Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Oak Brook iCAT Offers a Cutting Edge Approach to Dental Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
This is an article that was published: http://www.pr.com/press-release/160022
Oak Brook iCAT is the New Age in Dental Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Oak Brook iCAT Offers a Cutting Edge Approach to Dental Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Oak Brook iCAT is the first Imaging Center of its kind to find a home in the suburbs of Chicago for dental specialists and dentists to diagnose, treatment plan, and follow their dental implant patients.
The buzz word in dentistry today is implants. They are an amazing way to restore function and form to anyone who has missing teeth. They are the best way to replace missing teeth and according to Dr. Gordon Christensen, the top dental lecturer in America, "Dental implants are the standard of care for missing teeth."
In today's day and age, diagnosis, imaging, comprehensive medical history, and treatment planning need to be thoroughly evaluated before placement of any dental implants. All of these factors help decrease risk to both the patient and the doctors placing and restoring dental implants.
Imaging is a vital component of the diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow up for any patient undergoing dental implant treatment. The only way to have complete safety and security is with a CT scan prior to placement of dental implants and during follow-up care.
The i-CAT is the state-of-the-art in dental digital imaging technology today. It delivers imaging quality demanded by today's practitioners. Benefits of the i-CAT Cone Beam 3-D Imaging System include:
- Immediate 3-Dimensional images of a patient's critical anatomy
- Complete views of all oral structures allowing dentists & specialists to dramatically enhance patient care
- Open Environment seated position
- Only an 8.5 second scan time
- Processing time in under 1 minute
- Dramatically lower radiation compared to traditional medical CT scans
- Immediate 3-D reconstruction of a patient's mouth, face, and jaw
- Enhances communication between the doctor and the patient
- Allows doctors to share a visual diagnosis with their patients
- Patients better understand their treatment options
- Patients have more confidence going into treatment
- 3-D Mapping Tools allow specialists and technicians to treatment plan more involved situations
Now oral surgeons, periodontists, oral implantologists, and dentists in the suburbs have a place for their patients to get CT Scans in the west suburbs: Oak Brook iCAT.
Oak Brook iCAT Imaging Center is located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois and provides patients and referring doctors with a quality CT scan on disk. At Oak Brook iCAT, the i-CAT 3-D Dental Imaging System is used to take a Cone Beam 3-D CT scan in one location. This is a new standard of care for the periodontists, oral surgeons, oral implantologists, and dentists. The i-CAT allows dental specialists and dentists to obtain a 3-Dimensional view of specific targeted regions for diagnostic and treatment planning purposes.
Traditional Catscans have been available at hospitals and x-ray centers for many years, but those systems emit a very large dose of radiation. The i-CAT emits a dose less than equivalent of 4 days of standard background radiation. The scan time for the i-CAT is 8.5 seconds, which is also much shorter than traditional CT scans. An astounding amount of information is given in one scan including a panoramic view, a cephalometric view, 3D rendering, TMJ evaluation, and airway evaluation.
With an i-CAT CT scan, skeletal, hard tissue (teeth), soft tissue and other anatomical features can be studied in great detail after just an 8.5 second scan with less radiation than a complete full mouth dental x-ray series.
Oak Brook iCAT scan center is run by Dr. Umar Haque, an oral implantologist and dental radiologist. Dr. Haque is a Fellow in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and a Fellow in the American Dental Implant Association. Oak Brook iCAT is a subsidiary of Oak Brook Smiles. Dr. Haque added, "The i-CAT’s high resolution, volumetric images provide complete 3-D views of critical anatomy for more thorough analysis of bone structure and tooth orientation to optimize implant treatment and placement, and selection of the most suitable implant type, size, location, and angulation prior to surgery." Anyone considering dental implant therapy should definitely ask their dentist or specialist if a CT scan will be used for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up care.
Oak Brook i-CAT is located at 1S132 Summit Avenue, Suite 200 in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. They can be reached at 630-627-2520, and are available online at http://www.oakbrookicat.com/
Oak Brook iCAT Offers a Cutting Edge Approach to Dental Implant Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Oak Brook iCAT is the first Imaging Center of its kind to find a home in the suburbs of Chicago for dental specialists and dentists to diagnose, treatment plan, and follow their dental implant patients.The buzz word in dentistry today is implants. They are an amazing way to restore function and form to anyone who has missing teeth. They are the best way to replace missing teeth and according to Dr. Gordon Christensen, the top dental lecturer in America, "Dental implants are the standard of care for missing teeth."
In today's day and age, diagnosis, imaging, comprehensive medical history, and treatment planning need to be thoroughly evaluated before placement of any dental implants. All of these factors help decrease risk to both the patient and the doctors placing and restoring dental implants.
