Ramsey Amin 
You may have heard about Botox® for teeth grinding or jaw clenching. But why would Botox® be important while having full mouth dental implants? In order for full mouth, immediate teeth within 24 hours to work, the implants cannot be subjected to high biting forces. Botox®, (Xeomin® and Dysport®) temporarily decreases the strength of the … Read more
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
Smoking has a negative effect on dental implants and bone grafting procedures. You can either smoke or you can have teeth, but you cannot have both! Smoking anything of any kind has a negative effect on dental implant procedures. The nicotine constricts the blood vessels leading to poor healing and much higher incidence of infection … Read more
The topic today is alcohol and dental implants. There’s a great majority of people who drink alcohol. Some do it in moderation. Some do it very heavily. It’s going to affect your dental implant surgery, for sure. Let’s talk about how alcohol affects it. Alcohol consumption increases the risks of dental implant and bone grafting postoperative complications…always. … Read more
If you have active gum disease (periodontitis) and need full mouth implants All on 4/5/6 there are several issues to consider. The most important of all is that the gum disease problem that you have around your teeth can also affect the implants. What!!!! As I have said in the past, dental implants are not … Read more
Pterygoid implants are often used along with zygomatic or other implants (to learn more about this particular type of implant, visit my webpage here). They can be extremely useful to allow you to get teeth quickly and safely for the upper jaw “all on 4/6 dental implants.” These are very specialized implants that are only … Read more
Why do some dental implants take four to six months, but other types of dental implants can be done in one day? Okay. Let’s address this question because it is a common one and it’s misunderstood a lot. So a dental implant, no matter where it goes in the body, in general takes somewhere between … Read more
$399 dental implant. Don’t fall for it! What is the catch? Why are implants so expensive? These are these things I hear all of the time. Let’s address some of these things…especially the $399 dental implant catch and some of the advertisements you might see. Watch the video or read below (video transcription lightly edited … Read more
(updated January 2024) The all on 4 dental implant full mouth solution is not without problems. In fact, many patients come to me to fix all-on-4 dental implant problems and remove failed implants. It is a major decision to have this treatment done. In very skilled hands, this procedure has a very high success rate. There … Read more
I’d like to go through an example of a case I’ve completed that really shows a life change…fast dental implants and dentures in one day (“teeth in a day”). So this wonderful man, who really is just a great guy, has quite a dental situation going on. You can see that he has no upper … Read more