NobelReplace Conical Connection & NobelReplace Platform Shift

One original implant body, more restorative options 

With over 40 years of experience in the continuous development and manufacturing of innovative and high-end restorative and esthetic dental products, Nobel Biocare is proud to introduce NobelReplace Conical Connection & NobelReplace Platform Shift designed to optimize esthetic outcome through enhanced soft tissue preservation while maintaining the ease of the step-by–step surgical protocol.

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The new dental implants mean you can enjoy even higher restorative flexibility as they support all Nobel Biocare’s existing prosthetics for internal tri-channel and internal conical connection.

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Digital Dental Impression

Significant advancements have been made in digital dental impression scanning that it has been said, in the next 5 years 35% of dentists will be using this technology.  The advantages of digital scanning allow the dentist a real time view of your preparation and impression technique.  By avoiding the cost of redoing impressions and eliminating the error factor in labs making ill fitting crowns.  Digital scanning allows the dentist to have the same view the lab sees, and reduces the chances for voids, pulls and margin errors that are associated with traditional dental impressions.  Allowing the dentist to develop better precision on the margins, the taper and the polish of the prep walls plus rounded angles all contribute to a better crown fit.  Digital impression scanners use lasers to capture thousands of reference points of contours of tooth and gingival structures with over 300 hundred focal points of depth. The time to digitally scan a patient is 3 to 5 minutes, but there are no materials to handle or models to pour up. Digital scanners are capable of fabricating all types of restorations; veneers, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays and dental implant abutments or full arch cases. Most digital impression scanners don’t have to use impression powders and are capable of capturing supragingival and subgingival preparations. Digital dental impression scanners are not just for crown and bridge treatments, the availability to scan full-arch orthodontic therapies and dental implant treatments are opening the door to many possibilities.  More and more dental labs are now accepting digital scanning files directly to their labs and the day is coming that traditional dental impressions will not be sent by mail.  Dental practices taking advantage of this new technology will have a distinct advantage over those practices who continue to offer traditional dental impressions. Patient communication and acceptance are enhanced when the dental practitioner can demonstrate treatment viewing of a 3D image for patients.  In addition, having digital impression technology will project an advanced image that may lead to more patient referrals.  It may be time to invest in this technology today, a perfect fit for a perfect practice.

New NobelActive 3.0 Dental Implant

NobelActive 3.0 retains the major design features of the existing NobelActive NP Ø3.5mm

•Expanding tapered implant body

•Constantly expanding central core

•Sharp cutting blades, deep and widely spaced 35° double lead threads

•Reverse cutting flutes

•Horizontal macro grooves on collar

•Grooves on thread tip to increase bone to implant contact and promote bone growth

•TiUnite Surface

•Great for missing laterals and lower anterior teeth where space is limited.

Are You Losing the Battle With Your Teeth?

You probably have periodontal disease? The fact is, research proves that up to 30% of the population may be genetically susceptible to gum disease. Despite aggressive oral care habits, these people may be six times more likely to develop periodontal disease. Identifying these people with a genetic test before they even show signs of the disease and getting them into early interventive treatment may help them keep their teeth for a lifetime.  Tooth loss isn't a natural part of aging and teeth are meant to last a lifetime.  Gum disease also leads to other possible problems, including heart and respiratory diseases; preterm, low birthweight babies; stroke; osteoporosis; and diabetes.  Bleeding gums aren't normal and are early signs of gum disease, going to see your Periodontist for an evaluation shouldn't be ignored. Periodontal disease is the number one reason for tooth lose.  Losing your teeth is crippling and forces you to change your eating habits.  Nutrition is important as we get older and want to stay looking younger.  In addition, replacing your lost teeth with dental implants is vital to saving the bone in your jaw that was there to support your lost tooth or teeth.  Dental implants don't get periodontal disease or cavities and are meant to last your lifetime.  Periodontal disease is an unfortunate event but there probably comes a time where you have done all you can to save your teeth, but your still losing the battle.  It's probably more prudent to put your money into getting dental implants than continuing to fight periodontal disease that is now eroding away good bone from the years of constant infections around your teeth.

