Dental Implant Dentists

First steps to your dental implants with Epic Smiles:

1. Schedule your no cost consultation 

2. Attend your consult with comprehensive exam

• One-on-One Consultation with Dr. Javid or Dr. Zingalis
• Oral exam including 3D CT scan (and any other x-rays as necessary) and complete review of mouth (teeth, gums, jaw bone, bite, etc).
• Find out if you are a candidate for dental implants
• Get all your questions answered

3. Review our findings and discuss your treatment options

Are dental implants worth it?

A healthy smile is one of the top priorities for most people. It plays a key role in first impressions, and it’s considered to be a great confidence booster. Because of this, it’s no surprise that those who undergo tooth extractions, or those who lost them naturally due to trauma or dental cavities, have doubts about the future of their smile. At Epic Smiles, our mission is to offer a custom-made solution to the severe problem that tooth loss represents.

Our team enthusiastically suggests dental implants. Although other treatments may suit more reduced budgets, like dentures and dental bridges, this option is worth considering for those looking for a complete restoration of both the function and the general aesthetics of their smile.

Dental implants can endure forever, and also maintain the jaw structure, eliminating in this way the risk of bone resorption. No other treatment alternative can deliver a result as stable and durable as dental implants.

Dental implants preserve jaw bone.

Photo shows an edentulous (lacking teeth) person after several years and the resulting changes to facial appearance with jaw bone loss.

Dental Implants For Dentures
(Snap-In Dentures)

Also known as implant-retained or implant-supported dentures, snap-in dentures are a fantastic option for patients with multiple teeth loss. Like full dentures, they replace the entire dental arch, but the significant difference lies in the retention provided by implants.

The implants that have been previously placed along the arch are connected to the denture through special components. Instead of housing crowns or bridges, the implants have little accessories (“abutments”), whose shape is then reproduced in the acrylic of the denture and achieving a perfect fit between both elements.

Snap-In dentures have many advantages. They are considered to be:

• comfortable: the retention provided by implants is solely incomparable. Better retention equals more functionality, so patients can chew, talk, and whistle without even noticing they are wearing a full denture.
• hygienic: as they are removable, they can be easily cleaned overnight like regular dentures. This also allows a proper hygiene of the implants and the oral tissues, reducing the risk of gums disease and infections.
• low maintenance: a yearly visit to the dental office is enough to make sure that the denture is fitting properly.
• affordable: it represents a more economical alternative to a full-arch restoration with individual implants and their respective crowns or bridges.

This implant-retained solution requires patients to come into the dental office for a reline appointment approximately once a year to ensure proper fit and function.

All-on-4 Dental Implants
(Teeth in a Day)

A minimally invasive solution with a fixed full-arch restoration for high patient satisfaction.

The “Teeth in a day” treatment offered by Epic Smiles is an exceptional option for many people, especially for those replacing incisors (any of the four front teeth), or seeking an extensive implant restoration.

The process is simple. Once the tooth is extracted, our team places the implant and screws a temporary fixed bridge into the implant (or implants)—all in one session.

Then, after six months, once the area has healed completely and the soft tissues are in the right place, the patient returns to the office to have the final impressions taken. The permanent bridge, made of a more durable material like zirconia, will be created based on those impressions.

Patients need to know that this method implies frequent visits to our office. It requires meticulous cleaning sessions and costs more than the conventional implant treatment, but it has several advantages. To begin with, this treatment is shorter. Usually, after the tooth extraction, the dentist needs to wait a couple of months before placing the implant. With this treatment modality, we are able to extract teeth, place implants and place a fixed full-arch prosthesis on the day of surgery.

How to care for “teeth in a day”

Our team at Epic Smiles encourages patients to make appointments several times a year to have examinations and in-office cleanings of the implants. In these sessions, the dental team removes the bridge to clean around the abutments using a precise instrument. Once the area has been cleaned, the dentist will evaluate the condition of the implants. If there’s nothing to worry about, he will proceed to screw the bridge back into the implants.