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Notes from Drs. Marx and Peleg’s (University of Miami) talk on Implants and bone grafting

Some of my students have asked me to post the notes form this talk…so here it is.  Hope this helps. Dr. M. Peleg: Always do soft tissue grafting in addition to bone augmentation When you lose bone, you lose soft-tissue & when you lose soft-tissue, you lose bone. As we age, we lose teeth, we […]

Stem cells for sinus lifts?

In the most recent CDA article (Jan 2015) they mentioned a study in Translational medicine (Nov 2014), there is mention of stem cells being used to regenerate new bone in patient’s jaw bone to place dental implants.  We have been using stem cells in my practice for the past 2 years to improve the quantity and […]