How To Clean Dental Implants Including All on 4, 6, Zirconia Bridges

Zirconia fixed bridge (Prettau)

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 … Read more

ZYGOMATIC DENTAL IMPLANTS VS. SINUS LIFT BONE GRAFT REVIEW

3D scan of zygomatic implants

Which one is better??? Zygomatic dental implants or a sinus lift bone graft?  I would like to start by saying that both are excellent options.  Both have long-term data to support their use and I do both procedures very routinely.Often I will recommend one over the other or give you the option to choose what … Read more

All on 4/6 Prettau Fixed Implant Bridge Lip and Facial Support Considerations

Lack of facial/lip support making a premature aged appearance.

If you lose all of your teeth, your jawbone and eventually your face will shrink. This cannot be stopped even with bone grafts. It naturally happens because of atrophy (lack of use) of both muscle and bone of the jaws. I have discussed this bone loss in many previous blog and web articles. If you’re … Read more

Patient Review: Full Upper Dental Implants with a Fixed Prettau Bridge

patient review of Burbank Dental Implants: Ramsey Amin DDS

Are you interested in dental implants? See what one patient (who traveled all the way from Michigan to California for her procedure) has to say after receiving full mouth upper and lower dental implants with a fixed Prettau bridges from Dr. Ramsey Amin. If you are looking to replace all of your teeth with dental … Read more

Converting Bad Dental Implant Overdentures To Fixed Full Arch Bridges -Review Of Complex Case

Panoramic x-ray of full mouth implants

Here is an interesting full double arch dental implant case that I took over from another dentist.  This patient desired full mouth dental implants.  When he presented to my office he already had 10 implants but could not use his teeth.  He paid a lot of money only to be disappointed with the removable over … Read more

Full Arch All on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Implants – 3D Lab Teeth Design Video

Full arch all 4, 5,6,7,8 implants 3D lab teeth design video

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!  Experience … Read more

All On Dental Implants With Prettau Solid Zirconia Dental Implant Bridges ~A Case Explained

lower jaw dental implant impression

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. … Read more

Bone Reduction Leveling For Dental Implants to Avoid a Bone Graft

bone reduction dental implants

Bone leveling is a procedure called “alveoloplasty.” Bone leveling is extremely beneficial in cases where a bone graft can be avoided altogether. Especially in the lower jaw when the bone atrophies, (melts away) what’s left of the bone is just a skinny spine knife edge type of ridge where the teeth used to be. That … Read more