As a premiere Houston Dentist and Cosmetic Implant Specialist, Dr. Raouf Hanna has been treating patients for many years. Often times, people ask common questions about dental implant surgery and full mouth construction. Check out our recent blog posts on our info center to see answers to common dental questions and other related subjects.
A: That’s when your tooth might have some sort of decay going on and needs to be repaired. However, it’s not on multiple different surfaces of the tooth. It’s not down towards the gumline—it’s not close enough to where we think it’s going to have root and nerve issues. So, what we can do is…
A: There’s three main benefits the way we see it— the first is obviously getting you back to a highly functioning dentition. If you’ve been in dentures, you know there’s sloppiness and a loose feel to dentures— you take them out every night. With the All-on-Four, you’re basically putting functioning teeth back in, full time.…
A: The answer to that is no. But, for patients who have complex dental issues and they’ve lost most of their teeth or they’re in dentures— All-on-Four is the last, best resort remaining. Meaning, people can still go into dentures and live a nice healthy life. However, it’s not the best option—of course, getting to…
A: General Dentistry is really an encompassing term that explains to the market, to the patients who are looking for a dentist—they would do a little of everything. Meaning, they’re going to be the doctor you go see for your routine checkups, your hygiene visits. Then, anytime you have a simple little filling or a…
How long are all-on-four procedures? In this video, Steven Skiff tells us about the length of an all-on-four procedure. A: It’s a very wide answer to that question. Part of it actually does depend on which doctor you choose to go to. I’ve been in this field for over 15 years and I’ve been seeing…
A: A filling is something that we would put in place where a small cavity would be. Basically, a dentist will need to go in there and clean out the bacteria where the tooth is basically compromised. Then they would come back in with a composite filling, or sometimes people will use metallic fillings and…
A: Teeth whitening is any procedure that’s done either in the office, at home as a take-home kit or you can sometimes go to the store and buy whitening kits that will help your teeth add a shade or two of color whiter than what they were. Coffee stains, wine, over time teeth just will…
A: Patients would choose All-on-Four if they are in what we call, “terminal dentition”— meaning the remaining teeth are really not salvageable or the patient is already in a denture. If a patient is in a denture, they already know the problems and complexity that comes with a denture and people who basically have very…
A: All-on-Four is a complex dental procedure where we do a reconstruction of the entire mouth, but what we do—is we use implants in the place of lost teeth. Then with the implants, we anchor a full prosthesis that will have all your teeth in it. Sometimes people need just the upper, sometimes people…
What is “cosmetic dentistry”? It’s a term that is being used almost in every dental office these days—meaning, it’s the focus on the cosmetic aspect of the work we do. Every dentist, to some extent, practices cosmetic dentistry—it’s just whether they’re good at it or not. What I mean by that is, if you got…
Being one of the most popular dentists in Houston, Dr.Hanna at The Comprehensive Dental Group Of Houston has heard a lot of lousy misinformation patients have quoted as their reason for not visiting the dentist as often as they should. Many patients have listened to and even believed many dental myths to be gospel. The…
A dental implant is a prosthetic device that is anchored in your jawbone to support a crown or bridge or in many cases a full arch of teeth. The implant itself acts as root in place of the missing tooth, and because of its stability and titanium build, it does not interfere with your other…