Talk:Dental implant
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This article is much better than Osseointegration, it might might be more helpful if the other one was replaced with a redirect to this one.
I changed the definition of dental implants from a "part of restorative dentistry" to "part of prosthetic dentistry" to be more consistent with its true intent. "Restorative dentistry" more properly deals with the structural re-building of a damaged tooth, whereas prosthetic dentistry most commonly involves replacement of missing teeth or other maxillofacial structures. See the definition of Dental restoration --
Mark Bornfeld DDS
dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY 16:55, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Success Rate
I removed the phrase "Dental implant treatment is regarded as having a very high success rate", since the next sentence quantifies the success rate. This renders the relative and judgemental phrase "very high" redundant.--Mark Bornfeld DDS 15:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] pictures needed
anyone whos got pictures, put em up --Aspensti I agree - this article definately needs some color diagrams. I have put up a link where there are some nice ones but I don't think we are allowed to copy them. I will email the site and see if they will allow it or not.
[edit] Deleted Submission Question
Bbowenjr 12:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)I am new to Wikipedia and would like to understand why a link I submitted (http://www.studysphere.com/Site/Sphere_13920.html) to the "External Links" section was deleted? This directory has over 3,000 human selected articles and dental implant resources in it. Thank you for any assistance.Bbowenjr 12:46, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm; dunno. There is a reluctance on WP to add external links - see WP:EL for guidance. However, this article is already pretty heavy with links and this does seem a useful one. I have therefore added it back. If someone wants to remove it again then they will be expected to discuss their reasoning here. BlueValour 03:19, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Here's a hint: studysphere.com links have been campaign-spammed to Wikipedia; see 29 November 2006 discussion at WT:WPSPAM. Bbowenjr added them to a wide range of articles from Dental implants to Military robots. There's been a misconception among some spamdexers that if they get a link deleted they can question the deletion on the talk page and still get the page rank benefit; this is wrong since all Wikipedia talk and user page links are automatically coded with the html tag rel="nofollow"; search engine bots don't follow these links. --A. B. 23:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
This community should limit how Dr. Robert Davidoff self-promotes himself on Wikipedia via his dental-implants.com website and his dds-online.com site. Will someone please edit out his external links.
[edit] Added The Dental Implant Blog
It's the official blog of the ICOI's Auxiliary component. It's non-sponsored. I've submitted it before and it was deleted - not sure why. Please contact me at user name TeresaDuncan or through my blog if you have any questions about it. Thank you.
Teresaduncan (talk) 04:49, 5 January 2008 (UTC)Teresa Duncan, M.S.
- I took a look at the website, and I found that the content was not focused on dental implants. Thus, the link was removed from the external links section. - Dozenist talk 13:12, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Strange content
Why is this sentence included:
“In Israel, single implants begin around 5000 NIS, comparable to Turkey and Egypt where they begin around 700-800$,while in Iraq single implants begin around 250-350$.”
I can’t imagine that many implant procedures are performed in Iraq right now. . . Is this subtle vandalism? --S.dedalus (talk) 05:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)