Imaging is a vital component of the diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow up for any patient undergoing dental implant treatment. The only way to have complete safety and security is with a CT scan prior to placement of dental implants and during follow-up care.
The i-CAT is the state-of-the-art in dental digital imaging technology today. It delivers imaging quality demanded by today's practitioners. Benefits of the i-CAT Cone Beam 3-D Imaging System include:
- Immediate 3-Dimensional images of a patient's critical anatomy
- Complete views of all oral structures allowing dentists & specialists to dramatically enhance patient care
- Open Environment seated position
- Only an 8.5 second scan time
- Processing time in under 1 minute
- Dramatically lower radiation compared to traditional medical CT scans
- Immediate 3-D reconstruction of a patient's mouth, face, and jaw
- Enhances communication between the doctor and the patient
- Allows doctors to share a visual diagnosis with their patients
- Patients better understand their treatment options
- Patients have more confidence going into treatment
- 3-D Mapping Tools allow specialists and technicians to treatment plan more involved situations
Now oral surgeons, periodontists, oral implantologists, and dentists in the suburbs have a place for their patients to get CT Scans in the west suburbs: Oak Brook iCAT.
Oak Brook iCAT Imaging Center is located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois and provides patients and referring doctors with a quality CT scan on disk. At Oak Brook iCAT, the i-CAT 3-D Dental Imaging System is used to take a Cone Beam 3-D CT scan in one location. This is a new standard of care for the periodontists, oral surgeons, oral implantologists, and dentists. The i-CAT allows dental specialists and dentists to obtain a 3-Dimensional view of specific targeted regions for diagnostic and treatment planning purposes.
Traditional Catscans have been available at hospitals and x-ray centers for many years, but those systems emit a very large dose of radiation. The i-CAT emits a dose less than equivalent of 4 days of standard background radiation. The scan time for the i-CAT is 8.5 seconds, which is also much shorter than traditional CT scans. An astounding amount of information is given in one scan including a panoramic view, a cephalometric view, 3D rendering, TMJ evaluation, and airway evaluation.
With an i-CAT CT scan, skeletal, hard tissue (teeth), soft tissue and other anatomical features can be studied in great detail after just an 8.5 second scan with less radiation than a complete full mouth dental x-ray series.
Oak Brook iCAT scan center is run by Dr. Umar Haque, an oral implantologist and dental radiologist. Dr. Haque is a Fellow in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and a Fellow in the American Dental Implant Association. Oak Brook iCAT is a subsidiary of Oak Brook Smiles. Dr. Haque added, "The i-CAT’s high resolution, volumetric images provide complete 3-D views of critical anatomy for more thorough analysis of bone structure and tooth orientation to optimize implant treatment and placement, and selection of the most suitable implant type, size, location, and angulation prior to surgery." Anyone considering dental implant therapy should definitely ask their dentist or specialist if a CT scan will be used for diagnosis, treatment planning, and follow-up care.
Oak Brook i-CAT is located at 1S132 Summit Avenue, Suite 200 in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. They can be reached at 630-627-2520, and are available online at http://www.oakbrookicat.com/
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A Video Testimonial from an Opera Singer
Here is a video testimonial from a great patient of ours: Mitchell
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGLv6u_-1aI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGLv6u_-1aI
A Video Testimonial from a Great Patient!
Here is a video testimonial from a great patient of ours: Mark
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2od-n7Pw1Fs&feature=related
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Dr. Umar Haque, a Local Dentist, Adds FADIA To His Name
Dr. Umar Haque is a general dentist practicing in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. This month, he was awarded the title of Fellow in the American Dental Implant Association (ADIA).
The goal of the American Dental Implant Association is to encourage collaboration and communication among the top dental professionals placing dental implants.Dr. Haque has been placing dental implants for over 7 years and has been requested to become a member of the prestigious American Dental Implant Association.
The ADIA Fellowship Certification is rigorous, demanding six steps be completed in order to gain the title of Fellow. One must complete 150 hours of course credits in implant dentistry, pass the written Fellowship multiple choice examination, pass the oral Fellowship examination, provide three lettersof recommendation from current ADIA Fellows, submit a current curriculum vitae, and attend the Annual Conference induction ceremony. The title of Fellow with ADIA gives Dr. Haque the ability to add a few more letters after his name: FADIA (Fellow of the American Dental Implant Association).
The organization was founded by Dr. Arun K. Garg, founder of Implant Seminars, the world’s largest dental continuing education company. Dr. Garg created the American Dental Implant Association in response to overwhelming requests for more credentialing and credibility by establishing recognition models.
The American Dental Implant Association aggressively promotes collegiality, friendship, and practice growth. “This is the top forum for an exchange of a vast amount of niche information through annual symposiums of like-minded individuals to receive the latest information in the dental implant field, in a familiar, supportive community. Our main goal is to better serve our affiliate of well-trained clinicians, like Dr. Umar Haque,” said Dr. Garg.
