Your safety is of the upmost importance to us. Our office follows the infection control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Dental Association (ADA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Our affiliation with these organizations ensures that we are up to date with the latest recommendations and guidelines. As you know, infection control has always been a top priority in our office and you will notice some additional measures that we have implemented based on current guidelines.
You will receive an email or text to fill out any necessary forms online. This will make it more convenient for you and eliminate any paperwork in the office. One of these forms will be a COVID-19 screening questionnaire.
Please wear a face mask. We will provide one for you if you don’t have one. Your temperature will be taken in the foyer. Only the patient should come in for the appointment if possible. One caregiver or family member may come in with the patient, and they must wear a face mask and will be screened.
You will be asked to wash your hands or use hand sanitizer and then use a mouth rinse prior to your dental care. Our office utilizes Surgically Clean Air purifiers to remove harmful particles, pollutants, and other airborne contaminants and bacteria from the air in every operatory during all patient appointments. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
A dental implant provides a tooth replacement that lasts for decades, as opposed to removable options that needs adjustment or replacement every ten years. However, they require enough jawbone tissue to support them. Fortunately, even if you’ve lost jawbone tissue as a result of missing teeth, your Livonia, MI, dentist knows how to provide the benefits of dental implants with a mini option.
In our previous blog, we looked at minor tooth loss solutions with implant-secured partial and bridges. But what if you’ve lost all of your teeth, or at least the vast majority of them? For a longer-lasting and more dependable alternative to removable dentures, we may secure a full prosthetic with multiple dental implants. In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist will look at the different options we offer our patients!
Bridges can be held in place with crowns, while partials typically need metal clasps. However, to provide these prosthetics, but ensure they last much longer and provide greater security, we can use dental implants instead of crowns or clasps. In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist explains how we support them with dental implants.
Losing one tooth could not only cause embarrassment, but start a cascade of oral complications that eventually leads to further tooth loss! For a secure and long-lasting solution for one missing tooth, your Livonia, MI, dentist may suggest a dental implant and crown. In today’s blog, we’re going to look at how we create and place an individual dental implant.
When we think about gum disease, we often picture issues with bad breath and bleeding gums. But did you know this common disease, which impacts half of adults over 30 according to studies from the Centers For Disease Control, could also lead to adult tooth loss? In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist talks about the link between gum disease and tooth loss.
Losing one of your teeth can be embarrassing, but also cause major problems for the health and function of your smile. In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist will explain what happens to our smiles following tooth loss, and how dental implants can help prevent these complications.
We offer implant dentistry to help people suffering from tooth loss for a number of reasons. They have a 98% success rate, they last for decades, and they look natural. In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist will look at the different parts of a dental implant, and explain how they help offer such lifelike and durable solutions to minor or severe tooth loss.
Often, the process of replacing missing teeth with dental implants requires a lengthy period between the implant placement and prosthetic placement. However, your Livonia, MI, dentist offers a unique alternative that completes the entire process in one day. In today’s blog, find out how we ensure you never leave without a full smile, and enjoy a full set of teeth in just one day!
Often, people with missing teeth who have avoided treatment could lose mass and density in the jawbone, which makes supporting traditional dental implants difficult. However, if you still desire a new smile with lifelike and long-lasting implant dentures, then there is still hope! In today’s blog, your Livonia, MI, dentist looks at the benefits of mini-dental implants.
When you lose most or all of your teeth on one or both arches, then this could lead to serious problems with the health and function of your smile, and could even cause an aged appearance! In order to address the issue with a secure and long-lasting solution, your Livonia, MI, dentist may recommend implant dentures, including Teeth-In-A-Day!
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