Louisville Cosmetic Dentist Invents New Dental Instrument

Dr. Christian W. Hahn is known for his exceptional dentistry – he has been featured on The Learning Channel (TLC) doing a smile makeover, is accredited with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and has been published internationally on the subject of natural cosmetic dentistry. Few, until now, know Dr. Hahn’s other passion – inventing. Dr. Hahn holds one dental product patent already and has several in the works.

His most recent invention, called the Hahn Twin Forceps, allows dentists to adjust the bite and deliver indirect restorations such as caps and veneers with better accuracy and in less time.

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Dental Implants Preferred Option for Aging Bridges.

Aging dental bridges are a maintenance headache and a recipe for oral-health disaster. They are difficult to floss, often decay, and require replacement with longer bridges. According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), these bridges to nowhere should be replaced with permanent dental implants.

“Many of us have had the same bridges in our mouths for twenty years or more”said Olivia Palmer, DMD of Charleston, SC, an associate fellow of AAID and diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology. Palmer explained that bridges generally fail after 5-10 years as patients have trouble flossing them. “Because these bridges link missing tooth spaces to adjacent teeth, many patients find it very difficult to floss the bridge. Therefore, root surfaces below and around bridgework often decay, if not kept meticulously clean by flossing. It is impossible to repair this marginal decay, so the entire bridge must be replaced requiring insertion of longer bridges that further compromise dentition”.

Today highly precise computer guided dental implant surgery has made the procedure faster, highly predicable, long-lasting and 97 percent successful, which is far superior to outcomes with bridges.

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