For this patient, all the remaining natural teeth are extracted, alveoloplasty (reduction and contouring) of the bony alveolar ridge is performed, 8 dental implants (traditional endosteal or root-form implants) are then placed, and finally an oral prosthesis in this case, a full-arch fixed (screw-retained) implant prosthesis (i.e., implant bridge) is fabricated and delivered. The fixed …

Multiple Implants in the Upper Maxillary Arch with Screw-Retained Prosthesis Read More »

The patient chooses a full-arch fixed (screw-retained) implant prosthesis (implant bridge) instead of a removable implant overdenture (IOD) and as a result, the oral prosthesis can be further reduced in size especially in the palatal area (roof of the mouth). Overall, this reduction of the oral prosthesis can be more comfortable for the patient in …

6 Implants in the Maxillary Upper Arch with a Fixed or Screw-Retained Prosthesis (All-on-6) Read More »

This case is of a patient that is completely edentulous (without teeth) for the lower and upper arches. The patient underwent a full mouth implant surgery that consists of the placement of 14 dental implants that are supported by an upper and lower full-arch fixed (screw-retained) implant zirconia prosthetic bridge which are both of the …

Upper and Lower Multiple Implants with Full-Arch Fixed (Screw-Retained) FP-3 Implant Prostheses Read More »

Patient had extractions of all of the teeth in the upper arch due to severe teeth decay. For this particular case, multiple dental implants were placed on the same day of the extractions without the reflection of any soft tissue flaps (flapless surgery) to minimize post-operative pain; promote faster and better healing results; and to …

Upper Full-Arch Implants with 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 »

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 »

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 »

A female patient has been very unfortunate with her lower complete denture that she currently wears since they don’t stay on in her mouth. She states that she cannot use them when she eats and that it moves around in her mouth when she speaks. She says she is looking for a more stable prosthesis …

*Graphic Image* Ridge Splitting Procedure on a Very Thin Ridge of the Lower Arch with 4 Implants Removable Overdenture (Snap-on) Oral Prosthesis Read More »

This is a 76 year old patient that has failing teeth in her upper arch due to many years of neglect. She finally decided to extract all of her upper teeth and to get a full-arch nonremovable or fixed implant segmented bridge prosthesis in zirconia material but did not want any vertical bone reduction performed …

Full-Arch FP-1 Fixed Zirconia Bridge Prosthesis with 10 implants in the Upper Arch Read More »

This patient decided to extract all of his upper teeth and to get a full-arch screw-retained implant prosthesis. For this patient, no vertical bone reduction was necessary and the patient was even more happier that this was not needed or performed. Instead, only the teeth that are missing were needed to be restored – not …

Full-Arch Fixed and Screw-Retained FP-1 (Tooth-Only Defect) Implant Zirconia Prosthesis Read More »