The Challenge: "M." came to our office because of a problem with an older bridge which replaced a missing tooth on his upper left. The bridge, which had served him well for many years, had come loose. Decay had left the support teeth unrestorable. Those teeth had to be removed. When discussing the options for replacing those teeth, "M." said he knew he would do dental implants. “M.” has 6 previous dental implants I have restored for him over the years and he loves the fact they are so strong. “M.” says you completely forget they are there. The Solution: Dental Implants were used to replace the missing natural teeth.
The implants were placed by one of St. Louis’ most accomplished Implant Surgeons. I then designed and constructed an implant supported bridge. In this case, it took us three appointments to achieve a great and functional smile for our patient. “M.” says he loves the results.
Dr. Mahlin completed the last step of attaching an implant tooth yesterday. This was after a multi-month process of having four crowns attached over multiple visits.
I would not have completed any of this dental work without the outstanding care and compassion of Dr. Mahlin and his staff. I had developed an extreme fear of any dental procedures and have avoided the dentist for over 30 years.
Dr. Mahlin and staff explained what dental work I needed and developed a plan on how to complete the work.
Getting me into a dentist chair is not easy . But Dr. Mahlin and staff made me as comfortable as possible and explained each step along the way. I now plan to follow good dental hygiene with routine future visits.
I would recommend Clarkson Dental Group to anyone with dental anxiety. Dr. Mahlin and staff have experience with dental anxiety and provide professional care with outstanding coaching.
I am lucky to have found this dental group, and thank Dr. Mahlin and each member of his staff for walking me through this process.
- Dennis S