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.