TOPIC: OSSEOINTEGRATION AND MATERIALS 🎯 KEY FACTS 🔹The term osseointegration was coined by P.I. Branemark in 1977. 🔹Minimum period required for osseointegration of the implants in the maxilla is 6 months and for mandible is 4 months. 🔹Implants should be placed after 16 years of age in a young patient once the alveolar growth is […]
TOPIC: Introduction, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning 🎯 KEY POINTS: 🔹Dahl of Germany introduced the mucosal inserts or button implants for maxilla in 1940. 🔹Dahl also conceived the concept of the subperiosteal implants. 🔹Goldberg and Gershkoff made subperiosteal implant with vitallium in 1948. 🔹Sollier, Chercheve and Small introduced the transosteal implant in 1953. 🔹L.I. Linkow in […]
PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT VIVA VOCE, MCQs & QUESTION AND ANSWERS 📌 POINTS TO PONDER 🔹Intermediate plexus (Sicher 1966): Fibers arising from cementum and bone are joined in the mid region of periodontal ligament space giving rise to a zone of distinct appearance in the light microscope. 🔹It was believed that the intermediate plexus provides a site […]
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