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

How Do Dental Implants Work?

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 … Read more

Sinus Lift Bone Graft- How Big Should the Implant Be?

Sinus Bone graft

A sinus lift bone graft is common! What is a sinus bone graft? The sinus is a hollow space above your upper molar teeth. There is usually not enough bone to place implants. The sinus lift bone graft builds the vertical height only. It does not build width. And it only builds height internally… Not … Read more

Dental Implant is Too Deep, Tooth Looks Long

Dental Implant is Too Deep, Tooth Looks Long

Dental implants, especially in the front of the mouth, need to be placed with a high degree of accuracy. When an implant is placed too shallow or worse yet too deep in the front of the mouth it creates a cosmetic failure– a long tooth and sometimes black triangles. This is especially true on a … Read more

Full Mouth Dental Implant Reconstruction -Audio Explanation With Burbank’s Ramsey Amin, DDS

Full mouth dental implants reconstruction

Full mouth dentistry with dental implants and crowns can get very complex.  I treated this patient in my Burbank office with nine dental implants and a total of more than 20 crowns. The full mouth dental reconstruction involved the upper and lower teeth and opening the bite to be taller. The three minute audio recording … Read more

What is Sinus Expansion? Do I Need a Sinus Lift? Sinus is Big and Close…Burbank Dental Implant Expert Reviews

3D scan of sinus

Your sinuses are big hollow holes above your upper teeth.  The roots of your upper back teeth are really close to your sinus. In order to have dental implants in that area, sometimes a sinus lift bone graft is necessary to treat the expanded sinus.  Whether you live in Burbank ,Glendale or Los Angeles, all … Read more

Thin Receding Gums And Dental Implants – What’s Important? Video by Ramsey Amin, DDS

After picture of gum graft on canine tooth #11

Thin gums area major cause of gum recession and can cause problems with dental implants too.  You are genetically given the thickness of your gums.  When it comes to dental implants…the thicker the gums the better.  This is also true for natural teeth.  This video explains some of the important issues. When someone has receding … Read more

I Don’t Have Enough Bone For Dental Implants

Panoramic xray of no teeth

The main qualifier for having dental implants is having enough bone.  If you don’t have enough bone for dental implants, the bone can be rebuilt or I can use remotely placed implants such as pterygoid implants and zygomatic implants.  If you don’t have enough gum, that can be added back (with a gum graft), too. … Read more

Implant Bridges – Upper Back Teeth Case Example

Missing upper and lower molars

Many people lose all of their back teeth on the upper or the lower jaw. Implant fixed bridges can replace your back teeth. My patient had broken the teeth on her upper bridge.  When that happens, the whole bridge fails and the teeth need to be extracted. The other side had no teeth at all. … Read more