Basic Guided implant Surgery: Astra Tech System EV

Guided implant surgery has improved the accuracy and efficiency of dental implant surgery. A prosthetically-based plan, combined with fully-guided placement facilitates optimal implant positioning and restoration. This video shows how the Astra Tech Implant System EV Guided Surgery kit uses these principles to deliver optimal results for our patients. Run time- 19:03

Implant kit cleaning tricks

This video is not coupled with continuing education credits.  It is important to properly clean, dry and sterilize and implant surgical kit. Improper technique can lead to oxidizing and dulling of the drills. Since a guided surgery kit generally costs about $5000-6000, not knowing the proper protocol can be expensive.

Covering a Mayo stand with the sterile drape

This video is not coupled with continuing education credits. In surgery, instruments are commonly placed on a Mayo stand which goes over the patient’s abdomen. When used in a sterile field for dental implants, that stand needs to be covered with a sterile drape. This video shows how a Mayo stand drape is placed over…

Removing a surgical gown and gloves

This video is not coupled with continuing education credits.  Just as it is important to know the proper technique to don a sterile gown and gloves, it is also essential to know how to remove these soiled covers to prevent contaminating yourself. This video shows you how.

Opening the split-sheet and draping the patient

This video is not coupled with continuing education credits.  A component of our Essentials of Implantology sterile supply pack is a sterile split sheet drape which is used to cover the patient and create a sterile surgical field. This video shows how to remove the drape from the pack and place it over the patient…

Preserving Keratinized Gingiva After Multiple Extractions

It is not uncommon to need to remove multiple adjacent teeth in a patient. Traditional surgical technique emphasizes trimming of the marginal gingiva, including the interdental papillae in order to facilitate primary closure of tissue over the surgical site. This technique has been around long before tooth replacement with dental implants was the standard of…

Leveraging Digital Technology to Improve Patient Care

Digital technology has changed the way we practice dentistry… for the better. The integration of CAD/CAM and CBCT has improved our diagnostic ability to treatment plan toward a more predictable and successful clinical outcome. In this case presentation, Dr. Reznick discusses a patient who was referred after a motor vehicle accident and suffered an avulsed…

Removing a Maxillary Mesiodens

A supernumary tooth in the midline of the maxilla is referred to as a mesiodens. These are fairly common, and easily removed with proper planning and surgical technique. This video shows how this is accomplished in an 11 year old patient. Run Time- 6:58

Exposed Bone in the Mandible

This video describes the evaluation and management of an area of mucosal breakdown with bone exposure of the mandible after dental extractions. The surgical treatment included use of a regenerative product derived from amniotic membrane that was used to enhance healing and repair the tissue and bone deficiency. Duration- 13:50