it has a 40month prospective trial done in Asia. It is designed in the US with FDA approval. It doesn't claim to do wonders. It is an implant that needs to be expanded with screws for the fixation. The design is called the 'Eiffel tower'. It can be used for immediate placement and loading. The trial showed microleakage , despite a double morse connection, causing bone loss but there is room for improvement and the implant is relatively easy to retrieve!! Such trials put my mind at ease because I know what to expect from placing that implant on a living being.
The second 'implant of the day' is the co-axis dental implant. It is probably the first threaded implant with angled prosthetic plaltform. This will come in handy to achieve aesthetic result.
I wish I could say that I was inspired into this topic of dental implants. Unfortunately, my explorations into this topic took me to a website of non-sense and since then I have been opening more and more can of disgusting worms. Although the start was non-inspirational, I felt the urge to write about couple of dental implant designs that caught my attention.
I have always been a keen believer in research and sometimes I can be adamant in finding answers to basic questions. A friend of mine texted me with a photo of his chilli pepper that was called Twilight. In all honesty it looked like an eggplant, purple in colour. In the back of my mind my curiosity began. How come a chilli is purple ? Never seen in this colour. I read and read and figured out that the anthocyanins determine the colour of the ripening fruit.The pH determines if the chillies will be purple, yellow,orange or red. As they ripen they go through a plethora of colours from purple to red just like Twilight.
With a similar curiosity in mind, I was exploring some dental implant designs. There are lot of implants that are backed up with extensive research work. I feel much confident in knowing all their advantages and disadvantages. Sadly, there are also different implant designs that have poor research work and yet finding their way in markets in Eastern Europe and Asia. The ethics of the practitioners placing those implants are also questionable. One dentist recommended that the best way to put an end to periodontal disease is to extract all the teeth and place implants. It is not a thought I could ever bear! Let the sadness end here..Moving on
If I were to name an 'implant of the day' it is the 'Expandable Implant'!! What I liked about this implant is that it has a 40month prospective trial done in Asia. It is designed in the US with FDA approval. It doesn't claim to do wonders. It is an implant that needs to be expanded with screws for the fixation. The design is called the 'Eiffel tower'. It can be used for immediate placement and loading. The trial showed microleakage , despite a double morse connection, causing bone loss but there is room for improvement and the implant is relatively easy to retrieve!! Such trials put my mind at ease because I know what to expect from placing that implant on a living being.
The second 'implant of the day' is the co-axis dental implant. It is probably the first threaded implant with angled prosthetic plaltform. This will come in handy to achieve aesthetic result.
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