June 7th, 2008
Posted in patient's guide. Tags: dental implants, dentures, guide, mini-dental implants, patient's guide, surgical procedures, teeth implants, wolfinger.
Glenn Wolfinger of the Pi Dental Implant Center in Pennsylvania has written and published a thoughtful list of reasons why many dental patients suffering from missing or lost teeth might choose dental implants over dentures. The provided list is a good one and might be of special interest to patients in Orlando, Florida, keeping in mind that there are still reasons to consider dentures and/or mini-dental implants.
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June 4th, 2008
Posted in Dental Implant News, Technology. Tags: dental implant procedures, dental implants, guided surgery technology, image-guided surgery, implant placement, millennium research group, oral surgery.
A recent Millennium Research Group report indicates that guided surgery technology will be used in almost 25% of dental implants. Guided surgery (as it applies to dental implants) uses digital x-rays combined with specialized software to help the dentist to better visualize and plan the placement of dental implants within the patient’s mouth. It is also used in drilling to ensure that the dentist knows exactly where they need to place the dental implant.
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May 23rd, 2008
Posted in Denture News, Technology. Tags: computer sensors, denture research, dentures, research, sensors, speech, talking.
Scientists working at the TIMC lab near Grenoble, France have been fitting dentures with sensors for the purpose of better understanding how people use their tongue and teeth to talk. The scientists say that their research could ultimately make it possible to create false teeth, dentures and braces that interfere less with speech.
In the past this type of research has been conducted by attaching sensors to people’s teeth, or embedding them into an artificial palate. But both of these approaches interfered with speech and ultimately undermined the test. This new test avoids any interference with the normal generation of speech.
At this point, the research is fairly basic — the scientists working on the project have only explored how basic sounds are generated. But they hope to be able to use it to create devices that can generate more realistic human voices using computers and to create better dentures for Orlando and Central Florida residents that would have less impact on the patient’s ability to speak normally.
May 18th, 2008
Posted in Dental Implant News, Denture News. Tags: cost, costs, dental implants, dentures, implants, mini-dental implants, procedure.
Mini-dental implants require less surgery and work with dentures to create a much better experience than dentures alone at a cost much lower than that of regular dental implants. In this article, a Stanford, CT dentist describes the potential benefits of mini-dental implants.
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May 13th, 2008
Posted in Denture News, Products. Tags: denture adhesive, denture liner, denture liners, dentures, loose dentures.
New Jersey inventor Terrance Weber has developed a denture liner kit which offers a do-it-yourself, inexpensive method for helping people with loose dentures. Although I havent’ seen the system in use, it may be worth considering if you’re trying to make a set of loose dentures last longer.
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April 26th, 2008
Posted in Dentures Education, patient's guide. Tags: beforehand, candidate, costs, denture, dentures, options, Orlando, precondition, prerequisites, prior conditions.
There are a several factors that determine whether dentures are right for you.
People who are missing teeth are in a special situation that fortunately possesses many different roads to take. If you are an individual who is missing teeth, you might consider getting dentures, but the question you’d be asking yourself is, “Am I qualified for receiving a pair of dentures?” The answer to that depends on multiple factors and likewise requires the assessment of these factors before making a decision.
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April 25th, 2008
Posted in Denture News, Technology. Tags: bad breath, dentures, food taste, inventions, Technology.
An inventor from Clio, South Carolina has developed a new type of denture that inproves the user’s ability to taste while wearing dentures. It eliminates the discomfort and gagging sometimes associated with dentures, minimizes bad breath, and can be worn during sleep. The inventor developed the new denture in an effort to eliminate his own frustrations with dentures. His product, called the “Smart Teeth” is not yet commercially available.
April 24th, 2008
Posted in Dental Implant News, Technology. Tags: dental implants, eye correction devices, hearing devices, joint repair, prosthetic limbs, research, survey results, Technology, vision correction devices.
A recent survey from medical technology network Changewave reports that 25% of their doctor members believe that dental implant technology is likely to experience significant technology breakthroughs within the next 12-24 months. And 31% of doctors think insurance companies and other payors will be “more willing” to reimburse healthcare providers for these devices.
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April 22nd, 2008
Posted in Dentures Education. Tags: animal teeth, dentures, false teeth, history, materials, prosthetic devices, removable, what are.
Essentially speaking, dentures are prosthetic devices created as a replication of human teeth and are worn in the mouth in the event that natural teeth are missing. There are mainly two types of dentures: partial dentures, which substitute in the place only a few teeth and prevent other teeth from changing their position, and complete dentures, which replace all the teeth in the mouth. Your dentist will be more than glad to help you choose the type of dentures that are best suited for your particular needs depending on whether or not you will be replacing just some or all of your teeth.
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April 22nd, 2008
Posted in tooth loss. Tags: gum disease, oral infections, periodontal diseases, periodontitis, tooth decay, tooth loss.
Whether or not you lose your teeth isn’t always up to you.
Let’s get this out of the way right now — refusing to see a dentist and not taking care of your mouth is going to eventually cost you your teeth. It might happen when you are 40, it could happen with you are 80. So take care of your teeth as best you can and see your dentist regularly. That aside, there are actually a surprising number of reasons that people lose their teeth that they have no control over.
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