A crown is a porcelain, metal or porcelain-metal manmade restoration that is made by a dental lab or a Cerec machine. It has the shape and color of a tooth and tits over a tooth that is prepared(trimmed) to receive it. A crown covers the tooth from all directions. This […] Read more »
What are Dental Implants?
In our days almost everyone heard about a dental implant, but when I ask my patients what do they know about dental implants, I get various answers that make me go ahead and clear up the subject. There are many implant brands and many dental implant types, but they all […] Read more »
What is a Permanent Denture?
A denture is a man made set of teeth for the upper and/or lower jaws. After the teeth are lost, all that is left is the gums covering the jaw bone. It is not the best situation to function. Practically a person cannot chew with the bare gums, being limited […] Read more »
Psychologic and Other Side Effects of Missing Teeth
Nearly 50% of the adults in United States have missing teeth. As dentists we wonder how come in the richest country in the world, with all the financial and technology resources, we still have a lot of patients losing teeth. The two main clinical factors are gum disease and dental […] Read more »
Same Day Denture
Same day denture is a denture delivered to the patient the same day or within 24 hours from the begining of the treatment which is making impressions. If the impressions are made before 9.00 am the denture can be delivered around 5.00 pm the same day or if the impressions […] Read more »
All on 4 Dental Implants Release
Dr. Pastiu DDS, a Washington Township, New Jersey cosmetic dentist, is using "All on 4" dental implants procedure to restore the smiles of people who have badly damaged, decayed or missing teeth and find it embarrassing to smile. Read more »
All-on-4 Dental Implants
All-on-4 implants provide new teeth in a single day. The procedure replaces damaged teeth with implants and new teeth, all in one day. Read more »
Replace Dentures with Implants
A lot of people have dentures. It is estimated that approx. 10% of US population have dentures of some sort. They could be partial dentures (people have some teeth) or complete dentures (people do not have any teeth left). There is a saying amongst dentists that ” there are no […] Read more »
Advantages of Dental Implants
A lot of patients ask me about the implant options in replacing their missing teeth. I can see that a lot of people heard about implants, but still there are a lot of unknown sides of implants. In this article I’m going to make it more clear for patients in […] Read more »