4 Topic Commentaries

Reframing Contemporary Prosthodontics Through an Orthopedic Paradigm

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  Jeffrey E. Rubenstein, DMD, MS

  Professor Emeritus, Restorative Dentistry (Division of Prosthodontics); former Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetic Service

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  University of Washington School of Dentistry

  Only a few centers worldwide offer this service,

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  Neal D. Futran, MD, DMD

  Professor; Director of Head & Neck Surgery

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  University of Washington

  The huge potential advantage is the patient will have [functioning teeth] immediately as opposed to going through a yearlong, multi-stage procedure,

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  Thomas Benton Dodson, DMD, MPH, FACS

  Chair, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

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  University of Washington School of Dentistry

  In the new method, an ideal prosthesis is [virtually] designed [and fabricated] and then the implant and graft placement designed to fit the best prosthetic result,

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  Paulo G. Coelho, DDS, PhD

  Dr. Leonard I. Linkow Professor of Biomaterials and Biomimetics

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  New York University College of Dentistry

  Because of magnesium’s systemic absorbability, this is not a problem. The key idea is to make an implant that can be either non-absorbable, as a permanent support, or absorbable, like sutures that go away after some time.

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