Dental Implant

What are indications for implants?

• provide support for a denture

• Prevent bone loss and gum recession

• Diminish sensitivity

• 1 and 2

What are contraindications for implants?

• Treatment can take a long time

• Implant may loosen

• Treatment costs a lot

• All of the above

Dental implants can be scaled

• True

• False

What is the area called that is isolated for sterile procedures?

• Sterile Zone

• Circumoral Area

• Sterile Site

• Dental Dam

What must be considered when doing a maxillary implant?

• The location of the nose

• The location of the sinus

• The size of the pulp of the abutment

• All of the above

Which implant is used when there are severely resorbed ridges?

• Transosteal implant

• Submandibular

• Periodontal implant

• None of the above

Titanium implants can be coated with hydroxyapatite. What does hydroxyapatite do?

• helps bone grow

• it is a type of anesthetic

• stops bleeding

• makes the patient hungry

Why would a patient want to have routine office visits after having an implant?

• To keep peri-implant tissues clean

• To ensure the bone is reacting properly to the implant

• To make sure the implant gets scaled

• 1 and 2

Which implant is indicated for patients with insufficient alveolar ridge?

• Submandibular

• Alveoplasty

• Subperiosteal

• Sinus lift

Which implant is inserted through the inferior border of the mandible?

• Endosteal

• Maxillary

• Subperiosteal

• Transosteal