Multiple Tooth Implant Case in Ogden, Utah

This patient had a bridge where the front too of the bridge failed. The patient was given the option of getting a longer bridge or getting two implants. The double implant option was selected.

The surgery went great and the patient reports only a little soreness the day after.

Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/multiple-tooth-implant-case/

When drilling on a tooth, how do you know where the cavity ends?

Long question, but it is one that we get all the time. Here is a step by step view of drilling out a cavity.

This is a tooth prior to being worked on. There are no upon visual inspection. The cavity was located with x-ray.

As we drill into the tooth, we can see 2 things. First, we see the yellowish color of healthy tooth. We know not continue drilling at that location. Second, we see the extreme white of a demineralizing tooth (cavity). We know to keep drilling at that location.

Here, we see that the white color is gone. This lets us know that we have reached the end of the cavity and have completed the drilling sequence of the procedure.

Here is the tooth in its final state. All the cavity is gone and the final filling is placed. And while the tooth is not “as good as new”, nothing ever can be. It is as close as we can come to it.


Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/when-drilling-tooth-how-do-you-know-where-cavity-ends/

Quality Care hurt by Big Business more than Big Government

Dentistry is different from most other health care. Dentists can still run their own mom and pop shops. You can’t find any medical doctors that can do that anymore. They are all beholden to insurance companies. More so then government changes, it is this type of over reaching corporate changes that are effecting the field of dentistry. In fact within 10 years, 40% of dentistry will be corporate dentistry.

Companies that just hire dentists as employees rather then the dentist running the show. The companies will be able to buy supplies in bulk and cut overhead thereby cutting the price. Good for pocketbook of patient but bad for care. Those dentists are required to be in and out of rooms and done with procedures in certain time frames. No chit chat. If you are scared and need more time and TLC you will be out of luck.


Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/quality-care-hurt-big-business-more-than-big-government/

Article I did with Newswire.net

http://www.newswire.net/newsroom/dental/71527-Ogden-Dentist-Jim-Ellis-Quality-Care-Hurt-Big-Business-More-Than-Big-Government.html

Here is an article that I did for News Wire. It discusses the dangers

that are posed to dentistry from the influx of big business 

into the dental market place.

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Cosmetic Makeovers in Ogden, Utah

There are some fairly common malformations of teeth. One of them is called the peg-lateral. It’s when the tooth, just to the side of your front two teeth, is very slender. Sometimes, it can look like a little peg, thus the name.

These teeth can be tough to fix with a veneer or crown because both of those procedures require taking away of tooth structure. And as you can see from the picture, there isn't a lot of tooth structure to spare.

Thus, cosmetic bonding is a very good option for these teeth. Quick, painless, and inexpensive. Peg laterals can be restored to the correct size and functionality .

Nothing is ever as strong as your natural teeth. But, if you only use your teeth for what they were designed for -- EATING. These bonding procedures should hold up very well for a long time.


Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/cosmetic-makeovers-ogden-utah/

Ogden Dentist: Black Spot – White Spot

Nobody wants a “Black Spot”. Just ask Jack Sparrow.

And while this black spot is not nearly as dangerous to have, it's still not good. This black spot is the result of cavity that has gone untreated for some time. The hope when we started this was that the cavity hadn't gotten into the nerve.

Here is the BEFORE photo of the tooth with black spot. 

Luckily for patient X the cavity was not as deep as it could have been. We were able to get all of the decay out and simply place a filling. The color match turned out fantastic on this case and no one should ever know that a good portion of the tooth is not his own.

AFTER photo of patient X's tooth.

Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/black-spot-white-spot/

I have always hated my teeth

I hear this a lot. And, it is sad because usually what is needed to fix the problem is not all that much. We will call this patient, Mrs. Skip.

Mrs. Skip had always made sure that here kid’s teeth were taken care of. Today, it was her turn.  She wanted something nice looking but didn’t want to get killed on the bill.
We decided that cosmetic bonding was the way to go.

Here is the BEFORE photo. 

 

Here is the AFTER photo. 

• Gaps closed.
• Centrals shortened.
• Laterals more prominent.

One very happy patient.


Dr. Jim Ellis, DDS
1220 33rd Street Suite C
Ogden, UT 84403
(801) 783-3490

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SOURCE: http://www.bestogdendentist.com/2013/03/have-always-hated-teeth/