A serious side effect of losing a tooth by extraction, accident, or disease is the potential for bone loss. This can be minimized, or even avoided outright, with a dental implant from Dental Designs of Owensboro. The alveolar bone The bone surrounding the teeth is called alveolar bone. Its main… Read More…

If you have lost one or more of your natural teeth, dental implants from Dental Designs of Owensboro may be just what you’ve been hoping for. Why is that? Dental implants support replacement teeth that look and function like the real thing. Not only that, they help to preserve your… Read More…

Think you don’t have time to transform your smile? Getting a dental implant from Dental Designs of Owensboro may not take as long as you think. Each patient is different. But in most cases, complete implant procedures take fewer visits than they used to. We can usually restore missing teeth… Read More…

In this post from Thompson & Frey Cosmetic & Family Dentistry in Owensboro, we consider jaw bone health. To remain strong the jaw bone needs to be consistently stimulated by the pressure of chewing, biting, and talking. Each tooth has a root structure the extends into the surrounding bone. As… Read More…

This message from Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro is about the cost of dental inplants. You can’t buy themat Costco. You can’t compare price tags on Amazon. The rates aren’t listed on your dentist’s site. There is a reason for this. A tooth implant procedure isn’t… Read More…

Dental implants have become the tooth replacement option of choice among those who have lost one or more of their natural teeth. At Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro, we offer single and multiple dental implants. A dental implant is a metal post that is inserted into… Read More…

Do you have a tooth that is beyond saving? Considering a dental implant? At Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro there are advantages to combining the extraction and implant procedures. Let’s talk about the benefits of same-day extraction and implant placement. 1. You save healthy bone As… Read More…

What’s the first step in getting a tooth implant? It’s not an X-ray. It’s not an exam. It’s an informative, low-key consultation with Thompson & Frey Cosmetic & Family Dentistry in Owensboro. We Are Proud Of Our Success While you are here, you can evaluate photos of dental implant patients…. Read More…

Ill-fitting dentures can result in more issues for denture wearers than they solve. If you live with loose dentures, you probably regard them as a necessary evil. At Thompson and Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro, we’d like to tell you about an alternative: implant-supported dentures. Implant-supported dentures are… Read More…

Crowns are an essential restorative procedure at Thompson & Frey Cosmetic and Family Dentistry in Owensboro, and CEREC crowns allow us to complete it in just one day. CEREC stands for “Chairside Economical Restoration of Esthetic Ceramics.” The “chairside” part, of course, refers to the chair in our examination room…. Read More…