{"id":883,"date":"2020-09-16T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T00:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/?p=883"},"modified":"2020-10-05T21:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T01:52:50","slug":"should-i-trust-comfort-dental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/should-i-trust-comfort-dental\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I Trust Comfort Dental?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had to have my front four teeth replaced. When I did that, I went to comfort dental which provided me with a dental bridge. The bridge was anchored to my canine teeth which then became loose themselves. From there, they removed those and then provided me with a partial denture. I&#8217;ve hated that and found it most uncomfortable. Now they are suggesting I replace those with dental implants. They say they can use mini implants to keep the cost down. As a precaution, I decided to get a second opinion from a private dentist. He suggested something much more expensive. He wants to do three full-sized implants. Two where the canine teeth were and then one directly in the center between them. Then, anchor a bridge to them. This is significantly more expensive. If you think the Comfort Dental Plan is a good one, I&#8217;d rather use the less expensive one, but I don&#8217;t want to make a decision simply on what saves me money because it is my &#8220;teeth&#8221; we&#8217;re talking about even if they are fake. <\/p>\n<p>Eric<\/p>\n<p>Dear Eric,<\/p>\n<p>In your case, I am going to suggest you follow the second dentist&#8217;s suggestion. It is more sound from an engineering perspective. <\/p>\n<p>The mini implants that Comfort Dental is suggesting will not work at all. They are not strong enough to hold the <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/porcelain-crowns.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dental crowns<\/a> that attach to implants. They&#8217;re mostly used to help stabilize a denture. I&#8217;m not surprised they suggested it though given how they treated the dental bridge they provided you. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cantilever-bridge-diagram-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"Cantiliever bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cantilever-bridge-diagram-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/cantilever-bridge-diagram.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When they originally gave you a dental bridge that put the stress on your canine teeth, the twisting forces involved in that are what caused those teeth to come loose. I would be surprised if you had that bridge very long.<\/p>\n<p>The other dentist is suggesting something much more sound, though it is more expensive. By placing full-sized <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/implant-dentist.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dental implants<\/a>, the crowns will be properly secured. Secondly, by placing a third dental implant directly in the center it eliminates those twisting forces and gives you a stable bite that won&#8217;t cause failure of the implants. <\/p>\n<p>While I am sure the dentist at Comfort Dental meant well, they are a corporate clinic that tend to hire inexperienced dentists looking for experience before starting in private practice. <\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Libertyville Dentist<\/a> Dr. David Potts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had to have my front four teeth replaced. When I did that, I went to comfort dental which provided me with a dental bridge. The bridge was anchored to my canine teeth which then became loose themselves. From there, they removed those and then provided me with a partial denture. I&#8217;ve hated that and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[467,157,34,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dental-implants","7":"tag-comfort-dental","8":"tag-dental-bridge","9":"tag-dental-implant-failure","10":"tag-mini-implants","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Should I Trust Comfort Dental? - David Potts, DDS Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Comfort Dental suggested a plan that is way less expensive than the other dentist, but is it a safe plan?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/libertyvilledentist.com\/blog\/should-i-trust-comfort-dental\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should I Trust Comfort Dental? 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