San Antonio Cosmetic Dentist Attends Innovative Dental Implant Course

San Antonio cosmetic dentist, Dr. Craig Carlson, attended an intensive three-day conference in Las Vegas in January. Incredible new technology was introduced to simplify and improve the use of dental implants. The course was given at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and was presided over by Dr. Leo J. Malin.

(PRWEB) February 14, 2005 -- The course stressed the use of the volumetric CT Scan instrument for precise 3D location of all anatomical landmarks and allows the placement of implant fixtures with a simple punch technique instead of the more aggressive flap surgery that is now routinely preformed. A number of implants were done on live patients using this method.

A second technology, new to the US market, was introduced at the conference. The ANKYLOS implant system from Densply International is the first fixture to provide for bone coverage of all of the threads of the fixture. According to Dr. Carlson, this features leads to cosmetic restorative results that are unheard of with conventional implants systems. The system has 16 years of global clinical data and features what Densply claims is a bacteria-proof implant/abutment conical connection.

Dr. Malin practices implant dentistry in LaCrosse, WI where he has developed an implant placement technique that has led to 5 patents pending along with exceptional implant results. He lectures throughout North America on full mouth reconstructions and implant placement

Dentists from all across the nation attended the conference and received information that is likely to change the way dental implants are placed. That innovation will, in turn, lead to an advance in cosmetic dentistry for those patients with missing teeth.

For additional information contact:

Dr. Craig Carlson

400 North Loop 1604 E.

San Antonio, TX 78232

210-499-4949

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