Implants, new young patient, ....

It has been an interesting week. We had a patient very recently with 3 new implants restored in on upper right, lower left and lower right. We had another new patient who is only 2 1/2 years old fall out of a stroller and do damage to upper front teeth. Another patient had some nasty, viral ulcers that needed laser treatment. Another patient who has only come in for emergent care hopefully will come in to get 'caught up' very soon.

The patient with the new implants is doing very well. The lab did a beautiful job. They look good and are feeling good according to the patient too. They do feel different because the porcelain has a slightly different quality than tooth structure. He just needed a minor fine-tuning of his bite on Monday.

The young patient fell out of a stroller and displaced her 2 front teeth. There is also swollen gum around these teeth and a swollen lip. She is a sweetheart and doing well. She was seen in a hospital emergency room on Tuesday when this accident happened and then seen in the office on Friday morning. She is still sore. X-rays were taken in the hospital. We took a couple of photos with our intraoral camera this morning. Displaced teeth in young children will usually reposition themselves normally without intervention by a dentist. We will just need to observe and check for infection or nerve death in the future. We may need to take more x-rays to follow up in the future.

The patient with the viral ulcer problem was treated with our dental laser. He has had this treatment a couple of times before. He relies to some extent on other medications but finds that the laser is much more effective and provides almost immediate relief. We also find that when this type of infection occurs and is treated with the laser it doesn't recur as much or usually not in the same location.

It has been a good week!