I have an important question. Cause ive got very few information about overdenture as a dentist. Could you explain overdenture treatment step by step in a video on your channel? Cause i dont know which is the first? Implant or denture
RIGHT, two implants on the bottom WILL NOT HOLD BOTTOM TEETH IN.. NEVER !!!!!! I PAID A FORTUNE FOR THIS AND IT NEVER WORKED, THE TEETH FLAPPED AND TWISTED. I ended up getting implants top and bottom, full sets.
4 locators as shown are good for dentists wallet . 3 implant are enough and sometimes better in this case. Most patients feel well with 2 locator implants.
Hi Michael, Love your videos. I have a quick question and want to get your opinion on it. I have a patient who had an implant placed #12. she is missing 13 -15. Do you think the fixed locator would support a small appliance from 12-14 with 13 and 14 supported as well on the ridge.$ Thanks in advanced for your opinion. Lanny
As my prosthetist explained my options, I was going traditional, then changed to locator on the bottom and standard upper; and ended up with four implants top and bottom for locator on the bottom, and a bar locator on top. Yes my cost tripled if not quadrupled. At nearly 57, and close to $40K to $50K in standard dentistry over my lifetime; other than maintenance, this will be my last major dental procedure. And my cost will be about equal; but my quality of life has already skyrocketed, and I’m still using adhesive to hold my intermediate standard dentures in place while my bone grows around the implants. This last part was my “gotcha” point. Not 100% guaranteed, but with implants, I should retain some or most bone structure, so in twenty years, with my dentures out, my face will not look like a Bugs Bunny cartoon collapsed in on itself. I took money out of my 401K to pay for some of this. May sound insane, but what good is retirement if I cannot enjoy it? Constant toothaches, going for root canal again and again. Wishing I had enough tooth structure to get a bridge again. The first came off when the anchor teeth gave out. Crowns come off when the tooth base rotted away. If you have the means, somehow, someway, do it. Spend the extra, because I can tell you, standard dentures are awful when trying to do my job and fulfill my church functions of leading the choir.
Im 33 I was only taken to the dentist 2 times as a kids up until I was 18 ..iv struggled with them ever since car wrecks and boxing has done them in I have no eye tooth part of the next one and part of my big tooth is missing it split up the side and then same thing with the next one... My bottom teeth are ok it's just my top ones I don't know what to do I don't want to smile or anything...I have insurance but I think it will only cover dentures..I just couldn't stand to have dentures in my mouth...I'm at a loss on what to do..iv been looking at implants but I don't have 50 k for them....I just pray I don't wake up with another piece of tooth in my mouth....Glad to hear you got something that makes you happy.
@@Mayhem6466 my 8 implants were just at $30k This included being put under, pulling all my remaining teeth, the implants, and bone grafs, as well as all my follow up visits thus far. At nearly $1K per tooth any time I went to the dentist before; for dentist, root canal, specialist for root canal, crown, etc… I paid more over the years than the implants cost. If you only need the top, get four implants that snap on a bar. Then you can take it out, but have better than 60% bite force, and no roof cap from a standard denture. *NOTE* The temporary denture before the bar is placed, while your bone grows around the implants will have a top cap. It’s not nearly as bad as I was led to believe it would be. If you have insurance, ride that train for everything you can get.
Thank you, Doctor. Husband is looking to have his remaining 16 teeth extracted and replace with dentures. My question is; He has Osteoporosis. Would that preclude the use of implants? He is 79 years old. And, yes, cost is a very big factor. I very much appreciate your informative video and I am sure it will help us to make the best choice for him.
Space under denture always a store house of food particles and patient with dry mouth again cleansing effect of salaiva shows difficulties hence how to maintain this wonderful prosthesis in mouth and screws also undergo corrosion ,hence poor patients paying lot of money later they should not feel asif they are cheated. Always patients should watch how to maintain these dentures and no denture is permanent
Could you Please make a Video showing how to use the "Universal Retention Caps Insertion/Extraction Tool for 2.5mm Balls/Locators/Equators/OD Secure"? I have Locator Classics.
I noticed that you didn't have the patient occlude while you were setting the material. Seems rather dangerous not to ascertain that the occlusion is proper before you set the attachments to the intaglio surface..... Is the rest of the intaglio surface of the denture tissue borne? or are the only surfaces touching the intaglio surface at the two locators?
Best est. I've gotten is 25 to 45K from the 3 different inquiries I've made in two years. Will keep at it I guess. The confidence I get from little more than ballpark figures with zero guarantee gives a less than willingness to gamble away my life savings. It is a shame, but life goes on. I do miss that BBQ stake though!
You freakin kiddin me Doc,,,,,im waitin on em to make 7-lb buttons myself...And isnt funny how nobody called ISDs' ISDs in the beginning (yrs ago)...Me' im goin wth ISDs on bottom & implant bar up top (its my on dental plans & ideas)...So all i have left now is the bck top implants left to install (thn all the tuff work 4me will be over after 5yrs' finally.. (im A firm believer tht any xtreme dental work dunn 2the mouth takes 6 to 8 month's of healing atleast).. Just my dental opinion
