The best possible solution for a missing tooth may be a dental implant — a discreet titanium post surgically inserted into the jawbone where teeth are missing to anchor a crown, bridge or denture. Over a period of approximately 4-6 months, the bone in the space bonds with the implant, establishing a root foundation strong enough to support a beautiful new restoration.
A well-placed, properly restored implant requires the perfect balance of complex reconstructive surgical skill, neuromuscular training and cosmetic expertise to achieve a position that maximizes superior beauty and optimum bite function. A dental implant placed in the right location at the exact angle with the perfect shape fills the space left by a missing tooth.
As an expert in implant dentistry, Dr. Brad Bagwell is committed to making sure that none of his patients have to deal with any of the consequences associated with missing teeth. He possesses the rare expertise to perform both the restorative and the surgical aspect of an implant procedure, ensuring optimum comfort, precise fit and long-term success — all accomplished in a single visit. Rather than being referred out to an oral surgeon, his patients enjoy the benefits of his planning, inserting and restoring their dental implant.
Dental implants provide dentistry most powerful set of long-term benefits. They:
• Offer the best success rate (over 95%) • Are indistinguishable from natural teeth • Never suffer from decay and need no root canals • Require no removal of adjacent teeth structure • Prevent bone loss, maintaining facial contours • Preserve of existing jawbone and gum tissue • Offer complete biocompatibility • Maximize mouth function
In short, dental implants by Dr. Brad Bagwell are the safest, most advanced, most predictable type of tooth replacement solution available. To ensure that patients enjoy all of the benefits describe above, Smiles Dental Design® makes use of two important technologies:
• A Sirona Galileos® Cone Beam CT Scan — generates a precise digital replication of a missing tooth with ultra-fine measurements to prepare for optimum implant placement. • A CEREC® Milling Machine — to fabricate a restoration in the same visit as the surgical procedure without having to wait several weeks for an off-site lab to return a crown, bridge or denture.
If you need to replace a missing tooth in a way that is beautiful, functional and durable, consider a complimentary consultation with Dr. Brad Bagwell and his expert Cocoa Beach dental team. To contact Smiles Dental Design, call (312) 252-4678.
Have you ever wondered: “It’s a missing tooth; how bad can that be?” It doesn’t hurt like a toothache. When you brush, eat, speak or laugh, it doesn’t bother you. It’s just a space, right?
As our dentist, Dr. Brad Bagwell begins the answer by saying that it is a space, and therein lies the problem. A problem that has the potential to create issues far more severe than a single minor or major cavity. Teeth rely on horizontal, vertical and diagonal tension, called “occlusal forces”, to counterbalance one another and prevent unhealthy shifting.
Imagine a house of cards, where a single card removed from its position could weaken the surrounding cards – and eventually, the entire structure. While the structural integrity of the human mouth is nowhere near as frail, removing one tooth can affect much of the surrounding anatomy.
As a complete system, teeth, gums, bones, joints and muscles and represent a complex, interconnected physical framework. When excessive decay, sudden trauma, crowding or an extraction results in a lost tooth, just one element of that system can affect the entire system, creating adverse consequences.
If left untreated, the teeth shift, influencing the bite. Without appropriate correction, a misaligned bite can produce TMJ issues. TMJ affects jaw muscles and joints, grinding and wearing down teeth and causing bite pressure to drop. In other words, by impairing function, a single missing tooth can significantly alter a lifestyle.
The best possible solution for a missing tooth may be a dental implant. In ‘Dental Implants – How They Work For You, Part 2′ we will discuss:
What are dental implants?
What are the long term benefits?
How Dr. Bagwell uses the latest technology to ensure patients enjoy lasting benefits.
If you need to replace a missing tooth in a way that is beautiful, functional and durable, consider a complimentary consultation with Dr. Brad Bagwell and his expert Cocoa Beach dental team. To contact Smiles Dental Design, call (312) 252-4678.
In years past the only way to replace missing teeth was to place a bridge. Often times this meant having to crown teeth that didn’t need any work done on them. Dr. Brad Bagwell can replace missing teeth with Implants. This means no more unnecessary restorations on teeth that may not need work. Dr. Bagwell can place the implants and the new Crown in some cases as little as two visits. In ideal cases, Dr. Bagwell can place the implant and a temporary crown on the first visit. After the area has healed, usually 4-6 months, the permanent crown is placed to fully restore the empty space.
