Remember: You Make The Final Implant Decision 

Once you’ve gone down the rabbit hole in terms of learning as much as you can about dental implants and striving to make a decision to receive them (and a decision regarding which approach you will take), you can find that the opposite of decision-making occurs. Instead, you start wondering whether to go this way … or that way. You may feel compelled to reach out in multiple directions for answers. You may even feel as though there’s some serious pressure weighing on you! While we absolutely empathize with how you’re feeling, our Rohnert Park, CA team reminds you of something very important: The final decision is yours and no matter what, it will be a good one! Now, about what makes this realization so helpful…and how to make that final choice.

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A Quick Call For Fall: Visits To Get On The Books!

If you have been so caught up in the summertime fun that you haven’t stopped to consider what day (or month) it is, then you may have forgotten something: Fall is about a month away! With that said, if you have anything you would like to accomplish for your smile in terms of oral surgery with our Santa Rosa, CA practice, then now is most certainly a fantastic time to give us call, talk through the details, and set up a time and date for your autumn visit! What might you want to take care of before the winter holidays and the New Year? Let’s explore some possibilities.

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When Friends Ask: Why Did You Choose Dental Implants?

When you’re on the road toward that visualized smile that’s complete, beautiful, and functional, thanks to implants, people around you may take notice. You may be quite vocal about your experience because you’re excited to reach that final outcome of your full grin! Of course, along the way, you may find that friends tend to ask you questions. One of the most common inquiries to receive? The following: Why did you choose dental implants? If you aren’t really sure how to respond to this but you’d like to feel confident about your answer, our Santa Rosa, CA team can help! You might even find that a solid response helps you feel even more certain about your choice to follow through with implant support! It’s a win-win.

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Our Top 5 Reasons You Should Start Considering Implants

If you are just beginning to scratch the surface of the prosthetic dental care world, then we would really like to make sure you remember to consider adding dental implants to your list of possible options. Why so, you wonder? What makes placing implant-retained tooth replacements on the list of choices such a big deal? Well, rather than simply tell you that they’re amazing or that you cannot surpass the benefits they offer, our Rohnert Park, CA team suggests you run through some top reasons we feel so strongly (and then, of course, come in for a visit and additional information!).

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4 Ways To Improve Keeping Implants Clean

One of the very exciting things you learn early on as you consider dental implants and restorations is that maintaining them isn’t going to be a tall order. Instead, you will still be expected to keep up with the usual preventive care suggestions that were provided to you before you experienced tooth loss. With that said, just like individuals with all-natural smiles can find, you may occasionally feel as though you need some help getting on track with keeping your smile and implants in exceptionally clean condition. Not to worry! Our Santa Rosa, CA team can redirect you with simple instructions that will put you back on a path toward an optimally healthy grin!

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Quick Considerations: Implants And Crowns

Figuring out every last detail in terms of which approach to dental implants will work for you: That’s something that we definitely suggest you do with our Rohnert Park, CA team in person! However, when you’ve been giving implants some consideration and you’d really just like to begin with answers to a pressing, common question, that’s something we can help you with right now! Join our Rohnert Park, CA team as we get started with some quick responses to frequent questions about considering implants and crowns.

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Traditional To Implant Support: Why You Want To Switch (But Resist)

The idea of saying goodbye to your traditionally supported prosthetics, as you switch over to the support of dental implants? On one hand, thinking about it is exhilarating, as you imagine saying goodbye to all of the things you’re not too pleased with in terms of traditional support. However, on the other hand, you find that you’re overcome with a wave of resistance. It sounds nice, sure, but actually changing? That just sounds … oddly challenging. To help you overcome feelings of hesitation, if you truly do feel compelled to consider this new adventure for your smile completion, our Santa Rosa, CA can help you identify some issues, as you push them aside and move forward toward a very stable smile!

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Implant Planning: Give Yourself A Break

Do you feel like you’ve been considering ways to address your missing teeth for weeks on end? Perhaps you are feeling wonderful about dental implants but you’re also starting to feel exhausted by the thought of yet another round of decisions, thinking, considerations, and more. Today, our Santa Rosa, CA team gives you permission to simply take the day off! Of course, you’ll have to get back to it in a jiffy but you could really use the break. Wondering why we would would encourage a bit of leisure, when your smile currently has some openings in it? We’re happy to explain.

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4 Facts About Implants And Your Comfort

Of course, whether it’s something you readily admit or not, when it comes to even giving dental implants a cursory thought for your future, complete grin, one of your biggest concerns is: Comfort! The second it occurs to you that any amount of discomfort could potentially come into play, your brain goes into overdrive coming up with possible scenarios. Fortunately, you don’t have to spend any more time with this thought. Whether it’s your emotional comfort, financial comfort, physical comfort, etc., our Santa Rosa, CA team reassures you that it will be just fine!

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Beneficial Reflections During Your Implant Journey 

Though you may recognize that your dental implant journey will require multiple visits with our team, a surgical procedure, recovery, and more, we want to remind you: It’s best to remember that while you can get bogged down in the details that don’t put a huge smile on your face, you can most certainly outweigh them with the positive and with a new approach. Our Santa Rosa, CA team encourages you to take time with some beneficial reflections that you can make throughout your entire journey (which will help you remember that your decision is a fantastic one).

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