Titanium: The ultimate socket preservative! This lecture reviews the results of an 11-year private practice experience documenting over 800 consecutive cases with an overall success rate of 94% without supplemental bone grafting prior to implant placement. This is the immediate cure for the common failing molar root canal tooth.
Dr. Traub graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry in 1978 following which he completed a 3-year Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He then enjoyed a full-time solo practice in his home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA until the summer of 2023. More recently, he has accepted a teaching position at Creighton University Dental School as a clinical professor in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery department. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Oral Biology (AIOB), still practices surgery part-time in Albuquerque, and is becoming certified by the International Academy of Independent Medical Legal Evaluators, being the first in his field in that organization. He has placed dental implants since 1982 and still does major facial traumatic reconstructive surgery. He is a clinical instructor in the Oral & Maxillofacial department at the Touro University College of Dental Medicine (New Mexico campus).
