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This three-part article series presents a comprehensive FAQ guide to the ‘All-on-4’ dental implant protocol.In our previous two article posts on the All on 4 in Chicago Loop, we took a look at what this breakthrough surgical protocol is, how it works, its price compared with traditional dental implant techniques and how much time patients are required to take off from work. In this article, the final installment of a three-part series, we shall take a look at some final frequently asked…See More

This three-part article series presents a comprehensive FAQ guide to the ‘All-on-4’ dental implant protocol.In our previous article post, we introduced this three-part FAQ guide by taking a look at what the All on Four in Chicago Loop is, what it can do for patients requiring a new set of teeth and how it compares in price to traditional dental implant protocols. In this article, the second installment, we shall continue addressing your frequently asked questions, beginning with a look at the…See More

This three-part article series presents a comprehensive FAQ guide to the ‘All-on-4’ dental implant protocol.The All on Four in Chicago has taken the world of implantology and fixed oral rehabilitation by storm. Quite essentially, it is the most sophisticated solution modern dentistry has to offer patients that have either already lost of all their original adult teeth to decay and gum disease (a state referred to as being…See More

This five-part article series explores the various kinds of jaw malocclusions there are and the surgery options that can be used to correct both the resultant cosmetic and functional challenges. This five part article series has been taking an in-depth look at the various corrective surgical options patients with maloccluded bites and the resultant “unaesthetic” facial structures have. Our previous article post focused on the cosmetic surgical solutions that are available to patients that…See More

This five-part article series explores the various kinds of jaw malocclusions there are and the surgery options that can be used to correct both the resultant cosmetic and functional challenges.This five part article series has been taking an in-depth look at the various corrective surgical options patients with maloccluded bites have. A malocclusion refers to an incorrect bite or jaw misalignment that can present as apertognathia, an 'open bite' (part 1), prognathism, an 'under bite' (part 2),…See More

This article describes what the All-on-4 implant protocol is and how it enables patients to receive a complete set of non-removable teeth in as little as a single day. In 1993, European implantologist Paulo Malo, in collaboration with one of the world’s leading dental implant manufacturers, Nobel Biocare, innovated a dental implant technique that would go on to revolutionize the way implant dentists and oral surgeons approached edentulous (not having a single original adult tooth left) and…See More

In our previous three article posts, we took a sweeping look at the link between periodontal or gum disease and the development of debilitating and potentially fatal diseases and conditions that affect the rest of the body. In this, the final installment of our four-part series, this dual-degreed oral surgeon in Chicago Loop will…See More

This article, part 3 of 4, explores the connection between chronic oral bacterial infection and preterm labor, as well as other illnesses and diseases of the body. Previously, this dual-degreed oral surgeon in Chicago discussed the connection between chronic and acute oral bacterial infections (periodontal disease) and the general…See More