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 (screw-retained) implant segmented bridge prosthesis in zirconia material but did not want any vertical bone reduction …

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

This patient would like to have dental implants in his right side of his lower jaw. Without any type of bone augmentation procedure to this area, this would not be possible. Therefore, a bone block harvesting procedure is elected in order provide the necessary amount of bone to this area in order to sufficiently support …

*Graphic Images* Vertical and Horizontal Ridge Augmentation utilizing Autogenous Bone Block Graft Harvested from the Jaw Read More »

This patient was involved in an accident and, as a result, broke his left anterior central incisor tooth. The tooth was determined to be unsavable and will need to be extracted and to be immediately replaced with a dental implant and restoration (crown). In general, fresh tooth extraction sockets will not provide the available bone …

Extraction of Broken Anterior Tooth with Immediate Placement of Implant & Temporary Crown 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 with 4 Implants Removable Overdenture (Snap-on) Oral Prosthesis Read More »

A female patient lacks the necessary bone thickness (alveolar ridge width) to support regular size dental implants. Therefore, a ridge splitting procedure (RSP) is performed so that 6 standard platform (regular size) endosteal or root-form implants could be placed and not resort to using narrow platform (narrow size) implants which has a lower survival rate …

* Graphic Images* Ridge Splitting Procedure and Bone Expansion with 6 Implant Placements Read More »

The patient is presented with many deficiencies but would like to achieve his goals with the least amount of procedures. The patient would like to have a full-arch implant prosthesis and does not mind if it’s removable or fixed (screw-retained). Without the patient’s desire of  a bilateral or unilateral external sinus lift (since the patient …

Ridge Splitting Procedure on a Severely Deficient Maxillary Alveolar Ridge with Multiple Implant Placements 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 patient lacks the necessary bone to support dental implants in the upper left quadrant and therefore requires a bone augmentation procedure. A bone bone block graft is harvested from the patient’s lower jaw (donor site) and 2 bone shields (aka bone shells, bone veneers or bone plates) are created from it. In addition, Bone …

Bone Block Graft Harvested from Lower Jaw to Upper Left Quadrant Read More »