Implants

Dental Implants: What Happens Before The Procedure Are you missing some of your teeth due to issues with gum disease? Your imperfect smile may have motivated you to look for a way to fix it. One way to restore missing teeth is with dental implants. Unlike partial dentures, dental implants will be a permanent fixture in your mouth that should last the rest of your life. There is a process that you must go through before a dentist can install dental implants. It involves getting a thorough…

if you lose teeth due to an injury or decay, dental implants offer an incredible opportunity to replace them and help your smile look more beautiful than ever. So, what exactly are dental implants? The dentist at Greenwood Village’s Weisbard Dental sheds some light on how these amazing advances in dental technology are revolutionizing the way patients feel about lost teeth. Here are just three of the many amazing benefits of dental implants: Improve Your Look: There’s nothing more empowering…

According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) about two two out of three Americans have at least one missing tooth. Having missing teeth can easily cause people to feel self-conscious, so they stop smiling. But thanks to dental implants, dental patients are smiling, again. Dental implants serve as artificial tooth roots, so that replacement teeth have a permanent base. These are metal posts or frames that are inserted underneath the gums and into the jawbone. If you have…

Protocol (TM) for implant arch prosthetic finalization, Dr. Gordon gave this speech on May 13, 2015 and provided information regarding proper techniques along with new innovations in immediate load implant dentistry. "Immediate Load Implant Dentistry benefits those with missing or bad teeth, as it allows these teeth to be replaced in only one day, regardless if they are in one jaw or both. Multiple teeth may be replaced using the implant arch immediate load prosthesis, implants and an acrylic…

Care Of Your Dental Implant If you have a missing tooth, then getting an implant is a good way to fill in the gap and prevent bone loss. Since an implant is placed deep in your bone, it stimulates the bone every time you chew and this helps keep your bone from receding. An implant keeps your other teeth from shifting, and it looks like a natural tooth. While an implant has many benefits, it is an expensive dental procedure. Therefore, you want to take good care of your implant so it lasts a…

Cochlear Implants A great divide in the Deaf community have taken sides over whether they believe cochlear implants are a “medical miracle or ethnic genocide” (Controversy Over Cochlear Implants). Cochlear implants serve as a tool for deaf people to be given a chance to hear the world around them. However, many people in the Deaf community believe that given the option to take a chance on nerve damage and be given the chance to hear is not worth the risk at hand. Also many believe that the…

teeth, then dental implants can be used to replace these teeth. The dental implant procedure involves using an abutment to connect the dental implant and crown. An abutment is a porcelain or titanium screw that is shaped just like your natural teeth. The entire dental implant procedure usually takes few months to complete. Once the procedure is completed the entire implant can last several years without any issues. However, if you mistreat your implants, then your dental implant will not last as…

Dental implants have been around since 1952, they were invented by PerIngrvar Branemark, a Swedish orthopedic surgeon. Throughout the last 45 years, dental implants have revolutionized the face of dentistry. Dental implants are made of titanium and are replacements for either the root or roots of teeth. Just like teeth are in the jawbone, dental implants are placed securely into the jawbone. The success of dental implants can be attributed to a surgeon discovering the extraordinary properties of…

Participation of Children and Adolescents With Cochlear Implants: A Qualitative Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Child Interviews". Today, living with profound deafness to most would seem unheard of. With cochlear implants being so readily available, some would wonder why anyone would choose to NOT have cochlear implants. The issue is that these devices need to be implanted very young and the Deaf culture frowns on those who choose to go the cochlear implant route. They say you are changing the…

If I had a deaf child I would get him or her a cochlear implant. I probably wouldn’t think twice about it. Because I would want my child to experience and hear all of the things I 've been able to hear. And I know that it’s a major surgery for a newborn child but I would be doing what I think I best for my child. And at the end of the day the child is mine, and a lot of people may agree with it and a lot may not but I would do what I think is best for my child. I want my kid to be able to hear…