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Cosmetic Dentistry & Implant Dentistry
Carrollton, Texas
Dr. Kim D.D.S., F.I.C.O.I., F.M.I.I.I.
1st Smile Dental Care
Excellence in Cosmetic Dentistry
Complete over Denture & Implant Over
Denture:
If you’ve lost
all of your natural teeth, whether from periodontal disease, tooth
decay or injury, complete dentures can replace your missing teeth
and your smile. Replacing missing teeth will benefit your appearance
and your health. Without support from the denture, facial muscles
sag, making a person look older. You’ll be able to eat and
speak—things that people often take for granted until their natural
teeth are lost.
 Conventional
Full Denture-There are various types of complete dentures. A conventional full
denture is made and placed in the patient뭩 mouth after the remaining
teeth are removed and tissues have healed which may take several
months. An immediate complete denture is inserted as soon as the
remaining teeth are removed. The dentist takes measurements and
makes models of the patient’s jaws during a preliminary visit. With
immediate dentures, the denture wearer does not have to be without
teeth during the healing period.
Implant Supported Over Dentures-Complete
Your Smile With Mini Dental Implants.
Mini dental implants are ultra-small diameter (l.8 millimeter width),
biocompatible titanium alloy implant screws, conceived and designed over 20
years ago by a dentist, Victor Sendax, DDS. Dr. Sendax originally created the
unique design of this unique dental product as a transitional device to help
support fixed bridge replacements for lost teeth. His novel theory was that mini
implants could function free standing by themselves or in combination with
natural tooth supports and/or larger conventional type dental implants. This was
a revolutionary concept in dental science.
The most effective use of this unique dental product is stabilization of a lower
denture. There are approximately 50,000,000 people in the United States who are
"edentulous" (literally meaning lacking teeth) who struggle daily with
prosthetic devices. A majority suffer a great deal of discomfort as a result of
loose or ill-fitting dentures. Many denture wearers simply withdraw from any
type of social engagement as a result of being compelled to wear them. Moreover,
it's not uncommon for family members to complain about a denture wearer's
disagreeable breath as a result of food being trapped and decaying under their
denture prosthesis. Successful placement of the Mini Dental Implant addresses
and solves all of these social and practical problems. Denture patients all over
the world have experienced relief from loose or ill-fitting dentures from
doctors who are trained to place the MDI. Uniquely, the MDI can be utilized to
stabilize a denture in a couple of hours by a trained doctor, with the patient
leaving the clinic with a stabilized prosthesis.
The standard insertion protocol for mini dental implants calls for four of them
to be gently screwed into the front of a patient's lower jaw. This is a
relatively painless procedure that can be performed by a general dentist,
requiring only a mild anesthesia. The mini dental implants, which are
approximately the size of wooden toothpicks, are placed about five millimeters
apart in the patient's mandible. The patient's denture is then carefully
adjusted by the dentist to allow it to snap onto the four mini implants. The
result? A tight fitting, completely reliable system that allows a patient to
speak and eat with confidence. The Mini Dental Implants are placed in about an
hour's time. Because of the unique, minimally invasive procedure, the minute
size of the implants, and the characteristic placement area, the typical Mini
Dental Implant patient can enjoy a light meal an hour or so after having the
mini implants placed. Further, a denture patient who has had his or her
prosthesis stabilized with MDI can remove and replace the denture easily after a
little practice, and can easily utilize good dental hygiene. All in all, the MDI
is quite satisfying.
Even if you wear full dentures, you still must take good care of
your mouth. Brush your gums, tongue and palate every morning with a
soft-bristled brush before you insert your dentures to stimulate
circulation in your tissues and help remove plaque.
Your successful experience with us will change your view of dentistry
forever!
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