Italian new media magazine, Neural, has just celebrated their fifteenth anniversary. The publication was among the earliest tech-savvy page-turners and still has an appreciation for the importance of paper. In fact, to mark this special birthday, they've collaborated with S.W.A.M.P. (Doug Easterly and Matt Kenyon) for "a collective micro printing action." Subscribers will receive a limited edition piece of paper and envelope designed to commemorate the death toll in Iraq. They are then encouraged to send a letter or illustration to the White House, who are obliged by law to archive their mail, so that the stationary can act as "a Trojan horse slipping the unwanted and unacknowledged civilian body count data into official governmental archives." This is one of many exercises by S.W.A.M.P. in performatively exploring the machinery of control in post-industrial society. But (paper-cut possibilities aside) this project seems slightly less painful than their Improvised Empathetic Device (2005), which drove a blood-drawing needle into the flesh of wearers of their custom armband each time new wireless data was received regarding a rise in the war's death toll. While Neural's editorial direction is marked by broad coverage of the very diverse field of new media practice, hacktivism and tactical media are among their strong suits, so their collaboration with S.W.A.M.P. makes perfect sense. Another of their boldest strengths is their coverage of sound art and experiments in electronic music. Each issue is chockablock with CD reviews and engaging interviews, like the current issue's chat with Negativland. Neural may have an old school appreciation for the ancient medium of paper, but all this good pulp can also be found online, along with their archives and fresh feeds. - Marisa Olson
Image: Neural, Issue 31
I will be placing two dental implants in the first and second premolar sites in the mandible. The final restoration will be free standing porcelain fused to metal crowns on Atlantis abutments.
This is the first time that I will be placing implants in this area. I am very concerned about the extent and distribution of the mental foramen nerve, especially its anterior loop. According to the literature this may extend as far as 10mm anterior to the mental foramen. I do not have CBCT scans easily available. What do you recommend I do to avoid hitting the mental foramen nerve? How should I lay the flap? Is flapless surgery a possibility?
At this point I still always expose the nerve with a flap. The patient may be transiently numb but at least I don’t end up drilling through the nerve. I don’t know what the proportion of the population has an anterior loop 10 mm but I suspect it’s real low.
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sanju
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This is the first time that I will be placing implants in this area. I am very concerned about the extent and distribution of the mental foramen nerve, especially its anterior loop. According to the literature this may extend as far as 10mm anterior to the mental foramen. I do not have CBCT scans easily available. What do you recommend I do to avoid hitting the mental foramen nerve? How should I lay the flap? Is flapless surgery a possibility?
At this point I still always expose the nerve with a flap. The patient may be transiently numb but at least I don’t end up drilling through the nerve. I don’t know what the proportion of the population has an anterior loop 10 mm but I suspect it’s real low.
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sanju
Drug Intervention Missouri-Drug Intervention Missouri
Always remember to use short screws.