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I heard another of my favorite Peter Gabriel tunes the other night: In Your Eyes. It was covered by the artist Jeffrey Gaines, and I think he does an incredible rendition of the song. I was going to post it this morning but as much as I liked the song, I didn’t think the video was that great.
So, I decided to go with Peter Gabriel this morning and while perusing Youtube, I found this amazing collaboration with him and Papa Wemba.
The song has always held a special place in my heart and even more so now. I wanted to share it with all of you. It is world beat at it’s best, and wonderful way to start the weekend – I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
Aka BABE: Your Bad Ass Bitch Editor
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MEN, WOMEN & THEIR COFFEE: CAFFEINE HITS MEN HARDER
Men can get away with spending less at the coffee bar than women it seems, thanks to new research from the University of Barcelona in Spain that found that caffeinated coffee delivers a harder kick to men than women, providing more alertness in lesser doses.
PERK YOURSELF UP
In the study, 688 healthy university students (238 male and 450 female, mean age 22) drank either a cup of espresso containing 100 mg of caffeine or a cup of decaf espresso with just 5 mg. The study was double-blind, meaning that they did not know whether their espresso was caffeinated or not. Students were asked to self-rate their alertness levels before and at 10, 20 and 30 minutes later. To account for differences in alertness in morning and afternoon, researchers varied testing sessions between 11 am and 1 pm and 4 pm and 6 pm.
Researchers found that…
• Regardless of gender, the caffeinated coffee (100 mg caffeine) had an almost instant impact on participants’ perceived levels of alertness. Apparent at 10 minutes, the effects increased at the 20- and 30-minute intervals, and were stronger in men than women.
• Ten minutes after drinking decaf (5 mg caffeine) coffee, both women and men reported the increases in alertness — though interestingly, in this case, women reported a stronger impact than men. The effect was not sustained in either men or women at the 20- and 30-minute intervals.
Results of the study were published in the October 1, 2008, issue of the journal Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE?
Curious about these differences, I asked Daily Health News contributing editor Andrew L. Rubman, ND, about the study. In his opinion, there are likely numerous factors at play, all of which warrant further examination before conclusions can be drawn. For example, he noted that gender differences may be related to levels of enzymes, which vary among men and women, and also that decaffeinated coffee has a variety of compounds that may affect women in a different way than men.
I don’t particularly care for coffee, personally, but it’s clear that study after study is demonstrating health benefits to moderate coffee consumption. Up to a few cups a day of black coffee, depending on your metabolism, may offer protection against liver disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s and other ailments. As with haircuts, men are lucky enough to be able to get away with spending less to achieve the same benefit.
Source(s): ??Andrew L. Rubman, ND, director, Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines, Southbury, Connecticut. http://www.naturopath.org.
I know that you are not on earth. Those of us who promised to follow your advice are 100% together. We are on the streets and we will continue the fight.
As you predicted they are using tear gas. Thank you for the measures you gave us to protect our eyes and lungs.
We await the additional assistance you promised if we perform as you suggested. Thank you for getting those clerics you promised to stand up for the cause.
We understand what your position will be if they do not continue to expand their views on women’s rights. But we hope that you will be patient.
While the republicans were arguing that the appointment to the bench should be picked by their qualifications rather than their gender, did anyone bring out the obvious that ALL the members of the republican panel who were grilling Sotomayor were old WHITE MEN.
The other slur was the implication by those old white men that only their ranks could produce qualified personnel.
In the entire history of the Supreme Court Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic on the Court and only the third woman.
Truly the majority of american white women are the stupidest human beings on the planet. They essentially left it to OTW women to support women en masse for political representation.
Wake up white women remove your heads from between the legs and butt cheeks of your men and think for yourself.
