He has been a PROFESSOR of DENTISTRY at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, and was also Adjunct Professor of Dental Materials at the University of Georgia. He has TAUGHT this subject.
I will put those credentials, expertise, and knowledge up against your claims of superiority for your small town dentist any day who brags about his involvement with one (1) commercial implant system, the Brånemark (a screw and post) system. Our implantologist knows and uses 37 implant systems and developed two of them. He was the keynote speaker at the National Implantology Conference in Mumbai, India, several years ago and next month he is leaving to be the invited speaker at the Italian Implant Organization's national conference in Venice, Italy.
Since your dentist most likely used Brånemark implants and other materials to restore your mouth, then they would most likely be made of Zirconia. That material is even MORE resistant to chemicals than other ceramics, being made of ZiO2, Zirconium Dioxide. The chemical resistance of which is tremendous. Using Zirconium Dioxide is also appropriately used in chemical manufacturing:
"Seals, Valves and Pump ImpellersThe handling and transport of slurries and aggressive chemicals present a difficult materials problem. High temperatures and high pressure flow lead to highly reactive and abrasive conditions. The key properties which make zirconia a suitable material for this application are:
- Chemical resistance
- High hardness for wear resistance
- Good surface finish to resist fouling and to minimise friction on sliding surfaces
- High toughness to prevent damage during assembly or by impact in operation.
Yet you would have us believe your dentist placed Brånemark restorations in your mouth that would not hold up to a solution of strong chlorine swimming pool water, which is all Dakin's Solution at that concentration is? Highly absurd.
A couple of years ago, we had to redo a Brånemark implant from the ground up, because Brånemark had marketed and sold a line of 14K GOLD ALLOY screw implants which were installed by someone back in Pennsylvania in this guy's mouth for some huge amount of money. Over a short period of time, every single one of them but one had failed, worn down, broken off, or bent into uselessness. Gold is the WORST possible material from which to make an implant system, yet they did. We replaced it with Vitalium for half of what it had cost him including the revision surgery to repair the damage and remove the gold.
Jewelers will tell you that your Cubic Zirconium (the crystalline form of ZiO2) will not be harmed by swimming in a chlorinated water pool, but the metal it is mounted in might be if it is not noble metal or a resistant alloy.
Is YOUR system gold? Some Gold alloyed with copper will turn dark brown when exposed to Chlorine. . . but it has to be a LOT of copper in the alloy. Copper is also NOT a good implant metal, nor is it EVER recommended.
You put down Dr. Balshi, you do so at your own foolery.
He is WORLD RENOWNED, people fly in from all over the world for his procedures. He has a teaching institute, his own lab, scores of employees, etc. This is a wealthy prestigious area. I personally sat with many dentists while observing his procedure, asking amazing questions and hearing amazing answers. This man is not to be so casually dismissed. But go right ahead and respond to my comments with more disrespect. I DON’T CARE. It doesn’t change my experience with doing what you suggest.
I have CM’s. No gold. My prosthesis traveled to many places over the world to complete various stages, as it was cutting edge technology at the time they were made, years ago.
Again, you can keep on posting whatever you wish in defense of your dentist’s practice while putting down another’s practice. I DON’T CARE. It does NOT change what happened to my teeth!
I personally do not think you should be permitted to post medical advice (”suggestions”) on someone else’s site. It is litigiously risky for the site’s owner, but that is not my call to make.
My ONLY purpose in sharing my experience with what you suggest is for OTHER readers, to be very careful and check what you read on the internet with your own professional medical provider.
You want to keep coming back at me? Fine. You can never convince me because I look in the mirror every day and see what taking your “suggestion” has wrought on my teeth.
I’ve shared my experience for all to read, and that was my goal, to help FReepers with their decision-making in regard to this.
DONE!