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    etienne
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    Hi Guys
    About a year ago this guy walked into my surgery complaining about pain/swelling associated with tooth #8. before.jpg

    The patient was adament about not wanting a bridge or partial. I hate promising them implants in this kind of case! I took the tooth out, used the Nd:YAG in the extraction socket to disinfect the area and then used the laser to create a clot.

    No graft was done in this case. After healing I placed an implant and followed it up after a year.

    1 year post-op.jpg

    As no flaps were raised during any of the procedures I don’t positively know whether the buccal bone has healed. At this point I don’t really care either. Everything seems stable at this point…
    Any feedback?
    Take care
    Etienne

    #5575 Reply

    Robert Gregg DDS
    Spectator

    Etienne,

    With you obvious skills, the Nd:YAG just makes you all that better.

    From experience, I’m sure you have new buccal bone. We know from the perio literature and other evidence (Yukna et all) that Nd:YAG is indeed osteoproductive.

    Can you feel any bone on the buccal plate?

    Bob

    #5573 Reply

    etienne
    Spectator

    Hi Bob
    Thanks for the compliment!
    It feels like the buccal bone is intact and it also looks like it judging by the gingiva.
    Osteoproductive is a new term for me. Would that be the same as “osteoinductive”?

    I would definitely not want to be without a FRP Nd:YAG!! After everything is said and done I think it is also the laser with the highest ROI (financially…as well as clinically)
    Take care
    Etienne

    (Edited by etienne at 1:27 am on Aug. 14, 2006)

    #5576 Reply

    Robert Gregg DDS
    Spectator

    That great Etienne!

    If it looks like bone, feels like bone and tissues behave ass if there is bone, it is my 16 years of experience that it’s BONE baby!!

    Take care,

    Bob

    #5574 Reply

    etienne
    Spectator

    hehehe 😉 …My thoughts exactly!

    So, is “osteoproductive” the same thing as “osteoinductive”?
    Take care
    Etienne

    #5577 Reply

    Robert Gregg DDS
    Spectator
    QUOTE
    Quote: from etienne on 1:29 pm on Aug. 15, 2006
    hehehe 😉 …My thoughts exactly!

    So, is “osteoproductive” the same thing as “osteoinductive”?
    Take care
    Etienne

    Yes, they are the same, as in osteogenic.

    Bob

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