If you are one of the 30% of the population that is losing the battle with your teeth? Then, it may be time to start looking into dental implants as an replacement for your teeth.  Dental implants are permanent, and they can give you your quality of life back.  Eat the foods you enjoy, eliminate periodontal infections, reduce or eliminate the need for antibiotics, save the remaining bone you have, maintain your youthful look and bring back your confidence.  No more bleeding gums or bad breath from the infections periodontal disease causes.

Ask your local dentist about dental implants as an option to replacing your teeth? It may be time to give up the battle and win the war on healthy teeth with dental implants.

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What is Dental Insurance For?

        Dental insurance isn’t medical insurance. If you are lucky to have dental insurance, it’s more like having a coupon for general services like cleanings and fillings. Yes, there are dental insurance companies who cover dental implants, but they want to dictate the coverage and this isn’t the answer. Cost of dental implants over your lifetime is minimal, and many dentists offer financing and there are banks that offer those zero interest credit cards for a year.

        Now, dental implants don’t decay, don’t get periodontal disease and they aren’t temporary. They give you your quality of life back and dentures are not considered standard of care. Dentures and partials force you to change your diet and nutrition, because you have lost the ability to chew the foods you have enjoyed all your life. When you lose a tooth or teeth, the bone in your jaw is no longer needed to support a tooth, so it melts away over time and you start looking older than you really are. Replacing your teeth with dental implants helps maintain your bone in your jaw and keep you from looking older and not having that sunken-in look. If you are missing a tooth, “Why would you want to grind down your adjacent teeth on each side and create a three tooth problem with a three-unit bridge, when you only had a one tooth problem in the first place?”

         As for fees, the cost of implants varies depending on where you live. An All-on-4 procedure with 10 to 12 teeth and 4 implants, upper or lower fixed bridge completely restored cost on average 20K. Be carefull not to get fooled by mini dental implants, they aren’t meant to be permanent and will cost you more in the long haul.

        Dental implants give you your confidence back in social activities and your significant other will apprieciate your smile.

       Root Canals are generally a temporary solution and your tooth may be better off replaced with a dental implant and a crown. This is a decision between you and your General Dentist.

      Take the time to get a good comprehensive treatment plan and if you get a second and third opinion. Remember, anyone can lower a fee, but that doesn’t mean you are getting the same comprehensive treatment plan. An experienced Oral Surgeon or Periodontist is your best place to start after seeing your General Dentist.

Nobel Biocare on iTunes U

Nobel Biocare Educational Video's


Nobel Biocare offers, as the only company in the dental field, a suite of free training and educational material to its customers, the dental community and students on its new site on iTunes U.

Training & Education is one of Nobel Biocare’s main strengths. One of the key trends in education on which Nobel Biocare wants to continue to build its reputation is the rapid development of e-learning. Located in the "Beyond Campus" section of iTunes U, Nobel Biocare’s online Training & Education program provides easy, state-of-the-art on-demand e-learning. Users can search and download training and education material directly from the site, and then use it on their Mac or PC, or sync with iPod or iPhone to learn anywhere, anytime.

 
Once you have installed iTunes you can access Nobel Biocare’s page from the link www.nobelbiocare.com/itunes via any web browser.

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My Dental Hub

My Dental Hub is an innovative dental patient education software program that allows you to create customized patient education of the highest quality that you print in your own office.

With stunning graphics, industry leading animations and easy to understand text, My Dental Hub Practice Growth software is a powerful marketing tool designed to educate your patients and increase treatment acceptance. This dental software package provides high quality graphics, 3D animations and clinical images that can be used for both on-screen presentations and professionally designed, printed take-home information for your patients.

Available in both an online and offline version (Click&Print), choose the version that best suites your practice.

My Dental Hub on YouTube