Viv, very interesting info…took a read or two or three to get my head around but now I want to take flight. And a visit from you is cool (or hot) with me : ) depends on how you use your words to express a sentiment there. How’s Sun for you? Luv, Zen Lill
My wife and son called me to make sure I watched MSNBC. They wanted me to hear Todd Tiahrt, republican from Kansas suggest that if abortion was free when Obama and Clarence Thomas’s mothers were pregnant they would have chosen to have an abortion.
I couldn’t believe even a white republican bigot would have the nerve to say that on the floor of Congress. When I heard it on my IPod, I called my cousin and uncle in Kansas to discuss it with them.
They said that Tiahrt probably did it because he was running for the Senate. Then they added that his speech guaranteed their vote. I forced myself to smile while I said a few pleasantries and then I hung up.
Tonight, I will tell my son and 2 daughters that although I can not join the democratic party, I will leave the republican party. I am as of today an Independent.
Al Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Viv,
Not being an astrophysicist, I think I’ve gone as far as I can with this series of questions. I have drawn a few diagrams with your description of the approach management technique but was unable to come to any conclusions other than a 90 to 93% reduction in distance is a significant shortcut. Thanks again for your indulgence, it was very interesting conversing with you.
Your technology is truly amazing as is your intellect
I have decided to change parties too. It seems that I find some other reason to be embarrassed by what a member of my has done. I found this on the web.
———————————
et another local official has gotten in hot water for sending around racist emails about the president. This time it’s Gary Frago of Atwater, California.
In the past several months Atwater City Councilman Gary Frago has sent at least a half-dozen e-mails to city staff and other prominent community members containing racist jokes aimed at President Barack Obama, his wife and black people in general.
In all, the Sun-Star obtained seven e-mails that Frago sent from October 2008 to February 2009 from an anonymous source.
Some compared Obama to O.J. Simpson while others suggested that “nigger rigs” should now be called “presidential solutions.”
“I don’t see where there’s a story, I’m not the only one that does it,” Fargo said in his defense, after the Merced Sun Star published the offensive emails. “I didn’t originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on.”
Previous disastrous interactions between racially-insensitive public officials and modern technology include the “historical keepsake photo” sent around by a Tennessee state government staffer, the picture of watermelons on the White House lawn distributed by a California mayor, and the Michelle Obama gorilla joke posted on Facebook by a GOP activist and ex-official.
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Charles
Mark, my brother sent me this.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A prominent South Carolina Republican killed his Facebook page Sunday after being caught likening the First Lady to an escaped gorilla.
Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, S.C., Friday, longtime GOP activist Rusty DePass wrote, “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors – probably harmless.”
Busted by South Carolina political blogger Will Folks on his FITNEWS blog, DePass told WIS-TV in Columbia, “I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest.”
Then he added, “The comment was hers, not mine,” claiming Michelle Obama made a recent remark about humans descending from apes. The Daily News could find no such comment.
“‘Humor’ like this is nothing new for South Carolina Republicans – even as the party claims to be focusing on ‘outreach’ efforts to minorities,” said Folks, a former gubernatorial spokesman and widely read blogger. “The fact that Palmetto [State] Republicans don’t get that this is a serious problem for them baffles us.”
Columbia’s mayor called on DePass to apologize properly. “The comment is reprehensible. There’s nothing funny about it,” said Democratic Mayor Bob Coble. “What he needs to do is simply apologize in a straightforward manner.”
DePass, former chairman of the Richland County GOP, was an early backer of George W. Bush and co-chairman of Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 campaign in Richland County, the state’s largest.
“Most of us, of course, particularly in South Carolina, never gave a damn about New Yorkers, but somehow the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made those people Americans again,” he wrote in a 2007 Op-Ed endorsing Giuliani.
Eric Davis, the current chairman of the Richland County Republicans, said his predecessor should get a pass. “Everyone says stupid things they regret later. I think the world should move on,” he said. hkennedy@nydailynews.com
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He thinks the “nigs”(his expression) are making too much about these jokes.
I am ashamed that he is my brother. We went the first 18 years of our lives without having a single contact with black people. I don’t understand how he became such a racist.
