(updated July 2022) Is it possible to have dental implants if you have osteoporosis? What if you took Fosamax, Boniva, Zometa, Prolia or one of the medications intended to slow down the process of osteoporosis? What if your T score is -4.2? The short answer is yes… Having dental implants is possible with osteoporosis, but … Read more
Planning zygomatic implants in 3D is one of the most important parts of the diagnostic process. In this video you can see how I placed a quad zygoma… Meaning four zygomatic dental implants for an upper jaw that has literally no bone. The implants are kind of laying on the side of the jaw near … Read more
I prefer this method of making dental implant crowns. The accuracy is unparalleled. My patients like that we don’t have to gag them with molding material. Basically a video wand is put in your mouth rather than the big trays. My lab partner works with a corresponding software to make the zirconia teeth.
This video shows the capture of a digital dental implant impression mold done in my office. This is how I take an impression for an implant. It can be one implant or it can be a whole mouth full of implants. This is a digital implant impression. This is far more accurate than messy gooey … Read more
This is a GREAT example on how missing back teeth cause the entire bite to collapse. This is my patient I am treating. These are digital 3D scan models that I made in the office. Rather than the teeth interdigitating with each other they are passing by each other more like pair of scissors. … Read more
These are some of the realities of how long dental implants take to complete. This video is worth your time! It can take anywhere from one day with immediate loaded teeth all the way to 2 years. This video reviews the rationale for when you can go fast and when it needs to go slow. … Read more
In this video I describe the 3-D planning for a full upper dental implant procedure. Bone quality and quantity are discussed as well as immediate teeth made when the teeth are extracted and implants are placed. This is how I do all of my cases. This case happens to have a zygomatic implant on the … Read more
What is better? Long or short dental implants? There are a lot of different views on this topic especially in the last few years where the trend is to place shorter implants and the less of them. Do you want your house to be built with just the minimum number of support beams? If you … Read more
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
This is actually a really old topic that has become renewed again in the last few years. Do you hold your implant crown or bridge in with a screw abutment connection or do you hold it in with cement? Each technique has their merits. In this video I will describe many of the reasons why … Read more