Full Mouth Dental Implants for Seniors: My Mom/Dad Needs Dental Implants

Mom Dad Need Dental Implants

I love my parents. They made me who I am. My Mom and Dad mean the WORLD to me. They are seniors. If my parents needed (full mouth or full arch) dental implants I would want to be 100% certain that they would be treated with the best team and at the best office. If … Read more

Slow and Staged Dental Implants

Digital implant model

Most of the time my preference is for immediate extraction, implant and bone grafting simultaneously.  In this case it is best to slowly stage each out into separate procedures with some time in between.  This is because the bone loss is so bad it is much more predictable for the bone to be rebuilt with … Read more

What Dental Implants are the Best? Video

What dental implants are best?

I’m often asked, “what dental implants are the best?” and frankly it’s a simple, yet complicated answer. The easy answer is that there isn’t one best dental implant. But there’s much more to it. There are hundreds of implant manufacturers. Yet, it’s not so much about the screw as it is about the team that’s … Read more

How Do Dental Implants Work?

how do dental implants work

Dental implants are artificial tooth roots. They usually look like screws and they go into the jaw bone on the upper or lower or as high as the cheekbone. Essentially they are artificial roots to anchor a missing tooth or a section of teeth or all of your teeth.  Once implanted, they actually integrate into … Read more

Will Dental Implants Cure Gum Disease? Video

Will Dental Implants Cure Gum Disease - Video

Gum disease is the process where you lose bone and gum around your teeth. It’s caused by an infection known as periodontitis. What that means is your teeth will eventually loosen up and fall out; it can be one tooth, two teeth, or possibly all of your teeth falling out. In this video, I explain … Read more

What Will My Dental Implant Teeth Look Like The Next Day?

Before/after dental implants

What will you look like the next day after dental implant surgery? Will you be really swollen? Are the temporary teeth nice? That depends. Allow me to take you through a case example of full mouth dental implants (All on 4, 6, 8)  including bone leveling under IV sedation. This gentleman presented to my office … Read more

Can Dental Implants be Removed? Video

Can dental implants be removed or replaced?

About 30% of what I do is actually remove and replace failing implants. There are a couple of different ways implants can be removed: can the whole implant be removed out of the bone? And, can the crown from an implant be removed? There’s a lot of work that goes into removing implants and in … Read more

Why Do Dental Implants Fail?

Why do dental implants fail? Video

About 30% of my practice is treating failing implants, removing them, rescuing them. Let’s talk about why, and why did your implant fail or why do they hurt?  There is no one reason why dental implants fail. Reasons can range from anatomical – not enough bone or gums – to problems with the bite and … Read more