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March, 2012 Volume 5, Issue 1

The Tatum Times

Product Mini-Catalogue 2

Case Documentation 2

Tatum Institute 3

Upcoming Events 4

Users of the Month 4

Tatum Website Information 4

Inside this issue:

Occlusion: Friend or Enemy? We have all heard the expression...keep your friends close and your enemies closer. This year, The Tatum Times will be featuring YOUR ENEMY in the hopes that you will be ever mindful and cautious. The light at the end of the tunnel is that with caution, concern, and continuous education this enemy called occlusion will not reek havoc in your practice. The terminology is extensive with words like group function, hydrostatic extrusion, and even the word harmony. It even has fancy acronyms like ICP (intercuspation position), NWSI (non working side interference), CO (Centric Occlusion) and CR (Centric Relation). At the time when Dr. Tatum entered into private practice, the plan was to do full mouth restorative treatment. With this intention, he knew that it was imperative to learn as much about occlusion as possible. The fact that Dr. Tatum had an extensive background in restorative treatment and implantology, helped him to design a root form implant system and a set of guidelines that have the key components for success; Adequate stable bone, compressive loads transmitted to bone, adequate stable gingiva around implants, occlusion built to strengthen and protect from the weaknesses, minimize lateral loading, and most importantly to avoid deflective contacts. Since implants have no proprioception, pain, or warning, the crestal bone micro-fractures when loaded beyond its physiological limits, which results in progressive bone loss. When Dr. Tatum was asked how his perception of occlusion has changed throughout his professional career, he answered, “I have increasingly come to appreciate how vital and imprecise the TMJ really is.” We truly hope that the next series of articles helps each and everyone of you to man-age the occlusal concerns in your practice.

Journey to Remember with Dr. Hilt Tatum Normandy, France

May 20 - 26, 2012 Call 888-360-5550

For more details or to watch video: www.tatumsurgical.com

“Occlusion is like walking on

ice…it can be solid or it can

be slippery and dangerous.”

~ Dr. Hilt Tatum

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So many of you have shown interest in appearing in the Tatum Times, and now is your chance. During the late 70’s and early 80’s many implant papers were published stating that a clinician must expect to lose up to .1 - .3 millimeter of crestal bone per year after loading. For those of you who have attended Dr. Richard Borgner’s seminars, you have heard him say, “this just isn’t true!” He stresses to his students that it is all about managing forces. When Dr. Borgner was asked about this misconception, he stated, “If one insures that the forces transferred from the implant abutment into the supporting bone are within the physiological limits of the bone, than you can expect to have no crestal bone loss long term.” In Dr. Tatum and Dr. Borgner’s practice, they have proven this concept to be true by showing many cases that have been in place for up to 25 years and show virtually no bone loss since placement of the prosthetic components. In the upcoming newsletters, we are going to feature cases that have been placed by our amazing colleagues. Please submit:

Your Name

Date of implant placement

Radiograph at time of implant placement or prior to abutment placement

Radiograph of the case 5 years or more post loading

Anything else that you would like to include is appreciated.

Please call Rebekah at 727-459-4910 if you have any questions.

Please submit to: tatuminfo@aol.com

Introducing the new

2012 face of

Tatum Surgical.

Tatum Surgical is so proud to be BORN and MADE in The USA!

Our new 2012 Product Mini-Catalog is in print. Please call Tatum Surgical to get your copy.

888-360-5550

The Tatum Times would like to

feature YOU!!!

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2012 Tatum Institute Surgical Series

Atlanta, Georgia We are just about finished with the

2012 Tatum Institute Surgical Series. Our sincerest “THANK YOU” goes out to

Dr. Bernee Dunson and his outstanding staff for their hospitality, professionalism, and organizational skills. Several years ago, Dr. Dunson agreed to be the Restorative Director of the Tatum Institute and join Dr. Borgner in our mission to provide continuing education in the NIRISAB philosophy. We now have “The Dream Team” in a unique state-of-the-art facility. We feel that the combination of Dr. Borgner, Dr. Dunson, Dunson Dental Design, and our spacious classroom provides students with a positive and comfortable learning environment.

Tatum Institute would like to thank our

Corporate Sponsors for all their support!

“I completed the AAID Maxi-Course in 2011 and was blessed with seeing many nationally and internationally known clinicians talking about implant dentistry and prosthetics. It was a particular blessing to meet Dr. Hilt Tatum and Tony Fiorello of Tatum Surgical during our October session of the AAID Maxi-Course. Tony was instantly easy to deal with and I bought a set of 25 implants and the surgical kit as I appreciated their design and restorability. I saw where Tatum Surgical had a continuum in Atlanta and signed up with the series. This is one of the best things that I have ever done with my CE career, right up there with earning my MAGD and passing the AAID Associate Fellowship written exam after completing the AAID Maxi-Course. Drs. Bernee Dunson and Richard Borgner are consummate lecturers, clinicians and are incredibly willing to help with your cases. Having seen some of the best in the world, Drs. Dunson and Borgner are without peer. They CARE about you, Dr. Dunson having even written myself and my classmates a personal hand-written note of thanks for attending the first two modules! This is a TRUE Class Act!! Learning about NIRISAB and bone manipulation the “Tatum way” has been truly eye opening and beneficial for myself and the patients I serve!

~ Dr. William Ingram

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Users of the Month We are pleased to announce our users of the Month

for October, November and December 2011. For

this accomplishment, these clinicians will receive

four complimentary implants of their choice.

Visit us at: www.tatumsurgical.com

Did you know? The Tatum One-Piece Implant ranges from

3.0 - 6.0 mm in diameter?

All for $75 each!

Did you know?

Tatum Surgical Products

are distributed

in over 12 countries!

Have you been to the Tatum Surgical Website lately?

If the answer is “no”, you may be surprised at the wonderful resources that are at your fingertips! Under the Resources tab, you will find the Tatum Resource Library. You will find information on implant placement, prosthetics, basic unipost instructions, over 800 product images, and several instructional videos. We hope you find this information helpful.

UPCOMING EVENTS Tatum Surgical is looking forward to seeing you at the 2012 Western/Central District AAID Meeting on June 8-9, 2012 in Vancouver, Canada. The topic of this meeting is, “Successful Implantology: Preventing and Handling Complications.” Two of our Mentors, Dr. Richard Borgner and Dr. David Resnick, will be speaking and contributing their thoughts at this meeting. Dr. Resnick will lecture on Friday regarding Restorative Challenges, Insertion and Delivery, Developing Emergence Profiles and Implant Angulations. On Saturday, Dr. Borgner will be discussing Algorithms for Different Combinations of Implant teeth, Dealing with the Failing Implant, Bone Loss, and Malpositioning.

We would love to see you stop by our booth!

October Dr. Marco Munoz

San Jose, Costa Rica

November Dr. Frank Sung Houston, Texas

December

Dr. Joseph Lau Chamblee, Georgia