Dr. Ronald P. Petrosky of Tuckerton Dental, an Ocean County, New Jersey Dentist, Receives Mastership and Fellowship Awards in the International Academy of Mini Dental Implants

    ORLANDO, FL, July 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Ronald P. Petrosky, DDS, MAGD of Tuckerton, New Jersey on September 8, 2008 received the mastership and fellowship awards in the International Academy of Mini Dental Implants, in recognition of over a thousand implants he has placed and the implant cases he presented at an annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The International Academy of Mini Dental Implants, with Dr. Todd Shatkin as president and founder, is the world's first and only international academy designed around the foundation of Mini Dental Implants and is dedicated to the advancing excellence in the sciences and art of implant surgery and prosthetic around the world.

Mini Dental Implants are titanium screws that replace the root of a tooth. The ball-shaped head and collar design can be used for both permanently cemented crowns or bridges, as well as securing full dentures. When used for fixed or cemented applications, the prosthesis is cemented by Dr. Petrosky directly to the head of the implant. If the implant is to be used for a removable denture, then a housing with a rubber gasket is attached precisely to the acrylic denture and functions like a button that snaps on and off the implant. The dentures sits snugly against the gums and is retained securely allowing better chewing function and increased confidence.

Mini Dental Implants are placed by Dr. Petrosky quickly and easily using a microsurgical technique. Your dentist will use a small amount of local anesthetic and make a pin-sized puncture in the gum and jaw. The Mini Implant is then threaded gently and carefully into the jaw. The heads of the implants protrude from the gum tissue and provide an attachment for securing dentures, or cementing crowns or bridges. It is a one step procedure involving minimally invasive surgery.

Dental Implant therapy has been one of the most significant advances in dentistry in the past 25 years. Tens of thousands of grateful patients testify to the benefits of replacing lost teeth and restoring confidence in their smile. Several different types of implants and restorations are available. The problem is, many of them are expensive and require a long recovery. Your options depend upon the amount of bone available, the patient's general health, and restoration preference. Mini Dental Implants are minimally invasive and, in most cases, require only local anesthesia. With Mini Dental Implants, less bone is necessary, which is a great benefit for patients who have previously been told they would need bone grafts to receive any dental implants. Another benefit is for patients who are medically compromised and have been told they cannot get implants.

The computer and medical worlds are both striving to develop smaller and smaller components. In similar fashion, The Mini Dental Implant represents a smaller version of the dental implant. Smaller means less invasive, which makes the procedure and recovery easier on you. The microsurgical approach allows the Mini Dental Implant Solutions for more patients and represents a new option for many previously denied treatment with older conventional-style implants.

Typically, Mini Dental Implants are more affordable-usually half the price of conventional implant treatment. This affordability enables people to expand their treatment options, allowing some to realize their dream of fixed bridgework instead of removable dentures. Because Mini dental Implants require less bone, this option eliminates the need for expensive, time-consuming bone graft procedures by Dr. Petrosky.

The titanium alloy was developed about twenty years ago and was recognized as being a useful material for a variety of medical and dental implanted devices. Dr. Sendax and the Imtec Corporation, now a 3M Company, developed the Mini Dental Implant System and the important placement protocol. In an article in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) the world renowned dental educator and prosthodontist Dr. Gordon J. Christensen DDS, MSD, PHD stated:

"In my opinion, I find more indications for narrow-diameter implants (1.8mm) than for standard-diameter implants (3.75mm)."

Thousands of patients have them to thank for their new found confidence and ability to chew and eat any foods they want.

A great deal of time, research and study has gone into the development of Mini Dental Implants. It is safe, biocompatible, FDA approved and provides an improved method of tooth replacements. Mini Dental Implants are FDA approved ( K031106) for "The MDI and MDI PLUS are self-tapping titanium threaded crews indicated for long-term intra-bony applications. Additionally, the MDI may also be used for inter-radicular transitional applications. These devices will permit immediate splinting stability and long-term fixation of new or existing crown and bridge installations, for full or partial endentulism, and employing minimally invasive surgical intervention." After 40 years of study, the technique is now used by Dr. Petrosky and thousands of dentists in many different countries and is recommended by some of the top implant dentists in the world.

Dr. Petrosky has also received numerous other Implantology awards such as:
- Diplomate & Fellow International Congress of Oral Implantologists
- Diplomate, American Society of Osseointegration
- Master & Fellow Academy of General Dentistry
- Master & Fellow American Academy of Implant Prosthodontics
- Master & Fellow American Endodontic Society
- Master & Fellow International Academy of Mini Dental Implants
- Master & Fellow Academy for Implants and Transplants
- Fellow Misch Implant Institute
- Associate Fellow American Academy Implant Dentistry

Dr. Petrosky maintains a private practice in the south New Jersey town of Tuckerton, 210 Great Bay Blvd, 08087. If you are missing one or more teeth the mini dental implants option and alternative may be for you. He can be reached at 609-296-1007 and has an informative web-site at www.drpetrosky.com featuring mini dental implants and many other 21st century advanced dental technology.

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