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for placement with temporary cement and was very interesting to go back in time and James R. Keenan DDS,
observed regularly over a six-month peri- to observe the early developments in the MAGD is a Clinical As-
od. If follow-up radiographs demonstrated field of oral implantology and to appreciate sistant Professor at New
satisfactory results, prefabricated copings the concepts and approaches that our prede- York University College
were placed, and the permanent restoration cessors presented to the profession. As with of Dentistry, Department
placed. Radiographs six months after place- any other manmade device, we cannot state of Oral Maxillofacial Pa-
ment of the insert and one year after place- that implants have been perfected, but we thology, Radiology and
ment of the restoration were taken. can state that they have been enhanced to Medicine. He is also the
be more user friendly, predictable, and suc-
Fifty-five years have passed since Dr. Trat- cessful in their applications. Academic Director: Special Patient Care
tner’s article and I believe it would be fair Rotation at the NYU Oral Health Center
to say that our generation of dentists is for- At the conclusion of his article, Dr, Trattner for People with Disabilities. He is in pri-
tunate to have the materials, instruments, commended the developments in the field of vate practice in Brooklyn, NY.
equipment, and technology over that span implantology by Drs. Chercheve, Linkow,
of time which enable us to perform a mul- Lee, and many others for their pioneering
titude of dental procedures daily across efforts. Although Dr. Trattner’s Heli-Coil
multiple disciplines. For those of who Implant system never established itself in
have been practicing for a sufficient time, everyday practice, we can certainly applaud
we have probably witnessed the transition his efforts in contributing to the develop-
from paper to electronic record keeping and ment of oral implantology.
prescription writing, film to digital radiog-
raphy along with 3D imaging, amalgam to References
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step bonding, manual to rotary endodontics, ous implant; a new concept in implant dentistry.
metal wire and bracket to clear aligner or- The Journal of Oral Implant and Transplant Sur-
thodontics, and multiple unit fixed bridges gery. 1966;12:47-54.
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cantly over time and continue to do so. It

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