With the advent of the dental laser, precision dental drills, and decay detecting laser, our ability to detect decay sooner and fix it easier has been amazing. A patient considering implants to replace her bridges and partials asked me what similar advances are available for their implant replacements.
Implantology is the fastest advancing in dentistry today. One lecturer recently said that our knowledge of implants now doubles every 2 years--treatment that I recommended just a year ago, I would change now.
In the past the gums had to be pulled backed (flapped) to expose the bone; now many implants are placed “flapless” for more comfortable healing. In cases where the patient has insufficient bone for implants, the advances in bone grafting and comfort afterwards have nothing less than astonishing. Additionally, the number of cases that we can restore immediately is increasing for again comfort and better esthetics.
Keeping up on all the changes challenging. If you are a patient is concerned about comfort during and after these procedures (or did not like what you heard before) check again. The proposed treatment may be easier than you previously thought!
For more information see our implant site at SmileGlenEllyn.com and visit other blog articles in this site. Dr. Gibbs provides sedation dentistry, comfort based dentistry, implant dentistry, and cosmetic dentistry for patients in the Chicago area.This includes Wheaton, Naperville, Lisle, Glendale Heights, Lombard, Schaumburg, Roselle, Elmhurst, Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Warrenville, and Downers Grove. Contact us at LiveWithoutDentures.com Also visit us for video information on implants and relaxed sedation dentistry at YouTube LiveWithoutDentures
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