Category Archives: Dental

How much does a dental implant cost? Very good question, I will try to answer that. My dental office is located near Tampa Florida, in Palm Harbor. The cost of a dental implant varies greatly in a twenty mile radius … Continue reading →

The answer to this question, requires another question, how much is a tooth worth? As we age one enjoys the simpler things in life, like our body parts and eating. Anyone who wears full upper and full lower dentures knows … Continue reading →

I see many advertizements claiming that “Dental implants are a permanent tooth replacement.” What in life is permanent? Whether one believes in God, human evolution or intelligent design, life is an incredible thing. We cannot as faulted mortals recreate nature. … Continue reading →

Bone Replacement Material: There are many types of bone replacement materials. These materials may be used for ridge maintenance/preservation after tooth extraction, for ridge augmentation, for periodontal and periimplant repair and support, and for maxillofacial surgical onlay and inlay purposes … Continue reading →

Intramucosal Inserts: These are uncommon buttonlike nonimplanted retention devices (dental implants) that can be used to stabilize full maxillary dentures. They may have some value for patients in ill health because of the relatively noninvasive nature of the placement procedure. … Continue reading →

Endodontic Stabilizer: This is a VERY uncommonly used dental implant in modern 21st century dental implantology, although some studies report high sucess rates. These dental implants are in essence root-lengthening dental implants. They have no site of permucosal penetration because … Continue reading →