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Socket Preservation: Synthetic HA

Fellow dental health professional,

Foresight is an overlooked aspect of our industry. As trusted stay-positive-work-hard-make-it-happen-picture-id838103120providers, our clients depend on us to map out their best course of action—solving the problem now while providing solutions for the future. At curasan, we strive to deliver cutting-edge equipment and insights to help you embrace the kind of foresight patients seek.

A perfect example of prudence is socket preservation after extraction. Some oral surgeons approve; others aren’t convinced. Whether you doubt a patient can afford a future implant or you’re not their regular practitioner, the advantages of preservation cannot be denied:

Helps prevent dry socket

Preserves the alveolar ridge

Minimizes residual ridge resorption

Makes future implants more successful

Looks out for patients’ best interest

These benefits have not gone unnoticed. The American Association of Dental Consultants (AADC) has adopted an official position on socket preservation, noting studies show up to 40% of alveolar height and 60% of alveolar width is lost within the first 6 months of an extraction. They also found significant research exists to officially “recognize the value of socket preservation by bone graft for esthetic and dimensional maintenance of the alveolar ridge.”1

Further, most dental health professionals can agree with Director of Graduate Periodontics and Implant Surgery at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Tassos Irinakis, who wisely points out:

“The success of osseointegrated dental implants depends on whether there is a sufficient volume of healthy bone at the recipient site at the time of implant placement. The placement of an implant at a site with a thin crestal ridge (e.g., postextraction ridge) could result in a significant buccal dehiscence. Thus, it seems prudent to prevent alveolar ridge destruction and make efforts to preserve it during extraction procedures.”2

For dentists and oral surgeons who wish to provide their patients with the type of prudence that industry leaders deliver after an extraction, curasan offers Osbone®. Osbone is a safe and proven synthetic biomaterial with an impressive record of nearly 100% implant site suitability and zero implant loss.3 These clinical results sustain the type of foresight that can build reputations—and practices.

1 Zucker, J., et al: AADC Position Statement: Socket Preservation by Bone Grafting. https://www.aadc.org/articles/articlespositionstatements/aadc-position-statement-socket-preservation-by-bone-grafting_119951.aspx

2 Irinakis, T. Rationale for Socket Preservation after Extraction of a Single-Rooted Tooth when Planning for Future Implant Placement. December 2006/January 2007, Vol. 72, No. http://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-72/issue-10/917.pdf?_ga=2.187994024.1406769646.1531287869-2052737577.1529618017

3 Holweg, Lerner, and Pehrsson. Application of a synthetic hydroxyapatite in dental surgery. EDI Journal 3/2012: 64-73.

Fellow dental health professional, Foresight is an overlooked aspect of our industry. As trusted providers, our clients depend on us to map out their best course of action—solving the problem now while providing solutions for the future. At curasan, we strive to deliver cutting-edge equipment and insights to help you embrace the kind of foresight patients seek.A perfect example of prudence is socket preservation after extraction. Some oral surgeons approve; others aren’t convinced. Whether you doubt a patient can afford a future implant or you’re not their regular practitioner, the advantages of preservation cannot be denied: Helps prevent dry socketPreserves the alveolar ridgeMinimizes residual ridge resorptionMakes future implants more successfulLooks out for patients’ best interestThese benefits have not gone unnoticed. The American Association of Dental Consultants (AADC) has adopted an official position on socket preservation, noting studies show up to 40% of alveolar height and 60% of alveolar width is lost within the first 6 months of an extraction. They also found significant research exists to officially “recognize the value of socket preservation by bone graft for esthetic and dimensional maintenance of the alveolar ridge.”1Further, most dental health professionals can agree with Director of Graduate Periodontics and Implant Surgery at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Tassos Irinakis, who wisely points out: “The success of osseointegrated dental implants depends on whether there is a sufficient volume of healthy bone at the recipient site at the time of implant placement. The placement of an implant at a site with a thin crestal ridge (e.g., post extraction ridge) could result in a significant buccal dehiscence. Thus, it seems prudent to prevent alveolar ridge destruction and make efforts to preserve it during extraction procedures.”2For dentists and oral surgeons who wish to provide their patients with the type of prudence that industry leaders deliver after an extraction, curasan offers Osbone®. Osbone is a safe and proven synthetic hydroxyapatite with an impressive record of nearly 100% implant site suitability and zero implant loss.3 These clinical results sustain the type of foresight that can build reputations—and practices.1 Zucker, J., et al: AADC Position Statement: Socket Preservation by Bone Grafting. https://www.aadc.org/articles/articlespositionstatements/aadc-position-statement-socket-preservation-by-bone-grafting_119951.aspx 2 Irinakis, T. Rationale for Socket Preservation after Extraction of a Single-Rooted Tooth when Planning for Future Implant Placement. December 2006/January 2007, Vol. 72, No. http://www.cda-adc.ca/jcda/vol-72/issue-10/917.pdf?_ga=2.187994024.1406769646.1531287869-2052737577.15296180173 Holweg, Lerner, and Pehrsson. Application of a synthetic hydroxyapatite in dental surgery. EDI Journal 3/2012: 64-73.

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