I have a close friend who keeps on sending me what I think are racist (Obama) jokes. I have asked him to stop. I don’t forward any political or racist joke to other friends. I have friends in both political parties & don’t wish to offend anybody (even though some of the politcal jokes are funny).
I think my friend is a bit racist (by the jokes he sends) BUT doesn’t say anything racist when we’re hanging out. He’s a good guy.
David L. Cochran, DDS, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School
For years, dental bridges and dentures were the only options for people who had lost teeth as a result of gum disease or an injury.
Now: Recent technological advances have made the dental implant — an artificial tooth root that is surgically implanted into the jawbone and covered with a natural-looking, artificial tooth — better and more popular than ever.
Over the past several years, the number of Americans receiving dental implants has increased by about 20% each year, with an estimated 1 million implants now being placed annually. In 95% to 97% of cases, the artificial tooth stays in the jaw without pain or infection.
Unlike bridges, which rely on neighboring teeth for support, dental implants leave more of your own teeth unaffected and reduce the risk for gum disease because they make it easier to remove plaque. For denture wearers, dental implants offer a more secure and comfortable fit.
For people missing one or two teeth, individual implants can be anchored into the jawbone and the artificial tooth or teeth attached. For people missing many or all of their teeth, two or more implants can be placed into the upper and lower jawbones, and dentures can be clipped or screwed onto them. Dentures that clip on are removable — just like regular dentures — but more stable and comfortable because they are secured by the implants.
WHAT ARE DENTAL IMPLANTS?
Dental implants consist of three parts — a metal screw (the implant, also known as a post or cylinder) that is surgically anchored into the jawbone and acts as an artificial tooth root… a titanium extension (abutment) that fits on the implant… and an artificial tooth (also known as a crown or restoration) that attaches to the abutment. Crowns are made of ceramic (porcelain) to approximate the color and texture of your natural teeth.
A FOUR-STEP PROCESS
To get an implant…
Step 1: Schedule an evaluation. You’ll need X-rays and possibly a computed tomography (CT) scan so the periodontist (a dentist who specializes in gum disease) or oral surgeon can calculate the depth of bone, note the location of nerves and vital structures (such as the sinuses) and plan the placement of the implant.*
*The American Academy of Periodontology (312-787-5518, http://www.perio.org) and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (800-822-6637, http://www.aaoms.org) can help identify implant specialists in most parts of the country.
Step 2: Place the implant. An implant is placed slightly less than one-half inch, on average, into the jawbone. This is delicate surgery that requires cutting and peeling back the gums, drilling into the jaw, placing the device at the correct angle and depth, and sewing the gums closed around the implant.
A local anesthetic is often sufficient for pain control, and placing a single screw can take as little as 30 minutes. The entire procedure for one implant usually takes one to three hours. Most people can return to work or their regular activities the same day.
There will be gum soreness the first day, and you should not chew hard food on the side of your mouth with the new implant for a few weeks. Pain usually can be managed with ibuprofen (Advil) or another over-the-counter pain reliever. Stitches are usually removed in seven to 10 days. For multiple implants, general anesthesia or conscious sedation, which typically involves the use of the opiate midazolam (Versed), may be preferred.
Step 3: Attach the abutment. After the bone heals around the implant (about six to 12 weeks), the dental surgeon will open the gums again and put the abutment onto the implant. This is minor surgery that can be completed in just a few minutes under local anesthesia.
Step 4: Attach the crown. A general dentist or specialist in prosthetic dentistry (a prosthodontist) attaches the crown with an adhesive or screws it onto the implant.** A week to two weeks before this step, the dental professional makes impressions of the implant and abutment and sends them to a dental lab, which makes the crown. He/she also uses a shade guide to select a color that matches your adjacent teeth.
**To find a qualified prosthodontist in your area, consult the American College of Prosthodontists (www.prosthodontics.org).
