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
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 … Read more
(updated July 2022) Is it possible to have dental implants if you have osteoporosis? What if you took Fosamax, Boniva, Zometa, Prolia or one of the medications intended to slow down the process of osteoporosis? What if your T score is -4.2? The short answer is yes… Having dental implants is possible with osteoporosis, but … Read more
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
“Socket shield” for dental implants is a hot topic. It’s part of a greater group of procedures called “partial extraction therapy.” Basically part of your tooth is kept rather than extracting your entire tooth!! It may sound weird to you to keep part of a tooth that is getting extracted, but it has its merits. … Read more
Patients who are not treated with the penicillin type of antibiotics, such as amoxicillin or Augmentin, have a higher rate of implant and bone graft complications/failures!
I prefer this method of making dental implant crowns. The accuracy is unparalleled. My patients like that we don’t have to gag them with molding material. Basically a video wand is put in your mouth rather than the big trays. My lab partner works with a corresponding software to make the zirconia teeth.
This video shows the capture of a digital dental implant impression mold done in my office. This is how I take an impression for an implant. It can be one implant or it can be a whole mouth full of implants. This is a digital implant impression. This is far more accurate than messy gooey … Read more
I would consider this x-ray to have an ideal crown and abutment. This is really critical to the long term of the implants to prevent bone loss that is called peri-implantitis. This happens to be a custom abutment. The abutment is the middle part between the implant in the bone and the crown in your … Read more
These are some of the realities of how long dental implants take to complete. This video is worth your time! It can take anywhere from one day with immediate loaded teeth all the way to 2 years. This video reviews the rationale for when you can go fast and when it needs to go slow. … Read more