Osstell ISQ RFA Implant stability Blog

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    Loading Protocols for Daily Implantology: Interview with Dr Zita Gomes

    [fa icon="calendar'] Jun 30, 2020 2:27:59 PM / by Osstell posted in isq, insertion torque, immediate loading, implant stability, CBCT

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    Dr. Raquel Zita Gomes DMD, PG, MSc, PhD, Oral Surgeon, University Prof. will present and discuss the loading protocols (delayed, early, immediate) in modern oral implantology, and create guidelines for daily decisions in this webinar.

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    Primary and Secondary Stability: What is Important and What Don’t We Know

    [fa icon="calendar'] Jul 3, 2018 2:25:05 PM / by Barry P. Levin, DMD posted in isq, primary stability, Immediate Implant Insertion Torque, insertion torque, secondary stability, osseointegration, implant stability, healing time

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    Physiologic healing after implant placement varies from patient to patient and site to site. Surgeons must find balance between mechanical stability and avoiding excessive trauma to alveolar bone, especially the cortical bone found at the alveolar crest. The two measures of quantifying primary stability are insertion torque volume (ITV) and resonance frequency analysis (RFA). Implant stability quotient or ISQ is a value used to determine stability via RFA.

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    How to Confidently Reduce Treatment Time? [With Case Report]

    [fa icon="calendar'] Feb 9, 2018 8:36:56 AM / by Charles D. Schlesinger posted in loading protocol, isq, primary stability, insertion torque, immediate loading, rfa, healing abutment, case report, osseointegration

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    I have been placing dental implants since 1998 and as most of you, I have seen many advances in the field of dentistry that make implant dentistry safer and more predictable. The biggest boon to treatment absolutely has to be the advent of CBCT technology. This has made the surgical phase of treatment more predictable and safer for the patient.

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    Meet Dr. Michael Norton [video]

    [fa icon="calendar'] Jan 30, 2018 1:09:33 PM / by Jonas Ehinger posted in loading protocol, isq, primary stability, insertion torque, rfa, secondary stability

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    Dr. Michael Norton talks about Osstell ISQ and RFA in his practice.  Dr. Norton has been using Osstell for many years and has found value in having the information it provides to him about his patients.  In addition, Dr. Norton is just completing his term of office as President of the Academy of Osseointegration which will hold its 2018 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles February 28th through March 3rd.   We and Dr. Norton welcome your comments and questions on his thoughts.

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    Thoughts and reflections from Osstell Scientific Symposium at EAO 2017 in Madrid

    [fa icon="calendar'] Dec 1, 2017 10:48:15 AM / by Jonas Ehinger posted in isq, grafted bone, regenerative protocols, Osstell scientific symposium, EAO, insertion torque, digital workflow, osstellconnect, immediate loading, rfa

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    Clinicians from all over the world participated to Osstell Scientific Symposium at EAO Congress in Madrid, on October 5th. This year’s symposium featured Dr Steven Eckert, Dr Giorgio Tabanella and Dr Luis Cuadrado.

    We sat down with moderator Dr Marcus Dagnelid, from Gothenburg, Sweden, and collected his thoughts and reflections of the scientific content of the symposium on this blog post. Ask questions to Dr Marcus Dagnelid in the comments at the bottom of the page!

    Dr Marcus Dagnelid, moderator at Osstell Scientific Symposium, DDS, Board Certified Prosthodontist

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