Single Implant For An Actress

This young actress showed up at our clinic with a hopeless premolar on her right side.

As her job requires her to look good in front of the camera all the time, she cannot afford to go without a tooth.

We extracted her tooth and inserted a tiny one-tooth Flexite immediate denture.

With pink coloured nylon claps and no coverage of her palate, she was able to look good before the camera and not have a denture plate interfere with her speech immediately after her extraction.

2 months after extraction, she came in for implant surgery. The healing was not very good and the bone quality not as good as we had wanted it to be, but we managed to insert a 4.5mmx8.5mm Osstem GSII implant into the space.

The extraction space after 2 months.
Healing is not perfect, making the surgery a challenging one.

The implant is in place.
The blue fixture mount was removed and the wound was stitched up.
She reported only mild discomfort after surgery and went straight back to work.
The restoration phase of the treatment will take place in 3 months.
We will post the updates then.

2 months post-op! Our beautiful actress showed up.
We relieved her of her Flexite denture, did a surgical exposure of her implant and attached an abutment to it.

Sorry, we were so excited we didn't clean up the area before taking this picture.

After that, we placed a temporary crown over the abutment.
We will wait another 2 weeks for the cut gums to heal, at which time we'll take impressions for the permanent crown.

Sorry, we were so excited we didn't clean up the area before taking this picture.

The finished product.

The patient had some reaction to the temporary crown material.
The inflammation is expected to clear in a couple of days.

A very daring super close up.
The gums have been pushed aside by the temporary crown.
They will soon settle in nicely with the new crown.
The patient has her tooth back.

Implant Restoration

The Dental Implant

The procedure is technically known as an endosseous implant.

The implant behaves like an artificial root on top of which a new artificial porcelain tooth can later be screwed in or cemented.

The implant is serted surgically in the existing jawbone and can remain in place for years.
The procedure to place the implant is a minor, two-step surgical process.

While some people express concern at undergoing minor surgery, the procedure is actually less invasive than having a tooth removed.

There is another significant, therapeutic benefit to implants: They prevent further bone loss and help maintain ridge form.

Out With The Old In With The New

This middle aged lady has an obvious problem. Her 2 old crowns have come loose and her dentist failed to replace them in their original positions - which is understandable because they have detriorated so much.

We advised her to redo her PFM crowns with emax. After seeing what we have done for her daughter, she agreed.
The 2 old PFM crowns have deteriorated so much, it was impossible to seat them proper after they were dislodged.
Notice the gap between the crowns as well.

Her original crowns were also protruding. She didn't have a choice of a better system back then.

Definitely warrants a redo.

We removed her old PFMs, masked the underlying colour
Impressions were taken.
The stumps were temporarily covered with temporary crown material.
Emax crowns.

A veneer on the lateral incisor would be perfect

PFM Crown change to Full Cramic Crown

Few days ago, this patient called up and booked appointment with us who interested on full ceramic crown. According to her, she had 2 PFM crowns which done by her previous dentist and she is not happy with it. She claims that the 2 PFM crowns is on her front tooth and it is too big and flat. Later on i am going to show you her 2 PFM crowns.

On the appointment day, she was so excited to meet Dr. Chan.

Here is her 2 PFM crowns. Obviously the crowns its too big and flat.

After Dr. Chan explained to her about the ceramic crown, she decided to get it done by Dr. Chan. Well, to make her new crowns thinner and less buldging, Dr. Chan recommended zirconia crowns.

The picture above is showing that Dr. Chan removed her old crowns. He will be taking the new impression for her and to do a temporary crowns for her.


A week later...

Here's her new ceramic crowns. Isn't it look nicer compare to her PFM crowns?

She was so happy and satisfied with her new crowns.

What are you waiting for?
Call us now to book appointment for the zirconia crown today!