At our practice, we go beyond just placing dental implants – we use advanced supportive procedures and diagnostic tools to ensure your treatment is precise, safe, and successful!
🔍 Comprehensive Diagnostics for Optimal Results
Using state-of-the-art technology like 3D imaging, CT scans, and digital X-rays, we can assess your bone health, the placement site, and the ideal positioning of your implants. This helps us create a personalized treatment plan that fits your needs perfectly!
🛠️ Supportive Procedures That Make a Difference
To ensure the best possible outcome, we offer a range of supportive treatments, including:
Bone Grafting: For patients with insufficient bone structure to support implants.
Sinus Lifts: To prepare the upper jaw for implants.
Guided Implant Surgery: Using advanced technology to ensure the perfect placement of your implants.
These tools and techniques help reduce risks, improve healing times, and ensure that your implants function like natural teeth for years to come.
💬 Ready to start your implant journey? Let’s schedule a consultation to discuss how our advanced diagnostic tools and supportive procedures can help you achieve a beautiful, lasting smile!
With periodontal disease, you may not feel any discomfort. You may not notice any symptoms. But treating periodontal disease quickly is of the utmost importance.
With proper diagnosis and professional instruction from a dentist, you can protect your pearly whites for years to come.
Do you think you’re suffering from periodontal disease? Or has it been years since your last checkup?
Then please schedule an appointment with your dentist or periodontist ASAP! #brittenperio#clearwaterperiodontist
This video shows the loss of the upper jawbone following tooth extraction. The jaw bone can be preserved with bone augmentation grafting for better denture retention or future implant placement, as well as to maintain the proper shape of a patient’s face.
The signs of bone loss are: Periodic changes in the way your denture fits; Sore spots on gum tissues; Food becoming trapped between the gums and denture; and, Difficulty chewing even with the help of denture adhesives and pastes.
There is a procedure we perform in our practice to help save your jawbone!
A common use of bone grafting is for ridge augmentation. Ridge augmentation can recapture the natural contour of your gums and jaw after the loss of a tooth as a result of trauma, congenital anomalies, infection, or periodontal disease. Achieving an ideal amount of gum and bone as a support to surrounding restorations or implants may require hard and soft tissue reconstruction. After the loss of one or more teeth, your gums and jawbone may become indented where the tooth or teeth used to be. This occurs because the jawbone recedes when it no longer is holding a tooth in place. Not only is this indentation unnatural looking, it also causes the replacement tooth to look too long compared to the adjacent teeth, and this can create an area that is difficult to keep clean.
Ridge augmentation uses bone and tissue-grafting procedures to fill in the indented area of the jaw and gums, leaving you with a smooth gum line that coexists with your restoration or dental implant.
If you have any questions about the surgical procedures performed in our office, visit https://brittenperio.com/procedures/surgical-procedures/
Dental implants are often used to replace teeth, but when there is not enough jaw bone to hold the implants, a dental bone grafting procedure may have to be done first.
“After the loss of a tooth, the jawbone recedes, or becomes indented. Bone grafting allows us to fill in this space to have enough bone to place a dental implant.”
For patients with missing teeth who need additional jaw bone support for the placement of dental implants, a periodontal regenerative procedure, or bone grafting must first be performed. Dr. Britten, an implant specialist and periodontist in Clearwater, Florida, also provides the latest technology and techniques in ridge augmentation, ridge preservation, sinus lift or sinus augmentation procedures for patients missing teeth to be able to have dental implants.
Dental bone grafts can come from multiple sources. Autogenous grafts come from the patient, allografts are taken from a bone bank where human bone from cadavers has been donated, and xenografts are taken from animal bone. Local anesthesia is all that is needed in most cases. The new bone is surgically placed in the jaw area where it is deficient in bone and transplanted where the dental implants will be located.
Sometimes Leukocyte Rich Platelet Rich Fibrin is used in addition to bone grafting. (L- PRF) is a by-product of a patient’s own blood that can help healing after dental procedures such as a tooth extraction, as well as promote healing around bone or tissue grafts and dental implants. L-PRF treatments are often used for greater success for necessary procedures for dental implant placement, including socket bone grafts, sinus lifts, ridge augmentation, correcting peri-implantitis, block bone grafts and extraction sites prior to implant placement. Dr. Britten provides both of these technologies in his Clearwater, Florida periodontal practice.
The dental bone graft, or periodontal regeneration procedure, must be allowed to heal completely prior to other procedures, such as the placement of dental implants. This will generally take about four to six months. Once the area has completely healed, the patient can be reevaluated for the placement of dental implants.
Britten Periodontics & Implant Dentistry is a periodontal practice offering patients personalized dental care in implant dentistry in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Todd Britten received his Bachelor of Science & Doctorate of Dental Surgery from University of Florida, a Master’s Degree and Certificate in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry; and completed extensive training at the Institute of Advanced Laser Dentistry. He is one of the only board-certified periodontists in Pinellas County. He is a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Association, Florida Association of Periodontists, Upper Pinellas County Dental Association, Hillsborough County Dental Association, Hillsborough County Dental Research Association and Florida West Coast Dental Association.
Patients interested in these procedures can get additional information by calling 727-586-2681.
