Dental Implants

Dr Changjie Guo

Nov 24, 2023

Dental implant failure

You may have seen many successful dental implant cases online, but very few people want to talk about failure of dental implants. Like...

Immediate implant placement and crown restoration

Dr Changjie Guo

May 10, 2023

Immediate implant placement and crown restoration

This case involved two implants placement. One was immediate implant placement during the tooth extraction. The other one was delayed...

Dr Changjie Guo

Nov 20, 2021

Immediate dental implant

Immediate dental implant is a procedure by which dental implant is placed in the jaw immediately following tooth extraction. It saves 3...

Implant supported crowns and cantilever bridge

Dr Changjie Guo

Feb 19, 2021

Implant supported crowns and cantilever bridge

This 6 unit composite resin bridge on top front teeth came off with broken metal post, ending up with 2 root stumps and 4 missing teeth....

Dr Changjie Guo

Mar 18, 2020

The bridge has fallen.

Dental bridges are one of three options to replace missing teeth along with dental implants and dentures. Compared with dental implants,...

2 implants to replace 2 missing lower molars

Dr Changjie Guo

Nov 11, 2019

2 implants to replace 2 missing lower molars

One tooth had been removed already. The other had failed root canal treatment. After discussion the options of extraction and root canal...

Immediate dental implant placement and cantilever bridge

Dr Changjie Guo

Oct 19, 2019

Immediate dental implant placement and cantilever bridge

What is immediate dental implant placement? Immediate implant placement is when an implant is placed at the same time as the natural...

Against all the odds, the dental implants have survived for 13 years.

Dr Changjie Guo

Jul 9, 2019

Against all the odds, the dental implants have survived for 13 years.

Dental implants have revolutionized dentistry and the replacement of teeth since Dr. P. Brånemark first placed modern dental implants in...

Dr Changjie Guo

Mar 14, 2019

Peri-implantitis

Peri-implantitis is a destructive inflammatory process affecting both soft and hard tissue surrounding an osseointegrated dental implant...

Alveolar ridge preservation after tooth extraction - for the future dental implant.

Dr Changjie Guo

Jan 10, 2019

Alveolar ridge preservation after tooth extraction - for the future dental implant.

Tooth can not be saved and want dental implant to replace it in the future. Will there be enough bone after tooth extraction and bone...

Sinus augmentation and immediate implant placement - part 2: crown restoration.

Dr Changjie Guo

Nov 9, 2018

Sinus augmentation and immediate implant placement - part 2: crown restoration.

We did sinus lift surgery 6 months ago because there was not enough bone for dental implants. Now it's time to check if the sinus...

Dr Changjie Guo

Oct 5, 2018

Single Dental Implant

Single dental implant - the best way to replace a missing tooth! No cutting adjacent teeth like dental bridges. More comfortable than...

Dr Changjie Guo

Sep 8, 2018

Implant supported cantilever bridge

In this case, there are two front teeth missing with limited space. The gap is not wide enough for 2 implants and one implant supported...

Immediate implant placement after sinus lift. - Part 2. Restoration

Dr Changjie Guo

Aug 2, 2018

Immediate implant placement after sinus lift. - Part 2. Restoration

The implant was placed immediately after sinus augmentation 6 months ago. Now it's time to check it out. The sinus lift and implant...

Dr Changjie Guo

Apr 12, 2018

Multiple Dental Implants

When a number of teeth are missing, multiple dental implants are the best option to give you the feeling of real teeth and easy...

Sinus lift and immediate implant placement.

Dr Changjie Guo

Feb 28, 2018

Sinus lift and immediate implant placement.

A patient with a missing upper first molar requested to replace the missing tooth. On examination, we found an upper left first molar...

Dr Changjie Guo

Jan 24, 2018

Implant supported bridge.

Implant supported bridge is the best option to replace these lower front missing teeth, especially when there is not enough space to...

Dr Changjie Guo

Nov 24, 2017

Sinus Lift.

Sinus lift is also called sinus augmentation. It is surgery to add bone to upper jaw, specially in molar and premolar area. The sinus...

Single Dental Implant - From Start to Finish.

Dr Changjie Guo

Sep 28, 2017

Single Dental Implant - From Start to Finish.

Single dental implant is the most common dental implant. It's the best way to replace a missing tooth compared with dentures and bridges....

Dental implant rescue - broken abutment screw retrieval.

Dr Changjie Guo

Aug 24, 2017

Dental implant rescue - broken abutment screw retrieval.

Dental implants don't last forever. Complications can happen even though most of them are rare. They can have infection, inflammation,...