Coming Soon…… A full day of education to learn the next small big thing in implant dentistry….the mini dental implant. Easy to place Easy to restore Minimal surgery with Maximum return for Dr.'s and Patients If you have never placed a dental implant then consider starting with a 2.2mm or 2.5mm mini dental implant […]
This a part 2 of the missing lateral tooth post. After orthodontics some patients have a space from a missing tooth. My patient Zack was one of those. His choices were: Walk around with a plastic retainer with a denture tooth in it. He would have to remove this retainer every time he wanted to […]
With over 75 Million Americans missing at least one tooth I am amazed that there are not more mini dental implants being placed. Typical of what most patients who are missing teeth have. A empty spot somewhere in the middle of their teeth….just past the smile line. If they smile big enough you see […]
What do patients that have no teeth really want? Is it dental implants? Crowns? Implant supported dentures? NO…they want their teeth. For right now that is not something that dentistry can give back to them… However we can get pretty close with some mini dental implants and a well thought out and fabricated full arch […]
About 2% of the population has a congenitally missing upper lateral tooth. My patient after orthodontic treatment. He is missing one of his upper lateral teeth. He is 17 and just wants to enjoy being a kid with teeth. The solution he has right now is a clear plastic retainer with a denture tooth in […]
Do you have a partial denture or are missing teeth? In some cases mini dental implants by OCO Biomedical can help you regain your teeth back in a very easy and cost effective way. My patient had a lower partial that his wife called his 'church teeth'….as in he hated them and would only put […]
Can dental implants be affordable? My next patient wanted to get rid of his dentures and have a fixed set of crowns or a full arch roundhouse bridge on dental implants. He brought his treatment plan for 8 dental implants and a set of 12 porcelain crowns…..total cost a bit north of $28,000. With mini […]
If you are missing one or more teeth, dental implants are a cost effective way to replace them with fixed crowns or bridges. With the advent of the mini dental implant and the one piece traditional size dental implants you now can have teeth back once again. Missing Premolar and Canine teeth shown on […]
In keeping with our mission at my dental office we try to make implant dentistry affordable to those patients that have not been able to move forward with their treatment. I have been thrilled to find a one piece dental implant in a regular or traditional implant size. The OCO Biomedical ISI dental implant offers me the […]
"A picture is worth a thousand words" Very true that it is easier to convey the meaning of a complex idea with just a single picture. I believe the proverb is contributed to the ancient philosopher Confucius. Well I am just not that smart to have come up with such an elegant way to describe […]