Scott Greenhalgh DDS - Cosmetic Dentistry

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Can't ALL Dentists do implants?

I had a patient contact me yesterday about her teenager who managed to knock 3 front teeth out. OUCH! Somehow one of the front teeth is just lost completely. Trampolines are dangerous for teeth, I have already fixed others with major trauma to the front teeth.

Here are my priorities when I am addressing a situation like this:

Get the patient out of pain as fast as possible!
Stabilize the injured teeth to give them a chance to heal on their own.
Get some sort of temporary replacement for the missing front tooth ASAP! Nobody wants to be in pain AND be missing a front tooth.
Constantly follow up on how things are healing.
Make a long-term plan, that possibly includes dental implants.

I asked the mom why she was contacting me-it sounds like they had a dentist who helped with some emergency treatment over the weekend (Good job!), she said "that office doesn't know how to do implants".

WOW-people, it's 2010, dental implants have been around for almost 50 years. I have been involved with implants since 1989-it's not really a new thing.

At this point I am happy to see that my office has a reputation for success with dental implants (see dental implant FAQs). More importantly, making crowns that look natural on the dental implants is the ultimate result.

You deserve to be comfortable and look great, whether it involves an accident, improving old dental work, or it's just time for a smile makeover!

Labels: dental crowns, dental implants, Dr. Scott Greenhalgh DDS