Nobel Smile ?

Can Nobel Biocare finally smile again?  Last week Sweden's Medical Products Agency (MPA) gave Nobel the green light to continue selling its NobelDirect and NobelPerfect implants.  The condition is simply that Nobel Biocare must rewrite instructions for the NobelDirect and NobelPerfect dental implants to inform customers and dentists of a possible bone loss problem and how to prevent it, the Swedish Medical Products Agency said. The company must explain by Jan. 8, 2007 how it plans to rewrite the instructions and cannot market the product until the new information is available.

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December 12, 2006 in Dental Implant News, Nobel Biocare | Permalink

ZiUnite ?

Steven, a dentist, asks:

Have any of you heard of ZiUnite dental implants that Nobel Biocare is producing?

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December 3, 2006 in Nobel Biocare | Permalink

All On 4 Technique

Peter, a dentist from the Netharlands, asks:

I trying to form my opinion on the 'All On Four'  concept by Nobel Biocare. However, it is very difficult to find good data on the subject.

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October 30, 2006 in Nobel Biocare, Techniques and Procedures | Permalink | Comments (21)

HA Coated Dental Implants

Dr. Nimchuk asks:

HA coatings on dental implants have been shown to accelerate surface bone apposition, thereby shortening the waiting period for dental implant restoration.

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August 22, 2006 in Nobel Biocare, Surface Treatments | Permalink | Comments (3)

NobelDirect On Hold?

Any thoughts on Nobel´s recently announced decision to put promotional material for NobelDirect on hold for 60 days?

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August 15, 2006 in Dental Implant News, Nobel Biocare | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nobel Responds to Dental Implant Critics

Do you think there will be any major repercussions from the recent Nobel Direct dental implant saga, which heated up this past week?

As you may already know, two professors, Tomas Albrektsson and Lars Sennerby, had issued allegations concerning Nobel Biocare's dental implant NobelDirect back in May 2005. This seemed somewhat innocuous. However, last Tuesday,  Par-Olov Ostman, a Swedish dentist, said his clinic would withdraw from Nobel study, which the company is conducting to monitor the Nobel Direct dental implant.

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January 10, 2006 in Dental Implant News, Nobel Biocare | Permalink | Comments (117)