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Center Front Dental Implant -Ramsey Amin DDS
This is a great example of a difficult center front tooth dental implant . The gum is thin and it is very scalloped. I restored this case with a cemented (rather than screw retained) custom zirconia abutment and porcelain crown. The white zirconia underneath the gum line prevents the gray show through that many front […]
Complication – Bone Graft is Exposed – Platelet PRF Treatment
Ramsey Amin DDS I don’t have complications too often but this is one worth sharing. I did a very large block bone graft in the front of the mouth for dental implants. The bone graft was both vertical and horizontal and gained a lot of volume. The block bone graft was held in by screws […]
Last Molar Extracted… Do I Need A Dental Implant?
My last molar was extracted… Do I need a dental implant? I have received this comment/questions so many times that I decided to write a quick post about it! To be clear typically our last molar that shows in the mouth is our second molar. This is under the assumption that your wisdom tooth or […]
Complications-Bone Graft For Failed Full Lower Dental Implants
Sad story of dental implant complications… This woman had 4 implants done already in her lower jaw. She already lost one when she came to see me. You can see that the gum tissue looks really irritated and there is visible infection of the implants… they look terrible!! These implants are failing and there is […]
Ramsey Amin Reviews Long Vs. Short Dental Implant Concepts
What is better? Long or short dental implants? There are a lot of different views on this topic especially in the last few years where the trend is to place shorter implants and the less of them. Do you want your house to be built with just the minimum number of support beams? If you […]
Bridge Better Than Dental Implants? VIDEO
In this post I am narrating the 3-D lab design of when a bridge is be better than dental implants. This post is connected to the original post where I discuss a particular case where I had to remove existing implants and replace them with a bridge! My lab technician and I work closely together […]
Sometimes Dental Implants Are Not The Best Option
Sometimes dental implants are not the best option! I know this sounds strange coming from a dental implant specialist but for the last 20 years of my career, there are some cases that are best off not having implants. There are disadvantages to dental implants. There are also disadvantages to bridges as well. Sometimes the […]
Temporary Full Implant Teeth. Why Do This Step?
ALL OF THE IMAGES YOU SEE BELOW ARE TEMPORARY, PROVISIONAL DENTAL IMPLANT BRIDGES. THEY ARE NOT PERFECT!! In this video learn why it is important to go through this step to make sure that the final all on 6, all on 4 etc. is made the best way possible. You cannot imagine how many patients […]
How To Clean Dental Implants Including All on 4, 6, Zirconia Bridges
Dental Implants are NOT teeth. They are a “replacement” for teeth. Because of this, cleaning dental implants is different than cleaning your natural teeth. The biology of the gums around an implant is very different than what is found around natural teeth. Of course you have to brush, but should you floss, Waterpik or use […]
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