Implant Dentistry - Gold Standard of Tooth Replacement

Creating New Standards of Care: CT Scan Placement Surgery

Since about 1950, implant Dentistry, as a procedure (or constellation of procedures) initiated the beginning of root form tooth replacements.

Dr. P-I Branemark, the primary originator of artificial root form implant devices and the procedures for placement, was solely responsible for much of the innovation within the field of tooth replacement science.

Most dental patients are aware that implants represent one of the best choices of replacing the root of a tooth. Some patients elect to replace teeth on a one by one basis... for perhaps the most ideal method for picking up or improving upon where Mother Nature left off.. when natural tooth structures fail, for whatever reason.

Yesterday's Advancements Become Todays' Standard

Over the years implantologists, surgeons and implant dentists and engineering firms have created a wide variety of advanced and alternative uses for this artifical root form tooth strucure.

Increasingly, implants are rapidly becoming a frequent choice of Dr. Marinic's patients to provide anchors and support for dentures, creating a custom fixed bridge solution and for used in a special hybrid tooth replacement solution that incorporates specialized platinum infrastructures that becomes a framework for solving nearly any tooth replacement or arch reconstruction issue.

CatScans for Virtual Treatment Planning

Degrees of precision in the diagnosis and replacement of one or more toot structures continues to increase, thanks to the marriage of high speed computers, dental bioengineers, digital 3D. Implantologists, oral surgeons and periodontists who have ready access to these technologies, along with Dr. Marinic, are able to deliver new found levels of confidence and assurance. Routine errors in diagnosis and surgery planning accruing to old fashioned xrays have essentially been eliminated.

Our in-office access to a cone beam scanner and treatment planning software enables the doctor and patient to "plan" implant surgery in a digital fashion... a process called Virtual Surgery. The high definition catscans create clear representations of jawbone, soft tissues, critical positioning of the Mandibular Nerve along with images of diseased tissues.

Virtual Treatment Planning enables Dr. Marinic and the patient to know, with certainty, the outcomes of different types of treatments, surgeries and restorations before the surgery even begins. Unexpected surprises which might include an unexpected need for bone grafting practically don't exist.

Patients become involved in the selection of different types of implant devices (determined by treatment need and location), choices of restorations (denture, partial, single or multiple teeth, fixed bridges, etc) which are all developed into the treatment plan before surgery starts.

Surgical templates that are used for placing the implant devices are created with the technical data generated by the specialized software. CAD/CAM milling devices assure the degree of accuracy of implant placement and depth that currently produces an unsurpassed measure of maintaining optimal health conditions.

Dr. Marinic's use of the clear NobelGuides for upper and lower implant surgeries is discussed in more detail here.

Examples of virtualized implant surgeries can be reviewed in our Photo Gallery. Advanced examples of how implant guides are used for Nobel Biocare's renowned Teeth In An Hour procedure can be reviewed here.

Patients are invited to contact Dr. Marinic directly via our on-line Ask The Dentist form. Dr. Marinic will respond to you directly with the information or answers you may be seeking.

Visit our Cosmetic Dentistry website to learn about more treatment possibilities for reconstructive or smile makeover services.

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Illinois IL Full Mouth Guided Implant Dental Reconstruction
Daniel Marinic, DDS, FIOCI
2611 Broadway Avenue
Cook County Evanston
Chicago IL 60201
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