Bone Grafting or No Bone Grafting? A Common Dental Implant Dilemma

Missing lower front teeth massive bone loss defect

This patient has severe bone loss of the lower front teeth area. He wants implants, but was told by numerous dentists it could not be done.  A huge part of my practice in Burbank, California is devoted to treating these very difficult dental implant cases where huge bone grafts may be needed.  I was confident … Read more

Subperiosteal Dental Implant – Extreme Lower Jaw Bone Loss

Lower subperiosteal upper zygomatic/pterygoid dental implants panoramic x-ray

A subperiosteal implant is a custom metal frame implant that goes OVER the bone rather than into the bone.  They are an option for patients with dentures who were told they cannot have implants due to severe bone loss.  Regular dental implants are basically screws that are inserted INTO the bone. A subperiosteal dental implant … Read more

Upper Mini Dental Implants vs. Zygomatic and Pterygoid All-on-4 Implants

mini implant xray

Mini dental implants and zygomatic implants are as opposite as they come! In this video I explain how someone with “no bone” on the upper jaw would consider mini dental implants vs. zygomatic/pterygoid dental implants. Which type of dental implant lasts longer? Which type of implant is prone to problems? Video Transcription lightly edited for … Read more

Quad Zygomatic Dental Implants To Replace Dentures Without Bone

quad-zygomatic-dental-implants-xray

The quad zygomatic implant bridge is a solution for the patient who truly has no bone on the upper jaw.  Quadruple zygomatic implants are intended to replace a full upper denture with a non-removable, fixed implant bridge within 24 hours.   A quad zygoma dental implant bridge requires no bone grafting of any kind!   Most … 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

Can I Get Dental Implants Without Having Any Bone? Video

Can I Get Dental Implants without having any bone

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. … Read more

Gum Graft/Transplant for Dental Implants… Is It Necessary?

Receding gum on dental implant

Gum Graft/Transplant for Dental Implants… Is It Necessary? IT IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO SUCCESS! When talking about dental implants most people focus on the bone alone. The bone sets the tone, but the (gum) tissue is the issue. I get 100s of questions asking if a gum graft should be done at the … Read more

Big Bone Graft For Molars

Bone graft results

This patient presented to my office in Burbank, CA  after seeing numerous “dental implant dentists.” He was told that implants are not possible by three different providers! Bone Loss Needs Large Graft The preoperative image shows that he has very skinny bone in the area where the teeth were lost many years ago. The bone … Read more

Zygomatic Implants Lip and Face Support – Ramsey Amin DDS

lip face support

This patient I treated in Burbank, CA has no bone on the upper jaw.  You can see that she was unable to wear a denture.  Her face would cave in right to the bottom of the nose! I placed four zygomatic implants (quad zygoma) with a fixed bridge that she does not need to remove…ever.  … Read more