Montgomery County Patient Chooses Dental Implant Specialist Dr. Stephen Brown To Permanenty Replacement His Missing Tooth

Case Study #3 - Dental Implant vs. A Removable Tooth Replacement

This Montgomery County man was missing a lower front tooth for a very long time. His previous dentist only offered him the choice of a removable tooth replacement. While a removable prosthesis can be an esthetically desirable temporary restoration, providing tooth support, ensuring retention, and preventing pressure on a grafted implant site, a dental implant can provide a more advanced replacement for a missing tooth.

A dental implant provided him with an esthetic and permanent solution to his problem. During the procedure, a small titanium screw was implanted into his jawbone, providing a highly biocompatible surface that encourages bone to attach to it during the healing process ensuring long-term success. The dental implant also creates stimulation to the underlying bone, preserving the integrity of the jaw. The implant is made of titanium which is very strong and is also naturally accepted by the body.

The implant was then restored with a ceramic crown resulting in a beautiful and natural-looking permanent restoration.

Everyone deserves a beautiful smile. With the advances in dental implants Philadelphia, there is no longer a need to settle for anything less. A beautiful tooth replacement like the one in this example can give you back the confidence you may have lost and transform your life. To learn more about this life-changing tooth replacement procedure, call Philadelphia Periodontist Dr. Stephen Brown (215) 735-3660 or visit him on the web at http://www.theperiogroup.com/. What are you waiting for? A beautiful smile is just a click away.

Immediate Placement of Single Tooth Implants

The first patients receiving Branemark implants were completely edentulous and received multiple (5-6) implants placed in the anterior mandible between the mental foramina, then later in the maxilary anterior region. All of these implants were the "two-stage" variety which classically required three to six months to complete the bone fusion process named osseointegration. Then a secon surgical procedure to expose the implant head for abutment connection and restoration was performed

Although there were limitations imposed by Branemark's system, including the design and cosmetics of the prostheses they supported, for many "dental criples" the return of adequate function was nothing short of a miracle which significantly improved their quality of life.

As a means of treating areas of bone with less than adequate density and volume, alternative implant designs and geometry and the use of osteotomes, sinus augmentation and onlay grafts were developed to increase the predictablility and clinical success of dental implants.

Beginning in the mid-90's, single tooth implants and reduction in treatment time became a primary goal for implant clinicians. Patients were dissatisfied with merely achieveing a stable implant in alveolar bone and demanded funtional and cosmetically-acceptable tooth replacements. As a result, the single tooth implant has become the treatment of choice and the standard of care in many tooth replacement situtations.

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Cat Scans Aid Dental Implant Diagnosis

Dentist have a variety of radiographs available for implant diagnosis and treatment planning. These include periapical, panoramic, conventional tomography, and computer-assisted tomography.
The panoramic radiograph is the most frequently used dental x-ray for dental implant treatment and is also the least accurate. Distortion can range from 25 to 30percent.
Conventional tomography also exhibits considerable distortion and lacks the uninterrupted continuity of a three-dimensional image.
Cone Beam CT (CBCT) scanning provides the clinician the advantage of a three-dimensional image with the least distortion, an average of 0.2 to 0.5mm. Anatomic structures can be seen in their entirety without superimposition and with superior magnification, sharpness and significantly reduced distortion in relation to other radiography.
This makes CBCT a more precise diagnostic tool which provides greater clinical confidence in the placement of dental implants than convention radiography.
To read more about dental implant diagnosis and treatment planning, visit Dr. I. Stephen Brown at www.theperiogroup.com.