Surgical Portfolio

Everyone starts somewhere! Check out these humble beginnings of restoring smiles!

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Left Lateral Window Sinus Graft

Pt desires upper left implants, but presents with insufficient bone for placement. Lateral window approach with sinus membrane elevation to create two eventual implant sites.

PRF membrane was placed against Schneiderian membrane during elevation to protect against undetected perforation, which created the radiolucency apical to the graft.

Sinus "bump" with implant placement

Patient desired replacement of #4 after being without the tooth for many years. A vertical sinus augmentation approach was used to allow for a 10.5mm implant to be placed.

Yikes!

Patient presented with a toothache, tenderness and some swelling that "started over the weekend." Surgical extraction and aggressive curettage later, bone graft and PRF membrane placed--four months later and the site is well on its way to being ready for an implant!

Root fracture

Patient presented with draining fistula buccal of #13 and increased probing depths. Surgical extraction, bone graft and PRP therapy--and in four months we have a single implant site with minimal bone loss.

"I bit down and heard a pop!"

Patient presented after biting down and hearing a pop on the upper right a few weeks ago. #4 was split right down the middle. The tooth was extracted and grafted and the ridge was preserved with minimal bone loss before #3 was negatively impacted.

Catching food

Gross buccal decay made #30 non-restorable. Extraction and graft healed well and minimized bone loss.

Out of pain same-day

Apicoectomy may have helped #30 last longer, but it ultimately needed to be replaced. Same-day surgical EXT, bone graft and PRF got the patient out of pain and on their way to an implant restoration.

"This tooth has always been a problem."

This patient spent countless hours in the chair trying to save #19--multiple RCT's, apicoectomy surgeries, multiple crowns--and now there's a sinus tract draining on the buccal. Next-stop--implant!

It's time.

Swelling and pain finally prompted this patient to see the dentist. Extraction, bone graft, PRP--and conversion from a limited eval to a new patient comprehensive exam.