Bone Grafting at Time of Extraction: Can This Get Costly?

Interesting topic for your reading - Bone Grafting at Time of Extraction: Can This Get Costly?

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Interesting discussion on Extraction Site

Read this interesting discussion "Grafting an Extraction Site even when the Buccal Cortical Plate is Intact?".

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Oral Health

Missing teeth can lead to a host of health problems. Learn more from this article published on TODAY,  Tues, 17 Nov 2009, Pg 44.

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Sharing Of Thought Over A Comment

Good personal opinion on socket preservation. Since there is a direct remark on use of Alvelac also, we would like to add our comments to enlighten on the need for socket preservation. As indicated in the comments, immediate implant is preferred in sockets having good integrity following a tooth extraction. However, the comment fails to highlight other factors that are important for deciding on immediate implants. Common factors include, patients financial condition, success rates associated with immediate implants notwithstanding the fact that it would be the best method for immediate preservation of aesthetics and similar. As mentioned in the article, there are other socket preservation techniques that use the conventional methodology of packing the socket. As an experienced person in dentistry one would agree that blood clot is critical for natural healing and the conventional methods tend to occupy the space required for the blood clot which affects the natural healing p! rocess. On the other hand the concept behind Alvelac is to provide the necessary space for the blood clot while restricting the collapse of buccal/lingual walls of the ridge. For the concept to work, it is not necessary to have the socket with absolute buccal or lingual wall integrity and even in partially defective cases this should work. The requirement is that the Alvelac should engage and not to be left hanging in the socket. So in conclusion, socket preservation is an insurance for patients to delay their decision on future choice of teeth restoration and Alvelac provides this in a natural and cost effective way.

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Quote from Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry & Education

In describing the landscape for Medical Technology Innovation in Singapore , Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry & Education, "…SIMTech's collaboration with Bio-Scaffold International, a Singapore-based biotechnology company. …resulted in the development of a new technology for processing scaffolds using FDA-approved biopolymers.  The accolades for the product reflect Singapore's world-class R&D standards which is growing in competitiveness vis a vis industry players in USA, Japan and India - AT THE LAUNCH OF THE MEDTECH MANUFACTURING CONSORTIUM, OCTOBER 2009. Read More here http://www.news.gov.sg/public/sgpc/en/media_releases/agencies/mti/speech/S-20091013-2

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Interview with Dr. Cliff K.S. Ong of Atria-Pan Dental Group

"Dr Ong .. advocates Socket Preservation because his mantra, is that Prevention is Better than Cure".. bone preservation and esthetic dental implants play a more important role now….. with more people opting for prevention care, the importance of sufficient bones support becomes a spotlight issue." – Dr Cliff K.S. Ong, B.D.S. (Singapore), M.D.S (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery), F.D.S.R.C.S (England), F.F.D.R.C.S (Ireland) Atria-Pan Dental Group

People who have lost their teeth from a dental extraction may experience difficulties in chewing food, speak properly, or facial appearances may be affected. The area of the jaw bone holding a tooth in place is called a tooth socket. After extraction, the bone supporting this tooth rapidly melts away (resorption). For placement of a natural-looking (esthetic) bridge or implant after extraction, good bone support is a must. Very often, an ugly-looking tooth replacement is due to loss of this bone support. Having said however, an expensive and potentially painful procedure called bone grafting can be done to restore the lost bone to allow an esthetic restoration of teeth. A recent new technique called Socket Preservation minimizes this bone lost after extraction and preserves the bone in advance, allowing tooth replacement that satisfies esthetic and functional criteria. This technique involves placement of a scaffold to guide bone growth and prevent resorption into the extraction socket immediately after extraction. This technique [...]

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Iliac

Iliac: uppermost and largest bone of the pelvis.

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