My wife died. I spiraled into depression, gained 150 pounds, stopped taking care of myself, developed gum disease, then diabetes. I started losing some teeth. Then I had a heart attack. I’m only 43. That was my wake-up call. I decided it was time to get my life together. Mostly because I knew if I […]
Gum Turning Gray After Dental Implants
I’ve been looking forward to getting dental implants for a while. While I like how the implant crown itself looks and love having a natural bite back without the wiggling of a removable partial, my gums above the implant crown look gray. I know infection can lead to dental implant failure. It doesn’t hurt, which […]
How Can I Stop Breaking My Dental Implants?
I’m so worried I’m never going to have teeth again. I’ve had dentures for a while and completely hated them. I finally saved up enough to get dental implants, but my dentist said I’d need some bone grafting first. I was willing to do anything to get implants so I agreed. We did the grafting […]