Patient Experiences & Clinic Videos
Glen Sidebottom
Laura
John
Doreen Ashton
Dennis Whiteley
Carol Chin
Bob Harrison
Anne
Zia
Lisa
Dianne
Marion
Karen Eadsforth
Kevin
Roy Rich
Recommended by own dentist for implant FIXED teeth.
History
Mr Rich’s lower back chewing teeth were missing and the front teeth were taking the loading of chewing, which led to them becoming loose as well. Eating became a problem.
Clinical Situation
There were only 9 teeth left compared to 14 functional teeth that are usually present for chewing. 4 of these 9 teeth were loose due to a combination of gum disease and overloading since the loss of the back chewing teeth. The loss of 4 further teeth would leave only 5 teeth to chew! Mr Rich did not want to wear a denture.
Solution
We proposed the Same Day Teeth concept and now dentures! On the day of the treatment Mr Rich loss all the last remaining lower teeth and got 4 implants with fixed teeth. After a healing period of 4 months, his own dentist made a permanent bridge to restore complete chewing efficiency.
Conclusion
There was no point keeping 5 teeth after the loss of 4 more of the 9 remaining teeth. Working around these 5 last remaining teeth would have meant more implants and a higher cost. The Same Day Teeth concept with 4 implants and fixed teeth resolved all of Mr Rich’s problems and restored his chewing function.
Molly Taylor
50 year wait to have fixed teeth comes to an end. No more dentures!
History
Molly lost all her upper and lower teeth during her teenage years. At the age of 72, Molly had finally realised her dream of throwing away her dentures for fixed and permanent teeth using dental implants.
Clinical Situation
Loss of teeth leads to bone loss. The bone progressively continues to reduce in quantity and quality after removal of your natural teeth. Molly had absolutely minimal bone and the ridges – where implants are placed – were completely knife-edge thin!
Solution
With our surgical experience and skills with bone grafting techniques, we were able to augment Molly’s jaw to replace the bone loss resulting from 50 years of no teeth.
Using ‘sinus lifting’ techniques we were able to increase the volume of bone available for the placement of implants. In total 6 implants were placed and fixed teeth were delivered after an implant healing period of 3 months.
Conclusion
Molly says, ‘I have waited for this all my life; I now have fixed teeth! I have always dreamed of this day and you have made it happen’.
Even in extreme cases such as this, where tooth loss from several decades ago has diminished the bone available for placing dental implants, we are able to place dental implants by bone augmentation procedures. The treatment time-line is longer than our Sam Day Implants and Teeth, but a 6-9 month wait is nothing for when someone who has waited 50 years!
Lorraine Tillet
Smile makeover with implants and normal crowns.
History
Lorraine presented to us on the recommendation of her general dental practitioner for implants to replace her 3-teeth denture replacing her 3 front smiling teeth on the left side. Lorraine also had old crowns on 2 other smiling teeth which she wanted changing at the same time for a more symmetrical and improved smile.
Clinical Situation
The upper denture was replacing her upper left incisor and canine teeth. The adjacent teeth had old crowns where the grey line around the gum line was visible and did not look good!
Solution
A smile makeover with fixed teeth was achieved with 2 implants to support a 3-teeth bridge and the crowns on the other 2 adjacent teeth were changed at the same time to match the aesthetics and help achieve a symmetrical smile.
Conclusion
Although 3 teeth were missing, we placed only 2 implants (as opposed to 3 individual ones) to replace the 3 missing teeth.
The implant bridge and conventional crowns were replaced using a special porcelain – known as Emax – which have the most natural appearance.
Composites
Lateral Incisor
A large cavity in a tooth within the smile-line can easily be filled with a tooth-colour composite filling in a space of 30 minutes. This is a great alternative to having a crown and much more conservative because it hard involves any drilling!
Reshaping
Upper left incisor and canine teeth were ‘reshaped’ using composite fillings to make them look more like the teeth on the right side. Again, this was completely conservative and involved no drilling. Crowns or veneers are the alternative options.
Centrals
Chipping of the front teeth due to weakened enamel was covered with the same colour of composite as the adjacent tooth surface.
Kim Howarth
Barbara Clark
SAME DAY FIXED TEETH
Barbara came to us for a second opinion regarding dental implants to replace her upper failing teeth. Since coming to us, Barbara hasn’t looked back!
History
Barbara had several badly decayed and loose teeth on the upper jaw. She presented having seen the same dentist for 20 years, who had now proposed implant treatment which seemed to her very invasive and long-drawn. She presented to us to seek an opinion because we are ‘the implant practice’.
Clinical Situation
It was obvious to see that Barbara would lose most of her upper teeth, saving only 3 teeth which would be of no real benefit. She did not want to wear a denture. She never had and never wanted to!
Solution
Given this situation and Barbara’s demands, the simplest and best proposal was to extract all of the upper teeth – with many needing to come out anyway – and place 4 implants with fixed teeth all on the same day!
After the implants had healed – with the fixed teeth – a new bridge was made, transforming Barbara’s smile and improving her chewing.
Conclusion
This treatment avoided the need to wear a denture, avoided bone grafting and gave Barbara fixed teeth in a space of a few hours of her original teeth coming out.
Barbara was so happy with the implant treatment that she received that she has had a further 2 single implants in the lower jaw to replace her missing back teeth. She is now considering having her lower front teeth re-crowned to completely transform, not just her smile, but her whole mouth!
Barbara now is a Practice Plan member of Camden Place Dental Practice and visits us for her regular check-ups and hygienist appointments. This way, we will ensure that her investment is a one-off.
