Category Archives: dental implants

Dental Implant case of the Day

Here are the clinical photos from today’s implant delivery appointment:

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Encode healing abutment
dental-implant
dental implant
implant-crown
screw access channel
implant-final
access channel filled
final-x-ray
perfect fit
happy-patient
happy patient

         

These x-rays show the importance of taking an x-ray to confirm that the implant  crown is lined up and seated correctly.

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gap between crown and implant
x-ray2
crown repositioned-no gap

Nice dental implant case :-)))

This patient had a fractured molar that we tried to save with a root canal. The root fracture was too large and we were unable to save and restore the tooth.  So I recommended to extract the tooth and placed a dental implant. Turned out fantastic and the patient is very happy he can chew again on his left side :-)))

Dr Gentry dental implant

Extraction, bone graft, dental implant.

Today I finished up this nice case. The upper right first molar tooth was broken down and non-restorable. I first extracted the tooth and placed a bone graft. Following 3 months of healing we placed a Zimmer-Biomet 3i titanium dental implant. Then after allowing 3 months for the dental implant to isseointegrate, placed the computer scannable Encode healing abutment. Then took the final impression and delivered the screwed retained implant crown.

extraction site
extraction site
bone graft
bone graft placed
collagen bio-plug
collagen bio-plug, sutures placed
healed extraction site
healed extraction site
dental implant
dental implant
healing-abutment
healing abutment
screw retained implant-crown
screw retained implant crown
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screw access channel filled in
non-restorable molar
non-restorable molar
grafted socket
grafted socket
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dental implant

Implant case of the day

This patient came in to my office having broke off his upper right front tooth leaving only the root. This was a challenging  case because his other upper front teeth had old crowns on them with receded gums. This space was also larger than the width of the other incisors. I would have liked to replace all his old crowns at the same time so I could make everything perfect and even, but he just wanted me to restore only this broken off tooth.  It turned out pretty nice. Since he has a low lip line, he only shows half of the upper teeth anyway when he smiles. My implant tooth actually looks better than his other teeth. This is how I did it:

fractured off tooth
fractured off central incisor
fractured tooth
x-ray image of root
tooth extracted
root extracted and implant placed
custom abutment
custom abutment screwed into implant
implant crown
implant crown cemented
Dr. Gentry and happy patient
happy patient
implant
implant and custom abutment
implant parts
torque wrench, crown, screw, custom abutment
design scan abutment
computer design scans

design scan

Implant/crown case of the day

This 32 year old female patient was missing her upper left lateral incisor and the right lateral incisor was fractured. Today I restored the missing lateral incisor with a BioHorizons titanium dental implant, custom abutment, porcelain crown and broken incisor with a porcelain crown.

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Implant case of the day

This patient had a fractured upper first bicuspid tooth that needed to be extracted. I restored her tooth with a Zimmer Biomet 3i Encode screw retained dental implant. Here are my clinical photos of the crown delivery today.

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Encode healing abutment
implant
implant
implantcrown1
screw retained implant crown
implantcrownfinal
filling placed in access opening
implantcrown
implant crown, gold screw and torque wrench
implantx-ray
final x-ray
implantdesign
digital design scan

Implant case of the day

Today for this patient I restored her missing lower right molar with a Zimmer-Biomet Encode titanium dental implant with a custom titanium abutment and porcelain crown. Here are the restorative pictures and digital design scans.

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encode healing abutment
implant1
dental implant
implant2
custom abutment
implant8
abutment screwed in
implant11
porcelain crown cemented

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implant5
looks fantastic
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restorative implant parts
implant4
happy patient and dentist :-)))

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Implant case of the day

This patient was missing 2 lower right back teeth, and the tooth in between was broken, I restored him with 2 implants and a porcelain crown on the tooth between.

dental implants
2 implants with broken tooth in between
custom abutments
custom abutments placed
porcelain crowns
crowns cemented
crowns
looks great
dental implant parts
crowns, custom abutments and gold screws
implant x-ray
x-ray to check seating of custom abutments
patient
happy patient