Dental implants are considered the gold standard for replacing missing teeth because of their durability, natural appearance, and high success rate. In fact, modern dental implants have a success rate of 95–98% when placed by an experienced implant dentist and maintained properly. However, while uncommon, dental implant failure can occur. Understanding why implants fail, recognizing […]
Three Surgeries and Still No Implant Overdentures
I’m hoping you can advise me. My dentist has done quite a few dental implant procedures over the years, so I felt pretty safe going to him. When he went in for the first surgery, he decided there wasn’t enough bone there. He suggested I have bone grafting done. So we waited for some healing […]
Doubting Getting Implant Overdentures
I’ve had many crowns and bridges placed on teeth. I have horrible genes when it comes to teeth. I mean the worst. It’s getting to the point where more and more teeth are failing me and I’m thinking about just pulling them all and just getting implant overdentures. However, two years ago I had my […]
Trying to Find the Best Implant Dentist
I need to get a couple of dental implants and I want to find the best implant dentist around. I’ve heard the longer they’ve been placing them, the more likely you are to have a successful outcome. How many years should they have been placing them? Carly Dear Carly, It’s great that you are trying […]