This patient has experienced excessive bone resorption and can no longer continue to wear a complete denture. The complete deterioration of the entire alveolar bone for his lower jaw has resulted in the inferior alveolar nerves to being exposed and laying above the remaining basal bone. What was once completely covered or encircled by bone …

Fixed Detachable Implant Prosthesis (OD-4 Implant Overdenture with Fixed Connecting Bar) Read More »

The tooth #8 has to be extracted due to severe tooth decay which caused the tooth to gradually deteriorate over time. The site is then placed with a standard sized endosteal or root-form dental implant followed by an implant crown oral prosthetic.

A tooth with severe decay is extracted and a dental implant is immediately placed. The site is finally restored with a dental implant crown. The space of the extraction site has closed over time due to the severe decay of the tooth so therefore the size (interdental space or “lenght”) for the implant crown was …

Single Implant Placement in the Posterior Region following a Tooth Extraction Read More »

The patient currently wears an “old” lower complete denture and over time the denture has become loose due to the resorption of the alveolar bone as result from the natural aging process and from the consistent irritation of his current ill-fitting oral prosthesis. The patient’s concern are the costs and therefore for the time-being wants …

Placement of 2 Implants for Better Retainment of an Old Denture Read More »

For this particular patient, not only is the patient missing some anterior (front) teeth but is also lacking the supporting bone along with the soft gum tissue. In cases where patients chooses NOT to restore the hard tissue (bone) and soft tissue (gum) by traditional means (i.e., surgery) then they can opt to receive an …

3 Anterior Dental Implants with “Pink Porcelain” Oral Prosthesis Read More »

This patient has been missing most of his upper teeth for many years now and as a result does not have an adequate amount of bone for dental implants to fulfill the criteria of a full-arch implant prosthesis. Therefore, bilateral sinus lifts or sinus elevations, ridge splitting procedures, and bone grafting procedures were all performed …

Upper Full-Arch with Multiple Implants and Implant Bridge Read More »

The patient has been missing 2 teeth in the posterior region for many years now and as a result the bone volume has deteriorated in all 3 dimensions. In order to replace the missing teeth with dental implants the area will first require bone augmentation for implant support. As a result, bone is harvested and …

2 Posterior Implants in the Posterior Region after Transplantation of a Bone Block Graft Read More »

This particular patient has a severely resorbed alveolar ridge for the upper arch and therefore needs bone augmentation (additive) before any dental implants could be placed. First, the bony ridge is expanded in width by means of a long-span ridge splitting procedure (RSP) followed by the placement of 6 dental implants. Bone grafting material, allograft, …

Upper Full-Arch Screw-Retained (Non-Removable) Hybrid FP-3 Oral Prosthesis and Lower Implant Overdenture (Snap-on) Read More »

The bone of the alveolar ridge is too thin to place 3 dental implants in the proper and ideal anatomical location of the lower jaw. By not being placed at the correct location there will be harmful offset loads (stress factors) resulting in biomechanical overloading to the prosthesis and implant leading to the eventual failure …

3 Posterior Dental Implants with Bone Block Graft Transplant Read More »

The width of the alveolar ridge is insufficient for an ideal dental implant placement of size 5.0 x 10 mm at this particular location in the mouth and as a result will require bone augmentation in order to restore the ridge with this choice of implants. The proper positioning of the implants are extremely crucial …

3 Dental Implants in Lower Left Quadrant with Bone Block Graft Read More »