For additional information on implants please visit the following links:
Below you will see a patients front tooth badly chipped off before Dr. Brad Bagwell has fixed it with our “CEREC” Cad-Cam machine. The picture following that one is after Dr. Bagwell has used the CEREC. We use the CEREC to do many different things. Here at Smiles Dental Design we can fix a chipped tooth, badly decayed tooth or even have you a brand new crown within a couple hours. No more gooey impressions, temporary teeth, or second appointments, we do it all in our office in one easy appointment. The following videos show you how the CEREC works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBtS8vl_3dg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2I5zDAy6K0
Dr. Bagwell and Staff,
Thank you for all you do for us, your exceptional skills and caring ways. We appreciate all of you and the way you go above and beyond to see that our dental needs are being met. We always feel comfortable and in good hands at your office. We’re going to miss you more than words can say. God’s Blessings to all of you.
Helen and Cliff
All staff very friendly, gentle, and thorough. I love the picture windows – kept me relaxed. Great new office – clean, warm, and welcoming.
Thanks, Jill
Dear Dr. Bagwell & staff,
I thank you for the kindness and compassion you and your staff treated me with. Blessings to all who helped me. I will never forget. Many thanks from the bottom of my heart to your staff and to you. Dr. thank you, I am beginning to feel like myself again. The pain is gone thanks to you.
With best regards, Nawal
They’ve done it again! Dr. Brad Bagwell and his wife, Odilie, added yet another addition to the family. This time, this fourth and final time, it was a boy!! Dr. Bagwell and Odilie have three girls, Sofia, Alana, and Isabelle and wanted a boy to even things out a bit. On Wednesday April 8th 2009 at 10:45am they were blessed with little Bo Alan Bagwell. Weighing in at a healthy 7lbs 6oz at 19 inches long. Here’s a few pictures of the cutie and family!
©Bo Alan Bagwell©
This month is the ADA’s National Childrens Dental Health Month. It will be the 60th year that dentists and their staff around the country volunteer time to local schools in their community. These volunteer days raise awareness about the importance of childrens oral health.
Dr. Brad Bagwell DMD, PA and a few others here at Smiles Dental Design will once again be offering their services, this year it will be at Grace United Methodist in Merritt Island, FL on February 20th for the preschoolers.
Some of the activities that will be offered include the following,
-Teaching the preschoolers how to brush and floss
-Activity sheets on the importance of eating healthy foods.
-A few different educational videos
-We will be sending the preschoolers home with goody bags including a toothbrush, toothpaste and floss.
Getting kids to develop good habits at an early age, getting them in for regular dental visits and making their dental experience a fun one, can help them get a good start on a lifetime of healthy teeth and gums.
The CEREC resorations that we use here in our office are the closest thing to enamel that you can find on the market. There are many reasons patients request CEREC restorations: They are long lasting, they have single appointment convenience, they are tooth colored and biocompatible, and they lack post operative sensitivity. One of the most common procedures Dr. Brad Bagwell does here at Smiles Dental Design is removing old mercury fillings and replacing them with a tooth colored ceramic material. These restorations have been proven to last just as long as the mercury fillings and even longer. Set up an appointment with us today and have all those old ugly mercury fillings replaced.
The Value of Time
To realize the value of a year: Ask a student who has failed a final exam
To realize the value of a month: Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week: Ask the editor of a newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour: Ask th eperson who has just missed the train, bus, or plane.
To realize the value of one second: Ask the person who has just one the silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment that you have.
This weekend Dr. Brad Bagwell DMD, PA. and a few of his team members will be attending a two day worskhop presented by Dr. Mark Morin on “CEREC Integration: The Value of Time.” For those who don’t know exactly what CEREC is please visit www.smilesdentaldesign.com and click on “Services” and then on ”CEREC: Single Visit Inlays” to learn all about what the CEREC is and how we here at Smiles Dental Design use it to better our patients teeth.
Attending these lectures really helps Dr. Bagwell and his team learn how to take their CEREC procedures to the next level, making every clinical CEREC experience a wonderful one. One very beneficial thing that the team will be learning is how to reduce patient seat time on every CEREC restorative procedure. Another very important and beneficial thing they will be learning at the lecture is how to explain to patients easier financial and insurance options for the CEREC procedures.
There is nothing like getting a new crown/onlay in just a single one hour visit with the CEREC. Without the CEREC, patients would have to have a temporary tooth placed in the mouth for two or more weeks while their final crown/onlay is being fabricated. They would then have to come back for a second visit to have the crown/onlay cemented. The CEREC saves so much time for both our patients and dental team. That is why Dr. Bagwell and his team attend these very informative lectures.