Archive for the ‘ Dental Implants ’ Category

When Can I Return to Work After Dental Implant Surgery?

As with any surgery, dental implants require some time to heal. How soon you can return to work after your surgery depends upon your individual situation. Different factors might affect your healing as well as your comfort level in returning to your everyday activities. Factors That Affect Healing Ensuring proper healing will not only help […]

AAOMR updates guidelines for dental implant imaging

 By Kathy Kincade, Editor in Chief June 6, 2012 — Cross-sectional imaging — notably cone-beam CT — is the preferred method for presurgical assessment of dental implant sites, according to a new position statement issued by the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR; Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, June 2012, […]

Options for Replacing Multiple Teeth

Multiple missing teeth may compromise a patient’s ability to chew and speak, and leave their smile looking less than its best. Patients with this problem can look to a number of options for teeth replacement, all of which work by different mechanisms. Dental implants offer advanced technology in this area. With this technique, an implant […]

Dental Implants – Your third set of teeth.

While implants were introduced into dental practices in the late 1970s, you may be surprised to know that the earliest recorded attempts of their use date back to the Mayan civilization around 600 A.D. Needless to say, dental implants have undergone giant leaps in improved design, success, and overall patient satisfaction since those ancient times! […]