| Date: | Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:11:07 -0500 |
| From: | "ESCO automatic digest system" <LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU> |
| Subject: | ESCO Digest - 4 Sep 2007 to 11 Sep 2007 (#2007-68) |
| To: | ESCO@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU |
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Topics of the day:
1. Re: TAD's as restorative base for missing laterals
2. Re: TAD's as restorative base for missing laterals
| Date: | Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:07:51 EDT |
| From: | DRGSCOTT@AOL.COM |
| Subject: | Re: ESCO Digest - 23 Aug 2007 to 4 Sep 2007 (#2007-67) |
In answer to Mark Ballard's question about building a crown on a TAD for a missing lateral: I did it on one patient so far with two missing laterals. The left one lasted a month and the right one stayed on for about three months. This was a very difficult and active 14 y.o. male and was probably the wrong patient, but I was having trouble getting him to wear a removable without breaking it. Although it did not work for him, I will be trying it again on another patient. I think it can work. They looked great. Greg Scott |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:21:02 -0700 |
| From: | "Paul Thomas" <PaulT@DOLPHINIMAGING.COM> |
| Subject: | Re: TAD's as restorative base for missing laterals |
It's much better to use one of the temporary implants which is special made for this purpose. I had used these when still practicing in the US. Steri-Oss has (or at least had) such a product called the IPI; as does Dentatus: http://www.dentatus.com/ Imtec markets the MDI/Sendax which was the basis for their ortho TAD fixture, but its shape doesn't really lend itself for that purpose.
-=Paul=-