TOTAL COST
The typical total cost of a dental implant is $3,000 to $4,000. That’s $1,500 to $2,500, on average, for implanting a single screw and another $1,500 to create and place the crown. Check with your insurer to see whether it covers dental implants and/or crowns. Some insurance policies have a maximum payout of $1,000 per year for dental care.
To maximize your coverage: Start the procedure late in the year and finish it the following year, if possible.
GETTING THE BEST RESULTS
To increase your chances of receiving a successful dental implant…
If you smoke, stop. Smokers heal more slowly, have an increased risk for infection and are more likely to have an implant come loose.
Control blood sugar. People with diabetes who maintain good blood sugar control typically do well with implants. Uncontrolled diabetes may disqualify you for surgery
because the implant site may not heal properly. For the same reason, people who have had radiation treatments of the jaw may not be able to have the surgery.
Discuss your medical history. Make sure that your dentist knows about all the medications, supplements and herbs you take, as well as any chronic or acute health conditions you have.
Floss. Your replacement teeth are not vulnerable to tooth decay (cavities), but you still need to brush and floss them to keep gum-damaging plaque from accumulating around the implant. You’ll also need to visit the dentist two to four times per year for routine cleanings and exams.
Even if you and the dental specialists do everything right, there is a 3% to 5% chance that your implant will fail for reasons that no one understands. Example: The jawbone may not heal around the implant…or the screw may come loose. If an implant fails, you can have it removed, let your gums heal and try again when your dentist thinks it is prudent.
Health interviewed David L. Cochran, DDS, PhD, professor and chair of the department of periodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. He is a board-certified periodontist and vice president of the American Academy of Periodontology. Dr. Cochran has published more than 140 scientific journal articles on dental health.
My friends keep calling asking when you are going to do the new blog. What’s up? This is getting to embarrassing.
Tel Doug to get up off it long enough for you to finish you blog. Sure you are a fine thing and a man has needs. But so does your followers.
We want our fix so that we can get on with our day. My Iphone wasn’t bought to so we could continually be checking on whether you had written you blog yet.
You are costing a lot of people battery power. You claim that you are into energy preservation. Well put up or shut up.
Get the blog out within a reasonable time on the weekends.
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July 17th, 2009 at 7:54 am
MEN, WOMEN & THEIR COFFEE: CAFFEINE HITS MEN HARDER
Men can get away with spending less at the coffee bar than women it seems, thanks to new research from the University of Barcelona in Spain that found that caffeinated coffee delivers a harder kick to men than women, providing more alertness in lesser doses.
PERK YOURSELF UP
In the study, 688 healthy university students (238 male and 450 female, mean age 22) drank either a cup of espresso containing 100 mg of caffeine or a cup of decaf espresso with just 5 mg. The study was double-blind, meaning that they did not know whether their espresso was caffeinated or not. Students were asked to self-rate their alertness levels before and at 10, 20 and 30 minutes later. To account for differences in alertness in morning and afternoon, researchers varied testing sessions between 11 am and 1 pm and 4 pm and 6 pm.
Researchers found that…
• Regardless of gender, the caffeinated coffee (100 mg caffeine) had an almost instant impact on participants’ perceived levels of alertness. Apparent at 10 minutes, the effects increased at the 20- and 30-minute intervals, and were stronger in men than women.
• Ten minutes after drinking decaf (5 mg caffeine) coffee, both women and men reported the increases in alertness — though interestingly, in this case, women reported a stronger impact than men. The effect was not sustained in either men or women at the 20- and 30-minute intervals.
Results of the study were published in the October 1, 2008, issue of the journal Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE?
Curious about these differences, I asked Daily Health News contributing editor Andrew L. Rubman, ND, about the study. In his opinion, there are likely numerous factors at play, all of which warrant further examination before conclusions can be drawn. For example, he noted that gender differences may be related to levels of enzymes, which vary among men and women, and also that decaffeinated coffee has a variety of compounds that may affect women in a different way than men.
