Simultaneously incorporating dental implants and facial cosmetic surgery

Simultaneously incorporating dental implants and facial cosmetic surgery
August 2004
Gregory J. Thomas, DDS, MS a [MEDLINE LOOKUP]
Zenon J. Kossak, DDS b
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Online
Dental implants are well recognized as the standard of care to replace missing teeth. Patients are actively seeking this restorative option and are well-informed consumers. This demographic of patient also possesses the high self-image to desire facial cosmetic enhancement. Our highly competitive world, with its tight time restraints, encourages our patients to seek care with high regard to their professional convenience. This desire compels patients to bundle procedures. They can then utilize the same anesthesia experience, recovery time and surgical episode commitments of both dental implant reconstruction and facial cosmetic surgery, The convenience and economic savings of merging these procedures are becoming very popular.
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Publishing and Reprint Information
a Rochester Hills, MI, USA
b Rochester Hills, MI, USA
Copyright ий 2004 by Elsevier Inc.
doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.06.006