Auxiliary implants (synonyms: temporary implants, provisional implants, mini-implants, IPI for English : Immediate Provisional Implants) serve as anchoring elements for orthodontic appliances or for provisional dentures during postoperative healing phases and – unlike permanent implants – are inserted only temporarily (temporarily inserted). Auxiliary implants differ from permanent implants (permanently placed artificial tooth roots) in terms … Auxiliary Implants
An aesthetic smile plays a prominent role for all of us in today’s society. Implantology, as a branch of dentistry, helps a patient with tooth loss to get artificial tooth roots, which are aesthetically restored with crowns or extended dentures. Since its introduction in Germany, implantology has been very popular with patients. As a result, … Dental Implantology: Teeth Implants
One possible procedure for bone augmentation prior to implant placement (bone augmentation prior to the placement of artificial tooth roots) is the insertion of previously biotechnologically produced autologous bone, the so-called bone chips.Tooth gaps that occur due to premature tooth loss can be closed today in many cases by implant placement (placement of artificial tooth … Bone Augmentation using Bone Chips (Bone Chips)
In modern dentistry, numerous medical devices help to make diagnoses in the dental, oral and maxillofacial systems, thereby contributing to a differentiated therapeutic approach. All patients are familiar with the clinical control examination at the dentist. Many patients are familiar with caries diagnostics, which is supplemented beyond inspection by laser, caries meter or transillumination (FOTI). … Medical Device Diagnostics in Dentistry
A tetracycline thread is a thread impregnated with the antibiotic tetracycline for local application in periodontal pockets (gum pockets colonized by bacterial plaque). Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic produced by streptomyces (Streptomyces aureofaciens) and is used against numerous bacterial infections. The filaments continuously release tetracycline into the diseased periodontal pocket for more than seven days. … Tetracycline Thread
The results of extensive periodontal therapy (treatment of periodontal inflammation) can only be permanently stabilized if the patient subsequently undergoes the program of supportive periodontal therapy (UPT; synonyms: Supportive Periodontal Therapy; Periodontal Maintenance Therapy; PET). Periodontitis (synonyms: periodontitis apicalis; alveolar pyorrhea; pyorrhea alveolaris; inflammatory periodontopathy; ICD-10 – Acute periodontitis: K05.2; Chronic periodontitis: K05. 3; colloquialism: … Supportive Periodontal Therapy
