What is Dental Insurance For?

        Dental insurance isn’t medical insurance. If you are lucky to have dental insurance, it’s more like having a coupon for general services like cleanings and fillings. Yes, there are dental insurance companies who cover dental implants, but they want to dictate the coverage and this isn’t the answer. Cost of dental implants over your lifetime is minimal, and many dentists offer financing and there are banks that offer those zero interest credit cards for a year.

        Now, dental implants don’t decay, don’t get periodontal disease and they aren’t temporary. They give you your quality of life back and dentures are not considered standard of care. Dentures and partials force you to change your diet and nutrition, because you have lost the ability to chew the foods you have enjoyed all your life. When you lose a tooth or teeth, the bone in your jaw is no longer needed to support a tooth, so it melts away over time and you start looking older than you really are. Replacing your teeth with dental implants helps maintain your bone in your jaw and keep you from looking older and not having that sunken-in look. If you are missing a tooth, “Why would you want to grind down your adjacent teeth on each side and create a three tooth problem with a three-unit bridge, when you only had a one tooth problem in the first place?”

         As for fees, the cost of implants varies depending on where you live. An All-on-4 procedure with 10 to 12 teeth and 4 implants, upper or lower fixed bridge completely restored cost on average 20K. Be carefull not to get fooled by mini dental implants, they aren’t meant to be permanent and will cost you more in the long haul.

        Dental implants give you your confidence back in social activities and your significant other will apprieciate your smile.

       Root Canals are generally a temporary solution and your tooth may be better off replaced with a dental implant and a crown. This is a decision between you and your General Dentist.

      Take the time to get a good comprehensive treatment plan and if you get a second and third opinion. Remember, anyone can lower a fee, but that doesn’t mean you are getting the same comprehensive treatment plan. An experienced Oral Surgeon or Periodontist is your best place to start after seeing your General Dentist.

Nobel Biocare on iTunes U

Nobel Biocare Educational Video's


Nobel Biocare offers, as the only company in the dental field, a suite of free training and educational material to its customers, the dental community and students on its new site on iTunes U.

Training & Education is one of Nobel Biocare’s main strengths. One of the key trends in education on which Nobel Biocare wants to continue to build its reputation is the rapid development of e-learning. Located in the "Beyond Campus" section of iTunes U, Nobel Biocare’s online Training & Education program provides easy, state-of-the-art on-demand e-learning. Users can search and download training and education material directly from the site, and then use it on their Mac or PC, or sync with iPod or iPhone to learn anywhere, anytime.

 
Once you have installed iTunes you can access Nobel Biocare’s page from the link www.nobelbiocare.com/itunes via any web browser.

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My Dental Hub

My Dental Hub is an innovative dental patient education software program that allows you to create customized patient education of the highest quality that you print in your own office.

With stunning graphics, industry leading animations and easy to understand text, My Dental Hub Practice Growth software is a powerful marketing tool designed to educate your patients and increase treatment acceptance. This dental software package provides high quality graphics, 3D animations and clinical images that can be used for both on-screen presentations and professionally designed, printed take-home information for your patients.

Available in both an online and offline version (Click&Print), choose the version that best suites your practice.

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XCPT's Patient Engagement System

XCPT is dedicated to enhancing the doctor-patient relationship through the use of its leading edge dental software. XCPT's Patient Engagement System provides eye-catching visuals of proposed treatment such as crowns, bridges, and implants on the patient's x-rays, CT scans, or photos. Our software saves time, reduces paperwork, streamlines workflow in the office and allows patients to grasp treatment concepts quickly and intuitively. Utilize the visual communication power of XCPT in your dental relationships and see tighter connections with your patients, colleagues and your staff....

Learn more at PracticePerks.com about how you can get XCPT

From Dental Crowns to Implants

Great information on dental implants

A Dental Shift: Implants Instead of Bridges

NobelActive Dental Implant

NobelActive™
a new direction for implants


NobelActive™ has been launched following scientific research and pre-launch experience. It is recommended for experienced users who want to take full advantage of the following abilities:

* High initial stability, even in compromised bone situations
* Bone condensing property
* Redirecting capability for optimal placement
* Built-in Platform Shifting
* Dual-function prosthetic connection

Video Content:

YouTube NobelActive video's

NobelActive Surgical Video at Nobel Biocare

Why should I have an All Ceramic Dental Crown?