I don’t particularly care for coffee, personally, but it’s clear that study after study is demonstrating health benefits to moderate coffee consumption. Up to a few cups a day of black coffee, depending on your metabolism, may offer protection against liver disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s and other ailments. As with haircuts, men are lucky enough to be able to get away with spending less to achieve the same benefit.
Source(s): ??Andrew L. Rubman, ND, director, Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines, Southbury, Connecticut. http://www.naturopath.org.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Madaline
I know that you are not on earth. Those of us who promised to follow your advice are 100% together. We are on the streets and we will continue the fight.
As you predicted they are using tear gas. Thank you for the measures you gave us to protect our eyes and lungs.
We await the additional assistance you promised if we perform as you suggested. Thank you for getting those clerics you promised to stand up for the cause.
We understand what your position will be if they do not continue to expand their views on women’s rights. But we hope that you will be patient.
Akhtar
July 17th, 2009 at 11:47 am
While the republicans were arguing that the appointment to the bench should be picked by their qualifications rather than their gender, did anyone bring out the obvious that ALL the members of the republican panel who were grilling Sotomayor were old WHITE MEN.
The other slur was the implication by those old white men that only their ranks could produce qualified personnel.
In the entire history of the Supreme Court Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic on the Court and only the third woman.
Truly the majority of american white women are the stupidest human beings on the planet. They essentially left it to OTW women to support women en masse for political representation.
Wake up white women remove your heads from between the legs and butt cheeks of your men and think for yourself.
Ruth
July 17th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Viv, very interesting info…took a read or two or three to get my head around but now I want to take flight. And a visit from you is cool (or hot) with me : ) depends on how you use your words to express a sentiment there. How’s Sun for you? Luv, Zen Lill
July 17th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
My wife and son called me to make sure I watched MSNBC. They wanted me to hear Todd Tiahrt, republican from Kansas suggest that if abortion was free when Obama and Clarence Thomas’s mothers were pregnant they would have chosen to have an abortion.
I couldn’t believe even a white republican bigot would have the nerve to say that on the floor of Congress. When I heard it on my IPod, I called my cousin and uncle in Kansas to discuss it with them.
They said that Tiahrt probably did it because he was running for the Senate. Then they added that his speech guaranteed their vote. I forced myself to smile while I said a few pleasantries and then I hung up.
Tonight, I will tell my son and 2 daughters that although I can not join the democratic party, I will leave the republican party. I am as of today an Independent.
Mark
July 17th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Al Says:
July 17th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Viv,
Not being an astrophysicist, I think I’ve gone as far as I can with this series of questions. I have drawn a few diagrams with your description of the approach management technique but was unable to come to any conclusions other than a 90 to 93% reduction in distance is a significant shortcut. Thanks again for your indulgence, it was very interesting conversing with you.
Your technology is truly amazing as is your intellect
Al
July 17th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Mark
I have decided to change parties too. It seems that I find some other reason to be embarrassed by what a member of my has done. I found this on the web.
———————————
et another local official has gotten in hot water for sending around racist emails about the president. This time it’s Gary Frago of Atwater, California.
In the past several months Atwater City Councilman Gary Frago has sent at least a half-dozen e-mails to city staff and other prominent community members containing racist jokes aimed at President Barack Obama, his wife and black people in general.
In all, the Sun-Star obtained seven e-mails that Frago sent from October 2008 to February 2009 from an anonymous source.
Some compared Obama to O.J. Simpson while others suggested that “nigger rigs” should now be called “presidential solutions.”
“I don’t see where there’s a story, I’m not the only one that does it,” Fargo said in his defense, after the Merced Sun Star published the offensive emails. “I didn’t originate them, they came to me and I just passed them on.”
Previous disastrous interactions between racially-insensitive public officials and modern technology include the “historical keepsake photo” sent around by a Tennessee state government staffer, the picture of watermelons on the White House lawn distributed by a California mayor, and the Michelle Obama gorilla joke posted on Facebook by a GOP activist and ex-official.
