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The purpose of doing all on four implants is to provide immediate functioning implants without doing grafting.  But for some cases that is not possible.  Either there is not enough bone at the beginning of the case, while placing the implants the bone...

Implant surgeons may see cases where things did not go as expected.  It may be due to the fact that the patient was involved in trauma (i.e. fall, car accident, assault), did not heal as expected (because of systemic disease, smoking, chronic wear of denture,...

At the 15th annual H. David Hall lecture at Vanderbilt Medical Center, Alan Herford, DDS, MD, FACS (chair of the Maxillofacial surgery program at Loma Linda Medical Center) presented options for rebuilding jaw defects prior to implant placement.  In his lecture...

In a recent article in the International journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants (Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2015; 30:450-460), Italian surgeons discussed the utilization of fresh frozen human bone graft (cadaver) vs. using the patients own bone (iliac crest...

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws is seen more and more with the treatment of certain cancers and osteoporosis.  It can be painful and difficult to treat.  In a recent article in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (73: 437-442, 2015),...

Dr. John Freeman will be name in the upcoming May issue of the Houstonia Magazine as one of the top oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Houston.  This honor is based on a peer-review survey of the doctors throughout the Houston area.  Dr. Freeman has been...

When patient’s loose a front tooth, they often look into the option of a dental implant.  There is often times a significant discussion about the final crown and the surgical placement of the dental implant.  But many times the abutment is not mentioned...

When patients come to discuss dental implant replacement of missing teeth, they often ask: “how long do implants last”?  The first dental implant was placed in the 1960’s.  Therefore, we have a 50+ years of experience with dental implants.  The general...

It has been a sad week in the world of implant dentistry.  The founder of the first implant that was place 50 years ago has past away.  He has historically developed teeth in a day, implants to support facial prosthetics (false ears, noses, eyes), and zygoma implants....

More Americans are opting for cosmetic surgery than ever before, and experts have long speculated that the rise in the procedures is somehow tethered to the increase in personal technology and social media. A new survey by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) seems to confirm those speculations.