Traditional crowns are made with a metal sub-structure and then porcelain is placed on by a dental lab technician. The metal under the crown can cause irritation to the gum around the crown, the porcelain doesn't look natural like your real teeth because the metal doesn't let light in and the margin around the crown can show through your gums. Technology in dentistry today, lets you as a patient choose to have a ceramic porcelain zirconium, zirconia crown or bridge. The advantages of an all ceramic crown is the material is biocompatible friendly to your body, there is no dark line to worry about showing through your gums and the all ceramic tooth looks natural to your teeth. Light reflexs naturally through the ceramic and gives you a nice life like appearance.

Be careful to not get confused with dental office's offering in house milling machines that grind out a one shade zirconium or zirconia crown. These machines make a nice crown, but if you look in the mirror at your teeth, our teeth aren't just one shade. It takes a dental lab technician layering porcelain on your crown to make it look like your teeth. Fast isn't always best and a nice zirconium or zirconia crown made specific for you is well worth the wait.

To find a Procera Dentist in your area please go to NobelSmile.Com

Learn more about zirconium crowns at Nobel Biocare Procera

Can I Afford Dental Implants?

The question you have to ask yourself is; " I can't afford not to have dental implants"? If you find yourself, faced with a treatment plan from your dentist that includes dental implants and your other options are a bridge without implants, a partial denture or full denture, then it is time to hear the truth about dental implants.

Dental implants replace your missing teeth and help maintain healthy jaw bone. If we dont replace a missing tooth or teeth with an implant the bone that used to be around your missing tooth resorbs away. In fact, as much as 4mm will disapear in the first year, after you lose your tooth or teeth. You may know someone who wears a denture or partial denture and notice that this person looks older than they are. This is why replacing your teeth with dental implants is neccessary to help maintain and stimulate the bone so it doesn't go away. We all want to stay looking young and our face is very important to us. Dental implants will help maintain our quality of life.

If you choose not to replace your missing teeth with dental implants, then you are choosing not to be able to eat the nutritional foods that you have come to enjoy your whole life. Nutrition is very important to living longer, and if we have to modify our diet because we can't eat these foods any longer because we are choosing to wear a denture or partial denture, than this impacts our life in later years. Fact, a denture wearer will live on average 5 years less than a person who has a 4 or more dental implant fixed bridge. Here are some additional benefits to dental implants:

• Maintains healthy jaw bone
• Extends our quality of life
• They are meant to last your lifetime
• Dental implants help keep you young looking
• No denture adhesive
• You can taste your food and eat healthy without limitations
• Most importantly; Dental implants give you your confidence back in social settings

Now that I have convinced you that dental implants are the only option, you want to know how you can afford dental implants? Your dentist has payment plans, banks have no interest credit cards, borrow the money, if you live near a University, see if they have a dental program or clinic, do whatever you can to get dental implants. Overall body wellness begins with your mouth and dental implants will help you maintain your quality of life.

To locate a dental implant dentist in your area: NobelSmile.com

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Zygoma Dental Implants by Nobel biocare

Zygoma Dental Implants

In the totally edentulous maxilla when the posterior alveolar crest has resorbed to such an extent that additional implants would otherwise require the support of onlay or inlay grafts. The partially edentulous maxilla with uni- or bilateral loss of premolars, combined with severe bone resorption. In such situations, a Zygoma implant, in combination with at least two regular implants will offer adequate support for a fixed restoration.

View the Zygoma Surgical Video

All-On-4 by Nobel Biocare

Nobel Biocare All-on-4 Solution

The All-on-4 clinical solution has been developed to maximize the use of available bone and to allow for Immediate Function™. Using only four implants in edentulous jaws, the solution takes advantage of the benefits of tilting the posterior implants to provide a secure and optimal prosthetic support for a prosthetic bridge, even with minimum bone volume. The All-on-4 concept and procedures manual.

