Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2018 | Page 93

Fashion, health & beauty Engineered, Metal Based Frames 1 R2 James Spence from James Spence & Colleagues Dental Surgery in Ryde discusses replacing missing teeth with a thin discreet metal frame. 2 Nowadays replacing missing teeth with implants is a fairly easy procedure, but it can be quite expensive. This example looks at a recent case where a patient fell and cracked her teeth losing several of them 1 . She already had an old metal framed denture but its design meant we could not add on any teeth 2 . A new metal frame was made which sits unseen in the palate replacing three teeth at the upper right and four teeth on the upper left. This new design allows us to add on any other teeth that might be lost in the years ahead, and leaves the palate uncovered 3 . The finished photograph shows the outcome, and an implant case which would have cost £24,000 was completed using the metal frame technology for £1,200 including a crown on upper right 2 (see pics 1+4). 3 4 R2 For a free consultation on whether we could make you a metal framed replacement contact James Spence and Colleagues Dental Surgery on 01983 615108 between 8am - 2pm, Monday to Friday. Find them at 1 Victoria Street, Ryde, PO33 2PU or visit the website: www.iwdentist.co.uk. www.visitilife.com 93