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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 […]
Are Dental Implants Safe?
Dental implants have been around since the mid-1960s. Most implants are pure titanium or titanium alloy, and there are others that are non-metal, which we call zirconia implants. I’ve placed more than 10,000 dental implants and I have never personally seen an allergic reaction. There are some patients who have immune system problems that can […]
Can I Get Dental Implants Without Having Any Bone? Video
Dental implants without bone? How can that be done? If you don’t have any bone left at all, and you’ve been told there’s just not enough bone to get implants, what are your choices? In my office, I treat the most extreme of extreme patients. So when the bone is missing, you have two options. […]
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 […]
What Will My Dental Implant Teeth Look Like The Next Day?
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 […]
Can Dental Implants be Removed? Video
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 […]
Screwed In Bridge Instead Of Overdenture
This patient had a lower left overdenture instead of a fixed screwed in bridge for many years which she did not like. The overdenture is not a real bridge. It has a removable denture that snaps in and out of the implants. Implant bridge Using Old Implants What’s unique about this case is that the […]
Why Do Dental Implants Fail?
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 […]
Here’s Why You Have a Runny Nose After a Dental Implant
Recently a patient asked, “Why did I get a runny nose after my dental implant? When you have an implant right in the front, the central incisor, lateral incisor teeth, those four teeth in the front, they’re close to the base of your nose. So, sometimes after having a dental implant in the front, you […]
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