The American Dental Implant Association’s Executive Director Fiorella Samaniego said “Each clinician may obtain the fellowship, mastership and diplomat status provided they meet the requirements for continuing education (CE) hours and pass a written examination”. Scheduling for exams is vital, so awards can be given in a timely manner at the ceremonies, the most recent one was held at the annual symposium on April 24, 2009 in Miami, FL. "Dr. Haque has exhibited excellent patient care in the cases that have been submitted for approval by the Board of the ADIA. His dental implant techniques, bone grafting, and soft tissue management have shown us that he is certainly qualified to be a Fellow in the ADIA."
Dr. Haque was honored to receive the Fellowship stating, "It is a privilege to have earned the respect of the finest dental surgeons, implantologists, dentists, and scholars in our field. It’s even more exciting to see the progress and advances that have become available to my patients that were unheard of 10 years ago. It is an amazing service for my patients, and I am looking forward to getting involved with the ADIA.”
Dr. Umar Haque maintains a private dental practice in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois called Oak Brook Smiles. He attended the University of Connecticut and graduated with a D.M.D. (Doctor of Medical Dentistry). He completed a post-graduate residency in hospital-based dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago. He has completed over 250 hours of CE over the last year in Implant Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry. He also has completed a Fellowship in Implant Dentistry with the International Congress of Oral Implantology. His office tries to recreate a spa-like atmosphere and his services include cosmetic and implant dentistry, sleep apnea treatment, TMJ dysfunction treatment, laser dentistry, fluorescent oral cancer screenings, and digital radiography including a digital CT scanner for exceptional patient care. His office is online on Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Blogspot, and Twitter. His office phone number is 630-627-7420.
The goal of the American Dental Implant Association is to encourage collaboration and communication among the top dental professionals placing dental implants.Dr. Haque has been placing dental implants for over 7 years and has been requested to become a member of the prestigious American Dental Implant Association.
The ADIA Fellowship Certification is rigorous, demanding six steps be completed in order to gain the title of Fellow. One must complete 150 hours of course credits in implant dentistry, pass the written Fellowship multiple choice examination, pass the oral Fellowship examination, provide three lettersof recommendation from current ADIA Fellows, submit a current curriculum vitae, and attend the Annual Conference induction ceremony. The title of Fellow with ADIA gives Dr. Haque the ability to add a few more letters after his name: FADIA (Fellow of the American Dental Implant Association).
The organization was founded by Dr. Arun K. Garg, founder of Implant Seminars, the world’s largest dental continuing education company. Dr. Garg created the American Dental Implant Association in response to overwhelming requests for more credentialing and credibility by establishing recognition models.
The American Dental Implant Association aggressively promotes collegiality, friendship, and practice growth. “This is the top forum for an exchange of a vast amount of niche information through annual symposiums of like-minded individuals to receive the latest information in the dental implant field, in a familiar, supportive community. Our main goal is to better serve our affiliate of well-trained clinicians, like Dr. Umar Haque,” said Dr. Garg.
The American Dental Implant Association’s Executive Director Fiorella Samaniego said “Each clinician may obtain the fellowship, mastership and diplomat status provided they meet the requirements for continuing education (CE) hours and pass a written examination”. Scheduling for exams is vital, so awards can be given in a timely manner at the ceremonies, the most recent one was held at the annual symposium on April 24, 2009 in Miami, FL. "Dr. Haque has exhibited excellent patient care in the cases that have been submitted for approval by the Board of the ADIA. His dental implant techniques, bone grafting, and soft tissue management have shown us that he is certainly qualified to be a Fellow in the ADIA."
Dr. Haque was honored to receive the Fellowship stating, "It is a privilege to have earned the respect of the finest dental surgeons, implantologists, dentists, and scholars in our field. It’s even more exciting to see the progress and advances that have become available to my patients that were unheard of 10 years ago. It is an amazing service for my patients, and I am looking forward to getting involved with the ADIA.”
Dr. Umar Haque maintains a private dental practice in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois called Oak Brook Smiles. He attended the University of Connecticut and graduated with a D.M.D. (Doctor of Medical Dentistry). He completed a post-graduate residency in hospital-based dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at the University of Chicago. He has completed over 250 hours of CE over the last year in Implant Dentistry and Cosmetic Dentistry. He also has completed a Fellowship in Implant Dentistry with the International Congress of Oral Implantology. His office tries to recreate a spa-like atmosphere and his services include cosmetic and implant dentistry, sleep apnea treatment, TMJ dysfunction treatment, laser dentistry, fluorescent oral cancer screenings, and digital radiography including a digital CT scanner for exceptional patient care. His office is online on Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Blogspot, and Twitter. His office phone number is 630-627-7420.
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