Smile Gallery: Implants

The before picture shows a lateral and chipped central incisor. The after picture shows a lateral incisor replaced by an implant-supported all-ceramic crown and composite resin on the central incisor.

Patients do not have to live with the poor aesthetics of a missing tooth or the poor function of having a gap in their bite. Filling in the space with a dental implant or other restoration not only improves the look of the smile, but it can also restore the chewing function. Leaving a gap in the smile also puts the remaining, healthy teeth at risk of shifting to fill ...

For this patient, we replaced the entire upper arch with zirconia crowns retained with six dental implants.

This procedure combines the best that both dentures and dental implants have to offer. Rather than getting a dental implant for each missing tooth, the patient gets dental implants along with a full upper arch of natural-looking zirconia crowns. The zirconia crowns remain stable in the mouth so the patient can chew, speak and laugh comfortably, without worries that there will be movement or slipping.

The dental implants also serve to preserve the jawbone. When teeth roots are missing, the jawbone has a tendency ...