A patient with recurrent pain and infection from a tooth that had been previously had root canal therapy and retreatment from another clinic decides that enough is enough and finally decides to extract the tooth. The tooth is extracted and the tooth socket is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected of any remaining bacteria. An implant site […]

This patient wishes to restore the lower right quadrant with prosthetic teeth but lacks the adequate amount of bone width on the alveolar ridge to support regular sized dental implants provided that the required amount of circumferential bone is still maintained. For this patient, a ridge splitting expansion procedure (RSEP) is performed. A precise cut […]

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 […]

This particular patient wishes to get a implant in the molar region but unfortunately, does not have enough bone to support it. Currently, the amount of bone in the vertical dimension that the patient has is 2 mm. Therefore, an increase in bone volume must be established first before an implant can be placed. This is […]