The “Void” Bone Graft for Immediate Single Implants – American Board Diplomate Explains

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A bone graft for immediate single implants is often needed. Most immediate implants are for single rooted teeth like your front and middle back teeth (premolars.) In my Burbank dental implant practice, this type of bone graft is common. Most implants are round in shape.  Most extraction sockets are oval or rectangular if they are … Read more

Burbank Implant Dentist Explains Titanium Mesh Bone Grafting for Dental Implants

Missing lateral upper teeth

Titanium mesh is one of many techniques I use in my Burbank dental implant practice to rebuild (graft) lost bone.  Titanium mesh is sometimes referred to as “ti-mesh.” It looks like a screen as shown in this picture. It acts as a barrier and physical support of the gums over the bone graft. I place … Read more

I Don’t Have Enough Bone For Dental Implants

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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

Rationale and Costs –Immediate Same Day Extraction and Back Tooth Molar Implant vs.Waiting

Xray of back molar dental implant

Back molar teeth can have immediate implants!  This means that the same day a molar is extracted, an implant can be put in the socket.  When it is possible, this saves you money by avoiding the cost of a second procedure or bone graft.  Besides cost, it also saves you time because you don’t have to “extract, then let it heal for 2-4 months.”  You want your tooth as soon as possible!

In order to do an immediate implant for a back molar tooth a large, wide diameter implant must be used.

Super Wide Diameter Implants (6.0mm and larger)
-reduces or eliminates the need for bone grafting in back tooth extraction sites
-enables proper emergence contour of the final crown  Ramsey Amin Wide immediate dental implant

-reduces stress delivered to the implant-bone interface as well as throughout the rest of the implant

-Ideal for “rescuing” teeth implants where smaller-diameter implants have failed

Less invasive
-Shorter treatment time
-Prevents bone shrinkage.

-Following an extraction, bone width decreases 25%-40% in the first year!

Considerations
-Size of tooth being replaced.  The average measurements of back teeth indicate use of a 7.0mm implant. Tooth size varies by type of tooth as well as your genetics

-Nerve position is critical

Increased initial stability (tightness when first placed)
-When the diameter of the root is less than that of the implant, the resulting primary stability is greater. This is important for the

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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

Immediate Dental Implant Video by Burbank’s Best Dentist 2010

Immediate Dental Implants

Immediate dental implants are amazing.  Your tooth can be replaced in about an hour. This patient found me from the Burbank Leader Newspaper Best of Burbank issue (Best Dentist). He had a Maryland bridge for his front tooth that kept falling out.  It was also very unattractive to him. Using intravenous sedation, a dental implant … Read more

Pockets Around Dental Implants

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Dental implants have “pockets” around them just like our teeth do.  Healthy pockets around teeth are 2-3 millimeters while implants have pockets that can be healthy up to 6mm. Warning signs of deep pockets and gum disease include the following: Red, swollen or tender gums or other pain in your mouth Bleeding while brushing, flossing, … Read more

Broken Tooth – Slanted Dental Implant Crown Fixed

Broken upper premolar

The first picture tells the whole story.  My patient came to see me in Burbank and she said "I have loose crown and I hope it is savable."  She had another tooth break about a year earlier. What you are looking at is a broken tooth.  Actually the root is broken. So it wasn't the … Read more

Bone Grafts…How Long Do They Take to Heal?

Bone grafts video by Dr. Ramsey Amin DDS

Some bone grafts for dental implants take longer to heal than others. In this video, I cover several factors that determine how long your bone graft takes to heal.  Remember that many times the bone grafts and dental implants can be done simultaneously. (Related topic –click here)          Factors affecting bone graft healing … Read more