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Dental implants are needed for Broken teeth that can’t be repaired, missing teeth, loose dentures, and even if you are tired of that irritating hole in the front of your mouth. Dr Robert Antolak, The Gentle Dentist located in Shelby Township, Macomb County Michigan shows in this video how a tooth that had a root canal needed to be removed and have a dental implant placed.  This procedure took about 1 hour and was done with just numbing. Failed root canals are a  common reason why dental implants are needed. They prevent the need to grind down adjacent teeth because they replace only the missing tooth.  This video goes from start to finish and does contain some bleeding.  If you are looking to have an dental implant placed then you must consider Dr. Antolak and his professional staff.

A smile makeover is taking an average smile and making it a terrific smile by using modern cosmetic dentistry techniques.  An appealing smile has four characteristics:

• The teeth are white, not yellow or discolored
• the top teeth show when giving a full smile, but only a little bit of the gums show during the smile
• There are no spaces between the teeth.
• The teeth are straight

During the examination process at our Shelby twp. office we will:

• take a complete set of digital x-rays including panorex
• take a series of Digital Photographs including a few portrait pictures
• Review the health history, chief complaint, expectations about what the patient wants and desires
• Comprehensive examination which includes checking for cavities, periodontal disease, oral cancer, broken teeth, the bite including assessment of the TMJ (jaw joint)
• discussion on what the findings are and a treatment plan on future treatment.
• discussion about the fees and financial options which includes interest free financing through Care Credit.

By reviewing the photos taken it becomes obvious what is both good and what can be improved upon.  The computer monitor gives us a great tool to see what the possibilities are.  In fact, we can email out a before photo and have it accurately modified to give you the patient a good idea of what your smile would look like after treatment was performed.

Here is a list of the different procedures that can enhance your smile:

• Teeth whitening
• bonding
• Cosmetic Veneers
• braces
• Gum recontouring to eliminate a gummy smile

For a free consultation about the different options are you can call our office in Shelby Township at (586)247-3500.  We service the Washington Twp, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights, Troy areas of Michigan.

Dental emergencies seem to appear at the most inappropriate times.  Toothaches, broken teeth, abscesses and infections seem to happen when a big event is ready to take place usually when your immune system seems to be at its lowest point.

Toothaches develop usually when the nerve becomes exposed.  Cracks in the teeth or cavities make the tooth vunerable to infections.  As the tooth is left open food and bacteria come into close proximity to the nerve and small blood vessels.  The bacteria penetrates the nerve and transfers down into the deeper part of the tooth and eventually deeper into the bone.  The pain associated with this shifts from a sharp short term type of pain to a deep throbbing sensation.  If the area is not treated the dental infection in the bone continues to grow creating pressure in the bone.  After a while the pressure from the puss starts pressing and decomposing the bone until it hits the soft tissue that covers the bone.  When the dental infection reaches the soft tissue there is no way to contain it and this is when you can become very swollen. This becomes dangerous  as the infection can get not only into the blood system, but can invade the neck or even the brain.

The progress of this can be very short for some people or longer for others.  The body’s immune system is what keeps infections under control.  During stressful times the immune system becomes challenged and then the infections that seemed to not be a problem all of a sudden seem to take over.  The key is to treat the problem before it takes over.

I had a patient I recently treated who was going on vacation the next day and flying.  She developed a large swelling in a cheek area from teeth that