This is a great video explanation of full arch zirconia Prettau style dental implant bridges made for the All on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 etc. procedures.  These are full jaw situations.  In this video I narrate the actual lab design of how the teeth are made.  Buyer beware!  Not all teeth are created equal!  […]

Of the 100’s of articles I have written, this is one topic that is often not well understood by dentists or patients. So what is shaping, grooming, forming and training of gums around dental implants? It is the process of getting the gum line around your front tooth dental implant to look as natural as […]

You may be reading this because you are at a diabetic in need of an extraction and bone graft or full mouth dental implants.  You are probably well aware that diabetes can cause slow healing from dental surgery or any type of surgery.  You can be at a higher risk of complications because of being […]

In this post I will try to detail the start to finish of full upper and lower dental implants with Prettau solid zirconia dental implant bridges.  This gives a general outline for what to expect if you were to have to lose all of your teeth and replace them with full arch zirconia implant bridges. […]

This is a nice example of basic treatment with dental implants that was well engineered. What you are looking at here are four dental implant molars that I placed in virtual 3-D. The implants are actually surgically placed in the bone but what I did was ‘overlay’ the implants that are actually there with the […]

before treatment–bone loss in the mid body of implant causing inflammation, redness and pain Bone loss can and does occur around dental implants.  Often this is called peri-implantitis and there are a few treatment options. Review signs and symptoms of peri-implantitis dental implant bone loss in this previous article. Bone loss on implants happens on […]

This video has a lot of information on dental implants and bone grafting. There is also a lot of information on how the teeth and dental implant abutments are made in the rationale of why I did everything. You also see the sequence where three of the implants were placed in a delayed fashion and […]

Are zirconia dental implants the answer?  The vast majority of dental implants are titanium alloys that have been in use since the mid 1960s. The focus is whether the actual implant screw is made of zirconia or titanium.   Zirconia dental implants are attractive for those that may be concerned about a metal allergy.  In this […]

Can you take out your wisdom teeth and place an implant at the same time? I often hear this question. Yes!!! This is a common procedure for a younger patient who has a baby tooth well into their 20s. Oftentimes baby teeth cannot be saved and need to be replaced with a dental implant since […]