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Charles
July 17th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
WOW! Michelle, I taped your Sicko suggestion. It was very informative. We need to support Obama on Health care.
July 17th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Mark, my brother sent me this.
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A prominent South Carolina Republican killed his Facebook page Sunday after being caught likening the First Lady to an escaped gorilla.
Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, S.C., Friday, longtime GOP activist Rusty DePass wrote, “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors – probably harmless.”
Busted by South Carolina political blogger Will Folks on his FITNEWS blog, DePass told WIS-TV in Columbia, “I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest.”
Then he added, “The comment was hers, not mine,” claiming Michelle Obama made a recent remark about humans descending from apes. The Daily News could find no such comment.
“‘Humor’ like this is nothing new for South Carolina Republicans – even as the party claims to be focusing on ‘outreach’ efforts to minorities,” said Folks, a former gubernatorial spokesman and widely read blogger. “The fact that Palmetto [State] Republicans don’t get that this is a serious problem for them baffles us.”
Columbia’s mayor called on DePass to apologize properly. “The comment is reprehensible. There’s nothing funny about it,” said Democratic Mayor Bob Coble. “What he needs to do is simply apologize in a straightforward manner.”
DePass, former chairman of the Richland County GOP, was an early backer of George W. Bush and co-chairman of Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 campaign in Richland County, the state’s largest.
“Most of us, of course, particularly in South Carolina, never gave a damn about New Yorkers, but somehow the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, made those people Americans again,” he wrote in a 2007 Op-Ed endorsing Giuliani.
Eric Davis, the current chairman of the Richland County Republicans, said his predecessor should get a pass. “Everyone says stupid things they regret later. I think the world should move on,” he said.
hkennedy@nydailynews.com
4_pol_gorilla_is_related_to_first_lady.html#ixzz0LZtDT7Tm
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He thinks the “nigs”(his expression) are making too much about these jokes.
I am ashamed that he is my brother. We went the first 18 years of our lives without having a single contact with black people. I don’t understand how he became such a racist.
Gail
July 17th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I have a close friend who keeps on sending me what I think are racist (Obama) jokes. I have asked him to stop. I don’t forward any political or racist joke to other friends. I have friends in both political parties & don’t wish to offend anybody (even though some of the politcal jokes are funny).
I think my friend is a bit racist (by the jokes he sends) BUT doesn’t say anything racist when we’re hanging out. He’s a good guy.
Any suggestions?
July 18th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Dental Implants — Are They for You?
David L. Cochran, DDS, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School
For years, dental bridges and dentures were the only options for people who had lost teeth as a result of gum disease or an injury.
Now: Recent technological advances have made the dental implant — an artificial tooth root that is surgically implanted into the jawbone and covered with a natural-looking, artificial tooth — better and more popular than ever.
Over the past several years, the number of Americans receiving dental implants has increased by about 20% each year, with an estimated 1 million implants now being placed annually. In 95% to 97% of cases, the artificial tooth stays in the jaw without pain or infection.
Unlike bridges, which rely on neighboring teeth for support, dental implants leave more of your own teeth unaffected and reduce the risk for gum disease because they make it easier to remove plaque. For denture wearers, dental implants offer a more secure and comfortable fit.
For people missing one or two teeth, individual implants can be anchored into the jawbone and the artificial tooth or teeth attached. For people missing many or all of their teeth, two or more implants can be placed into the upper and lower jawbones, and dentures can be clipped or screwed onto them. Dentures that clip on are removable — just like regular dentures — but more stable and comfortable because they are secured by the implants.
WHAT ARE DENTAL IMPLANTS?
Dental implants consist of three parts — a metal screw (the implant, also known as a post or cylinder) that is surgically anchored into the jawbone and acts as an artificial tooth root… a titanium extension (abutment) that fits on the implant… and an artificial tooth (also known as a crown or restoration) that attaches to the abutment. Crowns are made of ceramic (porcelain) to approximate the color and texture of your natural teeth.
