What are dental implants?
When teeth are lost in the chewing system, bad things happen. The most obvious problems with missing teeth are lack of chewing forces and loss of esthetics. Other problems that arise but are often overlooked until its too late are; drifting of adjacent teeth into the missing space, loss of bone in a horizontal and vertical dimension, and a change in bite patterns- to just name a few. We use Platelet Rich Fibrin in all our implant procedures to help optimize healing and decrease post operative pain.
DR. REUSS SPECIALIZES IN THE IMPLANT PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH
We are different to most dental offices because we do all phases of implant treatment in one place, our office. Our patients enjoy the simplicity of scheduling all their visits with us and having implant therapy from start to finish. There are many advantages to having your implant done in one place. Our goal is the final product that you will be most happy with.
The dental implant is a great way to replace these missing teeth. There are many types of dental implants; blades, root form, subperiosteal, mini’s,etc. The most common are root form implants that mimic the roots of teeth. The dental implant is made up of three parts;
1. the titanium screw (dental implant) that goes into the bone for support
2. the abutment which is top part that supports the Crown.
3. The Crown (“cap”) is what attaches to the implant giving you a tooth.
In our office we do all of these steps making the process easy for you.
The picture (sinus lift with two implants) at the top of the page shows a patient that had two teeth that were missing and wanted to restore her smile. After studying her 3D CT Scan(3d image of the bone) we found that she had lost a significant amount of bone over the years due to her missing teeth. We elevated the sinus to provide enough bone to place two implants. All this was done with local anesthesia and minimal discomfort. The digital x-ray shows how the sinus was elevated with the abutments in place (no crowns). The final picture shows the finished crowns and the nice tissue surrounding the implants.
This video shows what a fixed (non-removable) denture replacement looks like outside of the mouth. The use of implants allow us to fix the new teeth to the jaw. The prosthesis is made out of very durable porcelain. This type of procedure can be done for both the upper and lower jaws, so that dentures do not have to be worn. The advantages are many; no more denture sore spots, teeth stay in the mouth-they don’t move around, much improved chewing over dentures, speaking is more normal, taste of food improved.
