By now, I bet that many of you have seen ads or news stories about “Teeth in an Hour” and wonder what this is really all about. Over 30 years ago, Dr. P. I. Brånemark put together a technique for placing and restoring dental implants that proved to be far superior to anything that had come before. Dr. Brånemark’s use of Titanium for the construction of the implant proved to be a boon to the profession and the patients who were missing teeth. The procedure was almost 100% successful and lead to the development of major dental implant markets throughout the world providing thousands of patients with “new teeth”.There was one problem, however, in that it took literally months to get these new teeth and many patients and dentists did not want to wait this long. Researchers and clinicians began to study methods of speeding up the process and one of the major results of this research lead to “teeth in an Hour”

Here is how it works:

The dentist will examin and evaluate your specific situation and make recommendations for your dental reconstruction. The first step is to determine exactly what your teeth will look like and precisely where they will fit into you mouth. All of the information that the dentist uses to determine the tooth position is transfered to the computer using an in-office CAT-scan. The computer is then utilized to determine where to place the dental implants to properly support the new teeth.

This information is then sent to a special dental lab which will construct a guide to be used in the exact placement of the dental implants in your mouth. The lab will build a model with analog implants in the proper position so that a conventional laboratory can then make up the final dental prosthesis. The prosthesis is deliverd to the dentist along with the implant guide. The implants are placed in the mouth using the guide and the final restoration is attached.

The patient will leave the office that day ready to chew and eat as they normally would with their own teeth. The procedure is actually much less painful than the conventional methods of placing dental implants and it is certainly a great deal more accurate. For specific information about how this might apply to you, please contact Dr. Davidoff.