A FOUR-STEP PROCESS
To get an implant…
Step 1: Schedule an evaluation. You’ll need X-rays and possibly a computed tomography (CT) scan so the periodontist (a dentist who specializes in gum disease) or oral surgeon can calculate the depth of bone, note the location of nerves and vital structures (such as the sinuses) and plan the placement of the implant.*
*The American Academy of Periodontology (312-787-5518, http://www.perio.org) and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (800-822-6637, http://www.aaoms.org) can help identify implant specialists in most parts of the country.
Step 2: Place the implant. An implant is placed slightly less than one-half inch, on average, into the jawbone. This is delicate surgery that requires cutting and peeling back the gums, drilling into the jaw, placing the device at the correct angle and depth, and sewing the gums closed around the implant.
A local anesthetic is often sufficient for pain control, and placing a single screw can take as little as 30 minutes. The entire procedure for one implant usually takes one to three hours. Most people can return to work or their regular activities the same day.
There will be gum soreness the first day, and you should not chew hard food on the side of your mouth with the new implant for a few weeks. Pain usually can be managed with ibuprofen (Advil) or another over-the-counter pain reliever. Stitches are usually removed in seven to 10 days. For multiple implants, general anesthesia or conscious sedation, which typically involves the use of the opiate midazolam (Versed), may be preferred.
Step 3: Attach the abutment. After the bone heals around the implant (about six to 12 weeks), the dental surgeon will open the gums again and put the abutment onto the implant. This is minor surgery that can be completed in just a few minutes under local anesthesia.
Step 4: Attach the crown. A general dentist or specialist in prosthetic dentistry (a prosthodontist) attaches the crown with an adhesive or screws it onto the implant.** A week to two weeks before this step, the dental professional makes impressions of the implant and abutment and sends them to a dental lab, which makes the crown. He/she also uses a shade guide to select a color that matches your adjacent teeth.
**To find a qualified prosthodontist in your area, consult the American College of Prosthodontists (www.prosthodontics.org).
TOTAL COST
The typical total cost of a dental implant is $3,000 to $4,000. That’s $1,500 to $2,500, on average, for implanting a single screw and another $1,500 to create and place the crown. Check with your insurer to see whether it covers dental implants and/or crowns. Some insurance policies have a maximum payout of $1,000 per year for dental care.
To maximize your coverage: Start the procedure late in the year and finish it the following year, if possible.
GETTING THE BEST RESULTS
To increase your chances of receiving a successful dental implant…
If you smoke, stop. Smokers heal more slowly, have an increased risk for infection and are more likely to have an implant come loose.
Control blood sugar. People with diabetes who maintain good blood sugar control typically do well with implants. Uncontrolled diabetes may disqualify you for surgery
because the implant site may not heal properly. For the same reason, people who have had radiation treatments of the jaw may not be able to have the surgery.
Discuss your medical history. Make sure that your dentist knows about all the medications, supplements and herbs you take, as well as any chronic or acute health conditions you have.
Floss. Your replacement teeth are not vulnerable to tooth decay (cavities), but you still need to brush and floss them to keep gum-damaging plaque from accumulating around the implant. You’ll also need to visit the dentist two to four times per year for routine cleanings and exams.
Even if you and the dental specialists do everything right, there is a 3% to 5% chance that your implant will fail for reasons that no one understands. Example: The jawbone may not heal around the implant…or the screw may come loose. If an implant fails, you can have it removed, let your gums heal and try again when your dentist thinks it is prudent.
Health interviewed David L. Cochran, DDS, PhD, professor and chair of the department of periodontics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. He is a board-certified periodontist and vice president of the American Academy of Periodontology. Dr. Cochran has published more than 140 scientific journal articles on dental health.
July 18th, 2009 at 11:32 am
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