Nobel Biocare dental Implant Solutions

Nobel Biocare Dental Implant Cases & Solutions

People once had to accept the appearance and functionality of their teeth. Now Nobel Biocare ensures that beautiful, fully functioning teeth are everyone’s right. In fact, we provide the innovations in crowns, bridges, laminates and implants that enable you to make that a reality. Please enjoy the link to our dental implant and esthetic solutions.

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What Are Dental Implants?

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What exactly is an implant?

A natural tooth has a crown - the part which shows above the gum line, and a root - the anchor hidden below the gum line. When a tooth is missing, a dental implant (NobelReplace, Branemark, NobelSpeedy, NobelActive) takes the place of the missing root and a prosthetic crown (Procera) replaces the natural crown.

The Implant Procedure

The implant procedure is the same whether one or all teeth are missing. In this video example provided by My Dental Hub, there is two missing lower teeth. For the purpose of demonstration we will assume the patient is healthy and is a candidate for this procedure.

Implant Site Preparation

The gum tissue is opened to expose the bone area where the implant will be placed. In situations where there is insufficient bone structure, bone grafting may be a recommended procedure. Once healthy bone material has been established, a special drill is used to prepare the bone to receive the implant.

Placing the Implant

After the bone has been prepared, the implant is placed and the tissue is sutured and in some cases a temporary abutment can be placed with a temporary crown. The Healing Process - Osseointegration (discovered by: Dr. P.I. Branemark) The healing process takes three to six months. This is the amount of time it usually takes the implant to become part of the lower jaw, commonly referred to as osseointegration. The sutures are typically removed however, seven to fourteen days after surgery.

Attaching the Post

When the gum tissue is ready, a special post/abutment either titanium or ceramic is attached to the implant. It is the support for the new porcelain crown. Today's technologies often include zirconium abutments attached to the implant post, to assure that the new Procera Ceramic porcelain tooth possesses translucency properties similar to a natural tooth.

Placing the Crown

After impressions are taken a crown is made and shaded to match your existing teeth. The crown is then slipped over the Titanium or Zirconium Abutment and cemented.

The Completed Implant

The final prosthetic crown appears as a natural tooth.

Video compliments of My Dental Hub

NobelReplace Dental Implant System

NobelReplace™ Tapered
the world's most used implant system

The versatility, ease-of-use and predictability of NobelReplace™ Tapered have made it the most widely used implant design in the world. It is easy to understand why it is a favorite among surgeons and restorative clinicians.

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  Color coding for easy and fast identification of components
  Step-by-step drilling protocol for predictable surgical procedures
  Internal tri-channel connection for accurate and secure prosthetic restorations

NobelSmile Advisor

Tooth extraction is quite common due to poor dental health and gum disease. Leaving the missing tooth space empty may not sound too serious, but the consequences of not filling in the space from the missing tooth can include: The teeth adjacent to your missing tooth can change position to fill the gap; The loss of your missing tooth’s root can cause your jawbone to shrink, making your face appear prematurely older; and, A missing tooth in the front of your mouth can affect your smile and your self-confidence. In many situations, a dental implant is the most pleasingly esthetic solution for replacing the missing tooth. An all-ceramic dental crown or dental bridge, secured to a dental implant, provides a complete and beautiful solution for improving your smile. A dental implant takes the place of the missing tooth’s root and helps prevent the above consequences. Learn more at NobelSmileAdvisor.

NobelSmile-Finding a Nobel Biocare Dentist in your area

In the past, people had to accept their dental health condition. Today, thanks to Nobel Biocare's cosmetic dentistry and dental implant solutions, those with concerns about their appearance and dental health no longer have to live without a beautiful smile.
If you have specific questions about Nobel Biocare's cosmetic dentistry solutions, you should discuss them with your dentist or locate a Nobel Biocare provider in your area at NobelSmile.

Dental Implant Videos

A dental blogger site is an excellant way to boost your main web site organicly, by adding additional links to your web site that provide valuable information. Using YouTube, Facebook and Myspace as vehicles to deliver patient education information will also help SEO and Site mapping of critical information that helps add value to your web site. Google Local Business listing is important for helping patients locate your business. Google Local Business listing lets you place a picture and link to YouTube or any other site. By having a Social Network site, you can post patient testimonials and have links to your main web site.

