Here. Thanks. Now, we had you on the program before. Whats changed . More people seeking treatment with dental implants. Theyve heard of the benefits that they provide and how it can change their lives. Now, you brought a lot of photos, and these are pretty dramatic. Do those represent what you see all the time . Yeah, i mean, this is a good sample of what we see every time at our center. People that are losing their teeth, people that have already lost their teeth that are using dentures, and theyre struggling in life. Activities like sitting down and talking with somebody or sharing a meal or a nice conversation. So, yeah, this is a good sample of what were gonna be talking about today. Okay, good, well get to those. Now, for people that dont know clearchoice, whos the typical patient and what are the Different Services you offer . Well, our typical patient is people that have been dealing with constant dental problems periodontal disease, decay, frustrated with their current situation. Others have been using dentures for some time and have not been successful with using the dentures, and theyre looking for an alternative to their current situation. Are there a lot of people in arizona with dentures . We can fit the university of phoenix stadium with people that have dentures. Its that common . It is very common, and we can fit it tens, hundreds of times with people that are going into dentures based on the current dental situation that they have. So, you dont like dentures. I mean, we said at the top of the show that you said nobody should be wearing a traditional denture. Thats true. Listen, George Washington used to ride a horse to work, and he used to use dentures. I dont know of many people that ride horses to work anymore. I dont know why we should still have dentures. Theres so many other dental implants that provide teeth for people that are their third dentition teeth that do not come out of their mouth. You say its their third set of teeth . Correct. Its like getting a third set of teeth. You had your baby teeth, you had your permanent teeth. There were reasons for you to lose your permanent teeth periodontal disease, decay, trauma and now you can get a third set of teeth that are permanently connected in your mouth. They dont come out, and you use teeth. Now, we talked in the green room, and one of the things you said is that people come into your center with no teeth, and on the day of their procedure, they can walk out with a full arch of teeth that dont come in and out. Is that rare . We do it at least twice a day in our center. People that have no teeth, people that have a failing set of teeth, and by the time theyre going home in the afternoon, they have a brandnew set of teeth, a brandnew it at your center. In most centers, i guess you go to the one person that does the oral surgeon that does the implants, and then the other person that puts a tooth on top. Right . Maybe an Imaging Center somewhere else. At your center just want to make sure i got this right you do it all right there. You have the specialist, the oral surgeon, the prosthodontist, which is you correct. That do it all right there. Yes. Aside from convenience, why is that better . Well, you know, patients dont like to feel like ping pongs, where theyre moving from one place to another, because n people at each place. By having the oral surgeon, the prosthodontist, the laboratory technicians, and the Imaging Center in one place, they become acquainted with the group of people that are going to help them get to their end result. So, its a completely different modality of treatment for patients, and they just like coming to one place. So, on top of that, by being able to have the oral surgeon and the prosthodontist in one realtime on whats happening at the time of the procedure for the patient. This minimizes the number of procedures, this minimizes the number of visits, and eventually, the patient will benefit from the result in a faster period of time. And people like that, right, the one day, cause nobody likes going to the dentist, do they . Do you hear that, by the way . Like, no offense, doctor . Yeah, no offense. Its not i dont enjoy hearing it, but i hear it, and i you know, youre going to a place to have something taken care of. You know, youd rather not have that and youd rather avoid it, but, you know, were here, we can help you, we can turn your life around in a day. We talked in the green room about the denture wearer, and today i wanted to talk to you. Thats why we invited you a second time. That you said in can be challenging getting those denture wearers back in because theyve adapted. Elaborate on that. So, when a person gets a they dont realize of the number of changes that are happening underneath that denture as time goes by. Like what . The bone shrinks, the gums shrink, the denture becomes loose, they need to increase the amount of adhesive that is put into the denture, and all this is to try to compensate for whats happening in their bones, in their gums. So, they start struggling with bein life because the teeth are loose, because food is getting caught under the dentures, or just because of the hassle of using the dentures. One of our patients came once and said she was trying to explain why she disliked dentures so much, and i wanted to pay a lot of attention to try to understand her point, and she said, its a major production to be able to put the amount of into this loose denture, get it into my mouth, make it hold, and then a couple hours later, i need to do it all over again. And then at the end of the day, i need to make sure i clean the denture and i clean my gums out of this sticky product that i need to use, otherwise my teeth are not going to hold in place. Now, you said that some people, i guess when nobodys around, theyre at home, they take out their denture, put it on the table or in their top pocket or whatever. So people i mean, theyre kind of like the teeth to be seen with, but theyre not the teeth that they enjoy using. Theyre not the teeth that they want to use for enjoying a meal or for, you know, having this wonderful banquet. Its just something to have so that people can see that they have teeth, that they havent lost their stigma. So, people that are watching a denture, right . So, they go in, you know, get evaluated, they come back, they get the procedure done, and in one day, they have full arch of teeth. How soon can they eat . The same day. Really . Yeah, they can go home and eat the same day. Were gonna tell them what type of foods they can eat, but they can enjoy a very good meal with their brandnew sets of teeth. So, i had this one lady that two days after her procedure called the office to make sure that we had told that what we had things that she could eat. She still could not believe it. Theyre afraid. Theyre afraid. She hadnt been able to enjoy that type of food for many years, and all of a sudden, after a day of a procedure, she could, and she wasnt sure she could do it. Now, youre the prosthodontist in the process. Youre the person that designs the smile, the teeth. Youre the person that shows them their teeth for the first time. You say its very emotional for a lot of these people. When they see it for the first time, their new teeth. Person, the patient receives a mirror, and all of a sudden, they realize that this is the first day of the rest of their lives. And i will hear it very, very often, why didnt i do this before . You know, they dont know what to expect, but once they see the result, its life changing. So, at the time of receiving the mirror to see themselves, famile will come in, will all look at the teeth together, and you start seeing some tears. And its a very emotional moment. Theres tears of joy, theres tears of excitement because its finally realizing that this is the first day of the rest of their lives, and a couple days later, theyll come back for their postops, and the one thing that i hear very commonly is, i dont know why i didnt do this before. You know . Some people are afraid, some people didnt know of it. They just became aware of the procedure. But certainly its life changing. But isnt it true, though, that if youve been wearing a denture lets say 25 years, 30 years, you dont have enough bone to do the procedure . Its not true. You know, patients that have been using dentures have been told by somebody, probably a previous dentist, that they dont have enough bone. What we have is we have a c. A. T. Scan device that allows us to look at the bone that the patient has and benefit from that image in order to realize which are the ideal areas to place implants. Most of the time, we can fulfill the patients need and place the implants that are needed with the bone that we have and avoid the dreaded bone grafting procedures that everybody wants to avoid. So, if dental implants are so good you said that theres, you know, you could fill the stadium several times, you said well, if dental implants are so good, why arent they all doing it . Police on high someone one of their why they think the man danger to teases . . . Jimmy teases two arizona going for olympians . . . Jimmy flagstaff flagstaff Flagstaff Police on high alert. After someone impersonates one of their own. Why they think the man could be a danger to others. . . . Jimmy teases going for gold today in rio. Weve got that and other mustsee events. Plus. Dick van dick van dykes still got it. 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