Inclusive Digital Magazine
Summer 2011 Issue

There are many new dental technologies available today that clinicians can utilize to provide a higher quality of care for their patients; however, understanding the benefits, proper use and limitations of these technologies is paramount to their successful application. This issue of Inclusive showcases several of these innovations...

Dr. Bradley Bockhorst and Dzevad Ceranic, CDT, use a pair of case examples to discuss the parameters for ensuring proper margins, angle correction, crown support, emergence profile and more.

.In this case report, Dr. Daniel McEowen describes a clinical situation in which use of this advanced 3-D imaging technology enabled him to more accurately diagnose the cause of a patient's endodontic failure and to plan for extraction and immediate implant placement.

In this exclusive interview, gIDE founder and academic chairman Dr. Sascha Jovanovic answers questions posed by Inclusive Editor-in-Chief Dr. Bradley Bockhorst pertaining to the long-term health and stability of implants and their surrounding tissues.

Observe a situation in which Dr. Paresh Patel utilized digital treatment planning, surgical guides and mini implant-retained overdentures to meet the challenge of an edentulous case contraindicating conventional implant treatment.

In the edentulous situation presented here, photos are used to establish vertical dimension of occlusion, closest speaking space, smile lines, parallelism of the incisal horizontal plane and midline for a trial denture setup.

In this article, Thorsten Michel, MDT, provides insight into the development process that led to the creation of Ivoclar Vivadent's SR Phonares® line of denture teeth.

In this article, photo essay and video presentation, Dr. Ara Nazarian explores the intermediate and long-term benefits of utilizing BioTemps® Implant Provisionals and the factors that must be considered when making these provisional implant restorations an integral component of the overall treatment plan.

In this article and photo essay, Dr. Timothy Kosinski describes how dental implant treatment services have been shown to minimize resorption, thereby maintaining the natural appearance of the face and smile while improving denture comfort and stability.

In this gIDE Lecture-on-Demand Preview, Dr. Jovanovic presents the connective tissue grafting (CTG) procedure for an esthetic maxillary two-implant reconstruction. Steps include the harvesting of palatal connective tissue using a single horizontal and multiple internal incisions, graft placement and suturing techniques.