Caldwell & Dimmit - Periodontal & Implant Surgical Solutions
Periodontics & Dental Implants
9398 Vescount Blvd., Suite 1A, El Paso, TX 78756
915-598-6702
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    • C. Stephen Caldwell, DDS
    • Gregory R. Caldwell, DDS MS
    • Walter E. Dimmitt, DDS
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Dental Implants

  • Introduction to Dental Implants
  •  • Single Missing Tooth
  •  • Two or More Missing Teeth
  •  • Current Denture User
  •  • Benefits of Dental Implants
  • CT Scanner & Comprehensive Implant Planning
  • Conscious I.V. Sedation: Is It Right for You?
  • Socket Preservation Techniques
  • Ridge Augmentation and Bone Grafting
  • Sinus Graft
  • Platelet Rich Plasma
  • Routine Implant Maintenance

Benefits of Dental Implants

Implant diagram

Every way you look at it, dental implants are a better solution to the problem of missing teeth.

Esthetic: Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth. Since dental implants integrate into the structure of your bone, they stimulate the bony foundation like your natural teeth, preventing bone loss and gum recession that often accompany bridgework and dentures. No one will ever know that you have a replacement tooth.

Tooth-saving: Dental implants do not sacrifice the quality of your adjacent teeth like a bridge does because implants do not require the neighboring teeth to be cut down in size to prepare those teeth for use as bridge supports. This means that implants allow more of your own teeth to be left untouched, a significant long-term benefit to your oral health! Remember, every time that you have to cut up a good tooth, you start a “time line” of sorts toward eventual weakening of that tooth or possible loss of another natural tooth.

Confidence: Dental implants will allow you to once again speak and eat with comfort and confidence. They are secure and offer freedom from the “Irksome Clicks and Wobbles” of dentures. They will allow you to say goodbye to worries about misplaced dentures and messy pastes and glues. Why sacrifice the structure of surrounding good teeth to bridge a space? In addition, removing a denture or a “partial” at night may be inconvenient, as well as uncomfortable and a potential embarrassment.

Reliable: The success rate of dental implants is highly predictable today with most statistics indicating success rates close to 97% if good bony support is available and if proper loads are placed on the implants. They are considered an excellent option for tooth replacement.

The ideal candidate for a dental implant is a patient with good general medical and oral health. Adequate bone in your jaw is needed to support the implant, and the best candidates have healthy gum tissues that are free of periodontal disease. If you have lost too much of your supporting bone due to disease or early loss of teeth to immediately support implants, you can still be a candidate for dental implants. New surgical techniques are available to regenerate this critical bony foundation and this has created the opportunity for even the most debilitated patients to be candidates for dental implants.

Dental implants are intimately connected with the gum tissues and underlying bone in the mouth. Since Periodontists like Dr. Caldwell and Dr. Dimmitt are the dental experts who specialize in precisely these areas, they contribute the ideal expertise for the surgical component of your dental implant team, providing you with the “Cutting Edge” in implant surgical care. Not only do Periodontists have experience working with other dental professionals, but they also have the special knowledge, training, and facilities that you need to surgically develop bone and teeth that look and feel just like your own.

Did you know that Dr. Caldwell and Dr. Dimmitt are faculty members of both the prestigious Misch International Implant Institute in Detroit and the Temple University School of Medicine and Dentistry in Philadelphia? Our doctors and the other faculty members teach over 150 Surgeons and Dentists each year how to complete the variety of advanced implant surgical techniques available today. You can be assured that your care in our office will be the best possible and that you will be treated with the most up-to-date procedures available.

Your Periodontist will work together with your General Dentist to make your dreams come true.

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