Great case from this morning. A patient came in with a tooth broken off at the gum line. A bridge was not an option due to one of the teeth, next to the broken one, already being tied into a different bridge. So an implant was chosen. We extracted the tooth. It had 2 roots. We backed filled one of the root holes with a bone graft. 

Prepared the other root hole for the size and shape of the implant we wanted. 

We then placed the implant. The patient came in at 9 and left by 11. We carry the most common sizes of implants on hand. If you can replace a hip, knee, or lung, you can replace a tooth. Only much easier.

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Broken tooth AND Toothache

Fairly involved case here. Patient comes to my office with problems on the upper right hand side of his mouth. He is in a lot of pain and has a broken tooth. He figures the problems are one and the same. That the broken tooth is the one that is hurting him.

 Unfortunately he's not so lucky. The broken tooth needs to come out, yes. But, its the tooth behind the broken tooth, that is actually responsible for the patients discomfort. That tooth needs a root canal or needs to be extracted as well.

Here's what we did, step by step. We will call the teeth 1-2-3 (from left to right) to make it simple. We extracted #2 and #3.

 We then placed an implant in the spot of #3. In the spot of #2 we just placed a bone graft and let it heal.

 After several months we then placed a bridge that spanned from 1-3. 

The bad teeth are gone. The patient is no longer in pain. And a wonderful case in completed.

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Dental Implant may be the solution.

"I've got 2 bad teeth on the same side! What can I possibly do?" Well, lets get creative. On the far left side of both of these pictures is the very back tooth in this person's mouth (so moving to the right would be towards the front of the mouth). The 2nd tooth forward is very painful and would need a root canal and crown to fix. The 3rd tooth up is broken off at the gum line. The solution? Remove the 2nd and 3rd teeth. Place an implant in the 3rd tooth spot. Then make a bridge from the implant to the 1st tooth. Result? All painful and broken teeth are gone. New teeth put in their place. Full functionality restored. No matter your problem, it is more then likely that we have a solution.

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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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To Get your Tooth back

Many of you do not know what it is like to not have a tooth. In a spot where there has always been one. For those of you that do know what it’s like to lose a tooth, hopefully you also know what it’s like to get that tooth back in.

Here is a patient of ours that lost one of their front four teeth.

Being that its one of the front four, it was kind of a dire need.

Here is a picture of a bridge that we put in place to give the patient the look, and feel, of having a tooth in that space.

If you have lost a tooth, do not despair. These days, there are many treatment options available for you to get that tooth back.

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

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A Brand New Smile!!

This is Mrs. B

When Mrs. B was young she got into some trouble with her two front teeth.

From that point on she has been dealing with on and off discomfort.

She finally decided it was time to do something.

She decided it was simply time to part ways with her 2 front teeth.

She also decided that while she was at it she would get a whole new smile.

Here is Mrs. B before.

Here is Mrs. B after.

Mrs. B now has plans to bleach her bottom teeth so that

everything will match up nicely.

She is very happy with her new smile.

If you have teeth that have been bothering you for a long time

and you just don't know what to do, maybe something like this

could be in your future.

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Do I need a crown on my tooth?

Every instance is different but here is a tooth with multiple problems

that did not end up needing a crown.

The filling is experiencing some break down around the edges

and a case could be made to replace it.

What gives this tooth the added need to be worked on

is the hole that you can see in the bottom left of the tooth.

This tooth for sure needs a makeover now.

Our filing material of choice is the newer white filling material. 

It wears great, looks great, and polishes very well.

Not all teeth like this can be fixed without the use of a crown but

this one did and the patient was very happy.

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How do you tell someone they are old?

Almost everyday I have to tell someone, that has

never had a cavity, that they have a cavity.

Many of these people are in the 50's or 60's.

They spend lots of time brushing and flossing and have never had a

cavity and don't understand how they now are getting cavities when

they are doing the same things that they have always done to keep their teeth clean.

At this point I have to be very diplomatic.

The simple answer is...... you are getting older.

As we age things will begin to break down.

These people have no problem accepting that their eyesight isn't what is used to be.

Or that their hearing may be a little worse then it was when they were younger.

But for some reason, the fact that their teeth are also wearing down is a new concept.

Every part of our bodies will break down over time.

Teeth will follow right along with the rest of it.

The forces of a lifetime of chewing mixed in with the fact that salivary flow

rates decrease as we age (thus less protection for our teeth) means that

an increase in cavities over time is almost inevitable.

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I have too many missing teeth for you to fix.

Sometimes folks come into the office and tell me that their teeth

are so bad and that they have so many missing ones that there

is no way that I could possibly fix all of them.

Well almost 100% of the time they are wrong.

Take Jenny for instance. 

Jenny had several missing teeth all on the same side.

She thought there was nothing that could be done.

Below you will see a picture of a bridge that we made for jenny.

This bridge goes from her very back tooth all the way up to

one of her front four teeth.

(Sorry its a tad blurry)

Its all one piece.

It will get cemented in place and won't need 

to be removed on a nightly basis.

It looks fantastic.

And its a way to replace 3 of Jenny's missing teeth at one time.

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