Implant Photo Gallery

Implant Photo Gallery

Here are before/after pictures of some of the implants that I have personally placed.  

    A big thank you to my patients pictured below who consented to the use of their photos!  I placed the crowns/bridges/denture pictured below as well.

(these pictures can not be reproduced without written consent from Dr. Jeff Shnall)

Case 1a

  This patient had two upper front teeth removed a few years prior.  

Another before view.

I placed two dental implants.

Here is the after photo of the two porcelain crowns cemented onto two implants.

Case 1b

This patient had two have several upper left teeth removed.  Three implants were placed, followed by the placement of permanent crowns.

BEFORE

BEFORE

Here are the final pictures.  Note that the patient did not wish to change the appearance of his front teeth.

AFTER

AFTER

AFTER

 Case 2  

NOTE:  IN CASE #2 IMPLANTS WERE PLACED BY AN ORAL SURGEON, BRDIGEWORK WAS PROVIDED BY DR. SHNALL

In years past, if a patient was missing all their upper or lower teeth they were faced with a life wearing a full removable denture.

Now patients have an option.  In the upper jaw 6 to 8 implants can be placed and a permanent set of teeth can be attached to the implants.  

Our patient pictured below had 10 implants placed by an oral surgeon (although I often place my own implants).  I made a temporary set of teeth (temporary bridge) that we attached to the implants with 10 screws.  The teeth can only be removed by me and not the patient.

10 implants (upper jaw - mirror image)

Temporary Bridge attached to implants

Smile View with Temporary Bridge in Place

The temporary bridge was worn for about six months allowing for further healing of the implants.  The permanent bridge was then inserted and is pictured below:

Permanent Bridge

FINAL UPPER BRIDGE screwed into ten implants

(can be simply unscrewed and removed by dentist but not by the patient)

Case 3

This patient was missing his four lower front teeth.  I placed two implants and inserted a permanent porecelain/metal bridge that was cemented onto the two implants.  See photos below:

BEFORE

AFTER

Case 4

The case below is one that required a combination of a single implant and a porcelain/metal bridge to replace several upper left teeth.

BEFORE

-The upper left tooth (second one in) was badly decayed and had to be removed.

-The tooth beside this one, to the right on the picture was rotated and our patient wished it looked nicer.  See below:

BEFORE

AFTER

The final picture shows the decayed tooth replaced by a dental implant and porecelain/metal crown which I placed in approximately June 2008. Some of the upper left teeth were replaced with a porcelain/metal bridge.

Case 5

This patient wanted to replace two missing upper left teeth and also improve the overall appearance of her smile.  

BEFORE

BEFORE

BEFORE

I placed one implant in her  upper left jaw and  replaced the two missing teeth with a small bridge cemented on the one implant.  I also placed porcelain veneers on four upper teeth to close the space in between the front two teeth and to improve the smile.

AFTER

AFTER

AFTER

                    Before                                        After

Case 6

Every patient we see has their own unique needs and preferences.  The patient pictured below wanted to improve the appearance of his smile but did not want a complete makeover (i.e. he did not want orthodontics, whitening, veneers,etc).

BEFORE

BEFORE (close-up)

BEFORE

     I recommended we  (1) remove the upper left front tooth (the one that was badly out of position).  and (2) recommended making the two front teeth a little narrower as they were quite wide and overlapped the neighbouring teeth.  The picture below shows these two changes:

In Progress

The lower tooth below the extracted one was also levelled off (shortened) to allow more roon for an upper replacement tooth.

     Pictured below is the final result:

AFTER

AFTER

                      Before                                         After

CASE 7

This patient requested implants to replace two missing upper  left teeth.

Note that some of these pictures were taken using a dental mirror and some were not,  so in some pictures the right and left sides of the mouth may be reversed (mirror image).

BEFORE

  I placed two dental implants in the upper left.  A protective metal cap was placed on each implant.

These implants were left  in place for 12 weeks.  In order to improve the patient's chewing ability during this time I cemented  a temporary bridge in place.

                                        Temporay Bridge

The temporary bridge improves appearance, and chewing ability.

After the implants were allowed to heal for 12 weeks the temporary bridge was removed and we made final posts and crowns that were inserted into mthe implants.

Implants in Place

Posts inserted into each implant

Final Crowns

Another View of Final Crowns

Case 8

I placed an implant in the lower right back molar area for this patient.

We waited 12 weeks and then placed the final post and crown into the implant.

Implant placed in the lower right (mirror used for photo)

After 12 weeks we placed a post into the implant and then the final crown was cemented over this post.

Final porcelain crown has been cemented onto the implant.

Case 9