Dental Implants

This photo shows a lower fixed dental All-on-4, Teeth in a day type prosthesis and an existing upper denture. Nobel Biocare coined this term, however, more than 4 implants are often used. These “bridges” are firmly anchored in place by implants and are fixed, patients cannot remove them.  Most patients love this type of bridge […]

Dental implant technology continues to improve and the results and techniques have become very predictable from single teeth to multiple teeth, to full mouth dental implants. This blog will focus on replacing multiple teeth utilizing advanced implant planning and placement. In the case below, this lady was missing three teeth on the upper left side and

Absolutely not! Dental Implant Dentist Dr. Konig explains that there are hundreds of different types of dental implants on the market today and used in the practice of dentistry. Here are three pictures of different types of dental implant prosethesis (Left to Right- Single Tooth Replacement, Fixed Bridges, Complete Denture Prostheses):       In fact, there

A large number of patients have unstable lower dentures that do not allow them to eat or speak without the denture flopping around. Dental Implant Dentist Dr. Konig utilizes dental implants to stabilize these dentures.  However, sometimes a patient’s health can be a contraindication to placing conventional dental implants. This is where placing mini dental

A new treatment being developed, called Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralisation (EAER), is a pain free way to repair cavities without having to use injections to numb the teeth. Cosmetic Dentist Dr. Ronald Konig says that this represents a better approach to restoring decayed teeth as it focuses on rejuvenating natural tooth as opposed to

Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD,LVIF, a Houston Dental Implant Dentist and Cosmetic Dentist explains how dental implants can be used to replace missing teeth and can look natural.  Can you tell which tooth is fake? The photo shows a patient with all natural teeth who had the upper left central incisor (the front tooth on

Houston Dental Implant Dentist, Ronald W. Konig DDS, FAGD, LVIF discusses patients concerns that their dental implants may not look like natural teeth. Dental implants are an art and science and when restored can look beautiful giving patients their smiles back. Most of the big implant companies, such as Nobel Biocare are constantly doing research