On left, lower
front teeth suffered from being crooked, bone loss, and infection.
Surgical Guide
to line up the implant
Bad lower teeth are
removed.
Extreme bone loss
caused the threads of this implant to be exposed.
Bone grafted onto
implant thread.
After healing,
implant "screws" were placed and the start of abutment placement.
Copings to get an
impression.
Finished dental implant Bridge.
Our great patient Eric needed a
combination of treatment: orthodontics
(braces), extraction, dental implant, teeth reshaping, and teeth
whitening.
The crown was porcelain with gold substructure placed on
implant.
Eric was pleased with the way it turned out and so were we
because
cosmetic implant dentistry is very challenging!
A case for chair side (in office) bonded
restorations. Even though porcelain
restorations are close to
ideal.
They are not always optimum for all patients.
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This is why implants are a better idea
than bridges. Decay gets
under crowns
and ruins the bridge.
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Our patient had orthognathic surgery
prior to
us placing veneers and doing a slight gum lift.