NobelVision

NobelVision™ is an in-office dental awareness system designed to enhance your patients’ interest in the procedures you perform. It educates, entertains and informs like no other dental education system on the market today. After office hours it’s an on-demand dental education and staff training solution that can be used to increase case acceptance, improve staff communications, or as a continuing education system. Read what doctors are saying about NobelVision™ patient awareness
NobelVision™ provides your reception room guests with a variety of information, including patient testimonials, before-and-after photos, and your own one-minute personal profile. This system:
· Stimulates communication
· Alleviates patient anxiety
· Improves case acceptance
· custom practice profile
Your one-minute profile is seen periodically throughout the day, educating your guests about the valuable solutions you and your team provide.
· Builds referrals
· Increases case acceptance
· Delivers a consistent message
· training and education
NobelVision™ provides after-hours training and education for you and your team. Topics include:
· Esthetic dentistry
· Implant dentistry
· Case acceptance role play
· Marketing your practice
· content-rich education and entertainment
· 3-D dental animations
· Dental trivia
· New esthetic solutions
· Dental facts
· Implant advancements
· Patient testimonials
· Patient stories
· Surgical and restorative options
· Health-related stories
· Practitioner profile
· Sponsored advertising
· Hollywood interviews
· Movie trailers
· Music videos
· Sports and entertainment news
· After-hours continuing education
What doctors are saying about NobelVision™
“NobelVision™ gets people’s attention and prepares them to ask questions the minute they sit down for a consultation.”
Anthony Molina, DDS, & Paul Scruggs, DDS
Raleigh, NC
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“NobelVision™ is our little ice breaker in the reception room, it stimulates conversation among our patients, and the 3-D animations provide a better understanding of what an implant looks like.”
Stephanie Strong, RDH, BS, & Samuel M. Strong, DDS
Little Rock, AR
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“NobelVision™ is just the right mix of education and entertainment; it appeals to all individuals and a variety of age groups.”
Edward Jutkowitz, DDS
Roslyn Heights, NY
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“My patients’ response to NobelVision™ has been fantastic. Since the first day almost every extraction patient has asked about implants.”
Dr. James Babich, DDS
Joliet, IL
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“NobelVision™ was already making an impact on my practice after just two weeks in my reception room. I had completed a smile makeover one day, and I went to the reception area to let the patient’s husband know that the procedure went well. To my surprise the husband had a few questions for me about his smile. While waiting for his wife he watched NobelVision™ and learned about the advantages of dental implants. He was so excited to know there was a solution available to rid him of his dentures. I am extremely pleased with NobelVision.™ Not only has it educated my patients, but this one case could pay for my entire product investment in the system.”
Dr. E. Robert Wardius, DMD
Reading, PA

University of Dentistry

The University of Dentistry.com is the ideal meeting place for dental students, residents, educators, alumni, hygenists, dental laboratories, and dental technicians.
You can create an online study club, post blogs, provide your opinion within the discussion forums, or connect with an old classmate or friend.
In addition, you can post job opportunities within your practice or post your resume and get started with your dental career. The dental career job board is absolutely free!

PracticePerks.com

Denatal Careers

Dentalcareerfinders.com is a free job listing website similar to Monster.com or CareerBuilders.com but geared specifically for the dental industry. Whether your a dentist, hygenist, lab technician, office manager, or ceramist you can post your resume or list available jobs within your office or dental laboratory. The website is new so we need your help to make this site an asset for the dental community. Join Now! and begin posting your job opportunities and resumes today!

Practice Perks from Nobel Biocare

PracticePerks.com™ is a comprehensive marketing and education portal that provides you access to a wide array of innovative marketing, communication, and education solutions. Created by Nobel Biocare to help our customers develop and grow their practices.

You become a partner office with Nobel Biocare. As a NobelSmile™ dental practice/partner, you’re provided with a user name and password to our website where you can take advantage of many free services and huge savings from our third party vendors. If your not a partner you can enjoy some of the benefits by purchasing our special promotional packages. Join today and take advantage of all we offer.

Becoming a member is easy! Just contact your Nobel Biocare Representative for details.