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<p>[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3579767"]Sorry to play devil's advocate here, but for you to claim that it will not make an impact in implant dentistry with no real argument other than the question: "what if infection gets into the oral space, this is not closed surgery like in orthopaedics" is a weak and ignorant point. </p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, I know a couple orthopods who said that that is the same fear mongering negative strategy that competitive device reps said when Zimmer launched TMT in '98. I think that you really have no clue as to the science, capability, or engineering of this new implant and it's design ( i.e. the implant having acid etched titanium micro threads at the coronal aspec of the implant w/ the porous trabecular metal always sub crestal, thereby destroying your what if theory of " infection"). </p><p><br /></p><p>This is going to be a complete analog of what happened in total joins after Zimmer launhed TMT: competitors downplaying it's effect and subsequently losing tremendous matketshare to Zimmer. Zimmer lept from number 3 to number 1 one and a half years after TMT entered the space. And Zimmer has been #1 ever since. </p><p><br /></p><p>And please, enogh with the "what about infection" scare tactics. We have infections w/out a porous implant anyways. And infections in the orthopaedics space are a life threatening concern instead of just annoyance like in dental. So for 12 years if surgeons still rely on TMT in orthopedics w/ the "fear of infection" being rendered a baseless claim, I'm confident the same pardigm shit will occur in dental.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3579767"]Sorry to play devil's advocate here, but for you to claim that it will not make an impact in implant dentistry with no real argument other than the question: "what if infection gets into the oral space, this is not closed surgery like in orthopaedics" is a weak and ignorant point. In fact, I know a couple orthopods who said that that is the same fear mongering negative strategy that competitive device reps said when Zimmer launched TMT in '98. I think that you really have no clue as to the science, capability, or engineering of this new implant and it's design ( i.e. the implant having acid etched titanium micro threads at the coronal aspec of the implant w/ the porous trabecular metal always sub crestal, thereby destroying your what if theory of " infection"). This is going to be a complete analog of what happened in total joins after Zimmer launhed TMT: competitors downplaying it's effect and subsequently losing tremendous matketshare to Zimmer. Zimmer lept from number 3 to number 1 one and a half years after TMT entered the space. And Zimmer has been #1 ever since. And please, enogh with the "what about infection" scare tactics. We have infections w/out a porous implant anyways. And infections in the orthopaedics space are a life threatening concern instead of just annoyance like in dental. So for 12 years if surgeons still rely on TMT in orthopedics w/ the "fear of infection" being rendered a baseless claim, I'm confident the same pardigm shit will occur in dental.[/QUOTE]
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