At Advanced Dental Implant Center, we have one main focus…DENTAL IMPLANTS and procedures related to dental implants. Getting a dental implant is a big decision and a very important one for you. When choosing a dentist for placement of your dental implants, there are many things you need to consider including the training, experience, and knowledge of the provider. At Advanced Dental Implant Center, we are fortunate to have one of the nation’s leading dental implant specialists in Dan Holtzclaw, DDS, MS.
The Teeth In A Day dental implant protocol is the most advanced and technically demanding procedure in all of implant dentistry. This is not a procedure that you want to trust to someone who simply “dabbles” in dental implants. If you are considering this procedure, carefully check the credentials of your dentist. Are they a specialist or a general dentist?
Dental specialists such as Periodontists and oral surgeons have taken up to 4 years of additional full-time training beyond the standard 4 years of dental school which all dentists take. Dr. Holtzclaw achieved his additional training during his service in the US Navy where he spent 4 full years working and studying at Naval Hospitals in Portsmouth, Virginia and Bethesda, Maryland. During this additional training, Dr. Holtzclaw not only gained extensive experience in dental implant surgery, he also completed an anesthesia mini-residency, treated multiple medical emergencies, and mastered multiple aspects of regular dentistry.
Did you know that many general dentists who place dental implants received their dental implant “training” at weekend continuing education courses? In fact, some dental implant continuing education programs “certify” a dentist to place dental implants after only 16 hours of actual training! Can you believe that? When you consider the fact that a board certified specialty trained dentist like Dr. Holtzclaw has over 17,000 hours of additional training in procedures such as dental implants, there is simply no comparison.
Dr. Holtzclaw is one of the most experienced Teeth In a Day dental implant surgeons in the United States. This surgery involves an immediately loaded set of teeth all on 4 to 6 total dental implants. He has performed hundreds of these procedures with an astounding success rate which exceeds that which is published in the dental literature. Due to his success and experience with this procedure, Dr. Holtzclaw is regularly asked to lecture about the Teeth In a Day protocol and other dental implant related procedures at conferences around the globe. In fact, Dr. Holtzclaw has even lectured for the dental implant company that invented and perfected this dental implant procedure! While other dentists attend lectures to learn about the Teeth In A Day dental implant procedure, Dr. Holtzclaw is the dentist giving many of these lectures.
Some of Dr. Holtzclaw’s unique qualifications for the Teeth In A Day dental implant procedure include:
Round Rock and West Austin TX offices are owned by Tom Kennedy, DDS under Affordable Dentures & Implants – Texas, PLLC
Phoenix/Gilbert office is owned by Frank M. Nelson, DDS under Affordable Dentures & Implants – Gilbert P.C.
Advanced Dental Implant Center are part of a professional affiliation of dental implant practices operated by oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, and restorative dentists. With the specialized techniques used by Advanced Dental Implant Center, such as zygomatic and pterygoid implants, nearly all patients qualify for same day dental implants from a dental perspective. Prospective patients require an initial workup that includes an oral examination, 3D radiographic evaluation, and medical history consultation. Some patients with certain medical histories may not qualify for surgical treatment. “Teeth-in-a-day”, “one day implant teeth”, “same day implant teeth”, etc. refers to the fact that on the day of surgery, patients will have teeth removed (unless all teeth are already missing, dental implants placed, and a screw retained prosthesis secured to these implants on the same day as the surgery. While this first set of teeth are permanent in the fact that they are secured to the dental implants by screws, these teeth are typically not the final set of teeth as the patient will be allowed to heal prior to the delivery of the final set of teeth. Furthermore, the patient will be allowed to suggest desired changes to the initial set of teeth prior to the fabrication of the final set of teeth. The initial set of screw retained implant teeth are permanent in the fact that they are not removable by the patient and can only be removed by personnel in a dental office. With proper care and maintenance, dental implants can last a lifetime depending on the age of the patient when the implants were originally placed. Studies show that dental implants can last over 25 years with proper home care and regular professional maintenance.
Disclaimer
All-On-4™ is a registered trademark of Nobel Biocare. Although Dan Holtzclaw has lectured for Nobel Biocare™ and the company has used his name and images of his surgeries in their brochures and on their website, Nobel Biocare™ does not endorse or sponsor Dr. Dan Holtzclaw.
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Live Oak, TX 78233
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