Dental Implants, Implant Retained Cosmetic Denture, Sedation Dentistry, Your Diabetes Dentist, Gum Disease

This patient came into the office with loose teeth on the bottom and a loose denture on the top. She has a healthy fear of dental procedures, and has type I and II diabetes.
Her lower teeth were loose from periodontal (gum disease) disease and her diabetes. For more information on diabetes and gum disease, please visit our section on diabetes.
She was not interested in a lower denture because she had heard that they could be very difficult to keep in place and hard to eat with.

We were able to place locator attachments on two of her natural teeth and place two dental implants with locator attachments to hold her lower denture in place when talking and eating. She also had a new upper denture made to enhance both cosmetic and functional qualities she requested.

It was a long process for the implants to heal and to finally have her lower denture snap into place. Now that she can eat and smile with the worry of her upper or lower denture falling out of her mouth, the process was worth it to her.

Cosmetic Dentures, Sedation Dentistry, Dental implants

This patient came into our office very displeased with the appearance of his upper denture and what few lower teeth he had left. He had a fear of having dental work done but he had made his mind up that he was ready to get his smile back. Sedation dentistry allowed us to extract his remaining lower teeth and place dental implants to retain a lower denture. His lower denture now snaps into the dental implants and stay in place for him. We made a new upper denture to fit better as well. The patient is able to smile with pride and has no fear of losing his lower denture while eating or talking.