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Gum Disease Treatment
Gum disease, also referred to as periodontal disease, is an inflammation of the tissues that surround and support your teeth. It can occur when bacteria is not removed from under the gum line and then builds up over time. Untreated gum disease is a major cause of tooth loss and can worsen your overall health, particularly diabetes and heart disease. We will treat the inflammation, recreate cleansable anatomy and regenerate lost tissues around teeth.
Jaw Bone Deterioration after Tooth Loss
Once a tooth is lost the supporting jaw bone shrinks due to lack of stimulation. When one or more teeth are missing the neighboring will slowly drift and the opposing teeth will continue erupting, which will cause spaces between teeth and problems with your bite. These complications of tooth loss will require extensive work to regain your normal bite.
2 Implants & Attachments (Removable Denture)
When all teeth are missing in the upper or lower jaw, your dentist may fabricate a complete denture for you. To improve the stability of the denture 2 or 4 implants may be placed in the lower or upper jaw, respectively, and the denture(s) snapped onto attachments screwed into the implants. The denture(s) can be removed and cleaned as instructed by your dentist.
2 Implants & Bar (Removable Denture)
To restore your missing teeth with complete denture(s) supported by 2 dental implants, your dentist may fabricate a bar connecting the implants for added stability and force distribution among all implants. In this case, your implants will be connected by a bar that screws into the implants and the denture attaches to the bar.
4-6 Implants for Fixed Denture
When 4-6 implants can be placed in a jaw without any teeth, a fixed denture can be made, which will significantly reduce its volume and the necessity for support by the gums and bones. These dentures will be supported entirely by the implants. Typically, the fixed full-arch implant-supported dentures will be screwed into the implants.
Bone Grafting at the Time of Implant Placement
When a tooth is lost the supporting jaw bone resorbs due to a lack of mechanical stimulation. Nowadays. the gold standard for an extraction of a hopeless tooth is bone grafting to preserve adequate bone volume for an implant. When the bone volume is already reduced a bone graft may be needed before or at the time of implant placement.
Jaw Bone Deterioration
Gum Disease
Removable Denture with Attachments on 2 Implants
Removable Denture with Bar on 2 Implants
Fixed Restoration with 4-6 Implants
Bone Augmentation
Gum Recession Treatment
Gum recession happens when the surface of the gums that surrounds your teeth becomes unhealthy and begins to pull away from your teeth. Left untreated, it can eventually expose the roots, which makes them more susceptible to decay and damage. Teeth also become hypersensitive.
With today's techniques and materials gum recession can be treated and in most cases, reversed. We use microsurgical approaches and materials of the highest quality to regenerate the lost gum and cover exposed roots.
Single Implant for Crown
When a tooth is missing, the state-of-the-art solution is an implant-supported fixed restoration (crown). To place an implant in the space of a missing tooth we need to have adequate bone and gum. Implants can be placed at the time of extraction or after the extraction. Bone and gum grafting may be needed before or during implant placement surgery. We use the highest quality implants and biologic materials.
4 Implants & Attachments (Removable Denture)
To improve the stability of a complete denture and reduce its volume 4 implants may be placed and the denture snapped onto attachments screwed into the implants. A minimum of 4 implants is necessary for an upper denture. Having 4 implants support a lower denture will greatly improve its stability.
4 Implants & Bar (Removable Denture)
To restore your missing teeth with complete denture(s) supported by 4 dental implants, your dentist may fabricate a bar connecting the implants for added stability and force distribution among all implants. In this case, your implants will be connected by a bar that screws into the implants and the denture attaches to the bar.
Implant Supported vs Conventional Bridges
Conventional bridges supported by teeth neighboring a space of a missing tooth was the gold standard before dental implants were available. Because conventional bridges require cutting into teeth that may be disease-free, this option is being replaced by implant-supported fixed restorations (crowns & bridges on implants).
Multiple Implants for Fixed Bridge
When 3 ore more neighboring teeth are missing and implant-supported fixed restorations are feasible, a bridge supported by implants may be an optimal solution.
Not every missing tooth needs to be replaced by an implant-supported crown. A pontic supported by implants may be the solution for you.
Gum Recession
Implant-borne Single Tooth Treatment
Removable Denture with Attachments on 4 Implants
Removable Denture with Bar on 4 Implants
Conventional 3-unit Bridge vs Implant-borne Single-tooth Treatment
Implant-borne Multi-tooth Treatment
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