The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery was charted in 1840 by the General Assembly of Maryland, formalizing education for students interested in the practice of dentistry. Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. General Dentistry encompasses the basics of dental procedures, from basic hygiene checkups, to drilling and fillings, and routine cleanings. It has become increasingly common for controlled diabetic patients to be considered as candidates for dental implants. This study reports on the results of placing implants in 34 patients with diabetes who were treated with 227 Bränemark implants. At the time of second-stage surgery, 214 of the implants had Osseo integrated a survival rate of 94.3 percent? Only one failure was identified among the 177 implants followed through final restoration, a clinical survival rate of 99.9 percent. Screening for diabetes and trying to ensure that implant candidates are in … Read the rest
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