Dental Implants Look and Feel Like
Natural Teeth!
Dental Implants can give you the strength and look of natural teeth.
Dr. Schuetz has a post-graduate specialty degree in Prosthodontics. A prosthodontist designs, constructs and fits replacement teeth such as restorations for dental implants, crowns, bridges and dentures.
Are you a candidate for Dental Implants?
A dental implant is commonly made of titanium and replaces the root of a missing tooth. Replacement teeth are then placed on the post to provide a natural, durable and esthetic replacement for your missing tooth or teeth.
Dr. Schuetz will design your implant treatment plan, coordinating with the oral surgeon for the placement of the implant post. He then places a replacement tooth, which can sometimes be placed on the same day as the implant.
Dr. Schuetz lectures to other dentists on treatment plans involving the use of dental implants and dentures supported by dental implants. He has been practicing dentistry for over 35 years and has been involved in implant dentistry since it became an industry-standard practice over 20 years ago. His expertise in this area is one of the greatest advantages we are able to offer our patients.
The first step will be to get a complete examination by Dr. Schuetz to determine whether dental implants are the best way to replace your missing tooth or teeth. He will then prepare you a treatment plan.
Dr. Schuetz is an expert in the restoration of teeth and the replacement of missing teeth. He is a prosthodontist, a dentist who has completed two or three years of advanced dental education focusing on the treatment of teeth that are damaged or missing (due to decay, wear, trauma, etc.).
The Benefits of Dental Implants
Not only does a dental implant fill unsightly gaps in a smile, they are also important to deter bone loss which will occur when a tooth is lost. The titanium post fuses with the bone preventing it from dissolving.
Dental Implants are longer-lasting and provide greater health benefits than dentures.
Fixed bridges and removable dentures are not the perfect solution to missing teeth and often bring with them a number of other problems.
When teeth are lost, the bone which held the roots of the teeth starts to dissolve, and so removable dentures — which use this bone for support—may slip or cause sores on the gums because the dentures will not be as stable.
Would you be able to tell the middle tooth is really an implant?
Are you a candidate for dental implants?
The ideal candidate for a dental implant is in good general and oral health. Adequate bone in your jaw is needed to support the implant. Some people who have lost bone in their jaw can still get implants, but the bone must first be rebuilt using special bone-grafting procedures.
If your bone structure is adequate and bone-grafting is not required, the permanent dental implant, post and tooth restoration can be placed in one visit.
People who are currently wearing partial or full dentures can replace these with dental implants, or use implants to stabilize and secure the denture, making it much more comfortable.
Call 888.379.9058 to schedule an examination and discuss your options. Or click here to schedule online.
Peer Recommendation
Dr. Thomas Hildebrand, Oral Surgeon
I have had the good fortune over the last twenty years or so to associate with prosthodontist, Dr. George Schuetz on both a professional and personal basis.
I have found Dr. Schuetz to be a keen diagnostician with a good sense of the dynamics involved in prosthetically driven implant teeth rehabilitation. His skill as a dentist has made my practice of oral surgery and implant surgery much more focused and effecient, and for this I thank him.
Dr. Thomas Hildebrand, DMD
Claremont, New Hampshire
Testimonials
“My family is now on a program of returning to proper dental health and care without fear and anxiety.”
All of my life I have been petrified of going to the dentist. However, due to bone loss and ill fitting dentures I had no choice.
I am 71 years of age and I have had a full set of dentures for over 50 years.
I always had to use denture adhesive, and my food never had the flavor it should have had. My smile was always something I was not happy with.
My dentist in Concord, Massachusetts highly recommended Dr. Schuetz for dental implants.
Dr. Schuetz gave me confidence to complete this extensive procedure because of his knowledge, his positive attitude and, very important to me, no pain.
His staff are professional, kind and considerate. They made me feel confident in their knowledge and ability.
My confidence in Dr. Schuetz is so strong that I recommended my husband and son go to him for dental implants and they are very happy they did.
My family is now on a program of returning to proper dental health and care without fear and anxiety.
Phyllis DeFelice
“Dr. Schuetz may have thought he was only restoring my smile, but he ended up restoring my self-confidence at the same time.”
I have worked in the customer service industry for over twenty years. My smile is one of my greatest assets. At the age of seventeen I was diagnosed with MS and have been on different medications for years.
I had a great deal of bone loss in both my upper and lower jaw due to this condition. I had a full upper plate when I was 30 and full lower at 35. My dentist in Florida told me that due to the bone loss I would need new plates every few years (and they would never fit without paste).
Then my mother told me about Dr. Schuetz! I had my first appointment with him a month later and he was confident that he would be able to help me. That was over a year ago and I am almost done. The time has gone quickly. With Dr. Schuetz and his team of professionals I would even say it was enjoyable. The level of respect and concern they all show is very comforting.
Dr. Schuetz may have thought he was only restoring my smile, but he ended up restoring my self-confidence at the same time.
Robert DeFelice, Orlando, FL & Sutton, NH
Before and After
Case History - Single Implant
Before
After
This 17 year old patient was born with a congenitally missing upper left incisor. This condition is a rather common occurrence. In days gone by the next tooth would be moved into the position of the missing tooth and all of the other upper left teeth would be moved forward. This treatment choice is not recommended. In this case a titanium dental implant was placed on June 30, 2005. The impression for the implant crown was made on September 6, 2005, and the permanent crown was finished and put in place on September 29, 2005.
Case History - Single Immediate Implant
Before
After
This 69 year-old patient returned from a vacation trip with his upper right front tooth in his hand. He had bitten on something and the tooth snapped. Treatment called for the removal of the root and the immediate placement of a titanium dental implant followed by the placement of an immediate temporary crown. It was all done on the same day. Root removed. Implant placed. Temporary crown placed. Eight weeks later the permanent crown was finished.
Case History - Single Immediate Implant #2
Before
After
On a Sunday afternoon, January 24, 2005 this patient had the upper left incisor snap off as the result of minor trauma. Patient was seen on Sunday afternoon to put a temporary tooth in for cosmetic purposes. On February 8, 2005 patient was seen to have root removed and a titanium dental implant placed. That same day the patient was seen to have a temporary implant crown placed. The permanent crown was finished on April 28, 2005. At no time was this patient without a tooth to fill the space where the natural tooth had fractured.
Case History - Full Arch Implants
Front
Side
We first met this 40 year-old patient on June 19, 2008. When we met him he had no remaining upper teeth, a few lower teeth, a poorly fitting upper denture, and a poorly fitting lower removable partial denture. The patient decided that he wanted upper and lower full arch ceramometal (porcelain fused to metal) bridges.
The first step was to fabricate upper and lower dental implant bridge prototypes so that the special relationship of each of the jaws could be identified. The next step was to place the lower dental implants and then to finish the lower dental implant bridge.
While the lower implant bridge was being fabricated the upper implants were placed. Two months after the upper implants were placed the upper implant bridge was started. The lower implant bridge was completed on September 14, 2009. The upper implant bridge was completed on November 23, 2009. (NOTE: Treatment could have completed sooner if it wasn't for his travel schedule.)
