This is a case being planned for upper and lower Prettau dental implant Bridges. The patient just lost her lower front teeth extracted and now has no teeth at all. She can no longer wear a lower denture and desires dental implants that are nonremovable.
The All on 4 dental implant procedure has become quite popular. You probably even hear about it on radio and TV advertising. Even many dentists don’t really understand it. It is sometimes advertised as the “smile and a day” procedure. All on four is simply a treatment option for replacing all of your teeth … Read more
Guided dental implant surgery is a procedure where a surgical guide or template is made to allow me to place your dental implants in a very precise position. This is done from a 3-D scan and some serious computer software. It can often help reduce the need for a bone graft! First a 3-D scan … Read more
Having fixed “permanent” dental implant teeth is a process. This process can vary greatly from as short as one day and can extend up to two years. The average is a few months. Here is a 5 step summary of the process. “Permanent” is in quotations because nothing is truly permanent. Everything can be removed if needed and … Read more
“I need new teeth. Can I replace all my teeth with dental implants?” This is a question I hear often. Worse yet, some people say should I pull all of my teeth and get dentures? Most of the time the answer is no! BUT…sometimes it IS better to pull your remaining teeth and have full … Read more
All-on-four is a dental implant technique specific to people missing all of their teeth and who want to avoid dentures. Many patients that see me in Burbank ask me about “All on Four” dental implants. Sometimes they call it “All Over Four.” The all-on-four implant procedure has few advantages, but several disadvantages. All-on-(or over) four … Read more
Full mouth dental implants can be very confusing and highly varied in technique and cost. In this video, I explain the things you should know about having dental implants to replace all of your teeth. Here is a recent x-ray of a patient that I placed 14 dental implants and upper and lower fixed dental … Read more
First off I want to be clear that you cannot have dental implants without having enough bone to support dental implants. BUT…sometimes you don’t need to rebuild ALL the bone to have the same result. Sometimes rebuilding ALL the bone does not yield as nice of a result than if you bone grafted back just … Read more
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
Snap in dentures is a term some patients use when they come to see me for dental implant dentures in Burbank. There is a product called the "snap on smile" that is not related to implant dentistry. Snap in dentures are dental implant overdentures. That means they go over dental implants. The more implants you have … Read more