If you are missing a single tooth or multiple teeth, dental implants may be just what you have been looking for! Dental implants provide a permanent solution for the replacement of missing teeth. They restore your ability to chew food, improve the appearance of your teeth, and restore your confidence. Dr. Holtzclaw at the Austin Dental Implant Center is one of the most highly qualified and experienced dental implant surgeons in the United States. To see samples of Dr. Holtzclaw’s dental implant cases, please see the bottom of this page.
Dental implants are extremely safe and have been used in dentistry for nearly 40 years. Implants are small titanium posts which replace the roots of missing teeth. Once healed, implants provide a strong foundation upon which a crown or “cap” may be placed. Implant teeth look, feel, and function just like natural teeth. Best of all, implant teeth are permanent and can last a lifetime with proper care. Austin implant dentist Dr. Dan Holtzclaw is a board certified periodontist (specialty trained dentist with 4 years of additional surgical training) who has successfully placed thousands of dental implants.
Modern dental implants have success rates exceeding 95% and have a number of benefits over traditional treatments such as dental bridges. With a bridge, your dentist shaves down teeth next to your missing tooth to create space for the restoration. In addition to removing perfectly good tooth structure, shaving teeth down for a bridge may irritate the nerves of the teeth leading to future root canals. With dental implants, the teeth next to the missing tooth are not touched. This eliminates unnecessary trauma to the adjacent teeth and the possible need for expensive and painful root canals.
There are at least 100 Austin Implant Dentists. So, who should you trust to place your dental implant? First and foremost, you need to consider the training of the dentist placing your dental implant. Specialty trained dentists such as Periodontists and Oral Surgeons attend an additional 3-4 years beyond dental school where they receive intense training in the surgical placement of dental implants. While many general dentists advertise that they place dental implants, most have not had formal specialty training in this procedure. Did you know that most general dentists receive very little to no training in the surgical placement of dental implants during dental school? A number of dentists attend weekend training programs to become “certified” to place dental implants. This weekend continuing education training pales in comparison to the extensive training specialty trained dentists such as Periodontists and Oral Surgeons receive during their 3-4 year residencies.
Dr. Holtzclaw is one of the most experienced and qualified implant dentists in not only Austin, but all of Texas. In addition to being a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, he is one of the few Diplomates of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) in Texas. ICOI Diplomate status is the highest honor available from this international implant organization and is only provided to clinicians who pass a rigorous oral examination and present over 50 carefully reviewed long term implant cases of increasing levels of difficulty. Dr. Holtzclaw is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Implant and Advanced Clinical Dentistry, one of the largest dental implant journals in the world. JIACD is read in 174 countries and has a circulation exceeding 100,000 readers. Dr. Holtzclaw has published over 40 peer reviewed articles relating to dental implant treatment in multiple dental journals. His industry leadership in the realm of dental implants is routinely recognized as Dr. Holtzclaw is asked to provide multiple lectures at major international conferences each year.
Austin, TX
4010 Sandy Brook Dr. #204
Austin, TX 78665
Current Patients: (512) 375-0050
New Patients: (512)-456-3161
Dr. Holtzclaw is consistently rated as one of the top dental surgeons in not only Austin, but the entire country! He has been named “A Leader in Continuing Dental Education” by Dentistry Today Magazine for the past 11 consecutive years.
Austin Dental Implant Center are part of a professional affiliation of dental implant practices operated by oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, and restorative dentists. With the specialized techniques used by Austin Dental Implant Center, such as zygomatic and pterygoid implants, nearly all patients qualify for same day dental implants from a dental perspective. Prospective patients require an initial workup that includes an oral examination, 3D radiographic evaluation, and medical history consultation. Some patients with certain medical histories may not qualify for surgical treatment. “Teeth-in-a-day”, “one day implant teeth”, “same day implant teeth”, etc. refers to the fact that on the day of surgery, patients will have teeth removed (unless all teeth are already missing, dental implants placed, and a screw retained prosthesis secured to these implants on the same day as the surgery. While this first set of teeth are permanent in the fact that they are secured to the dental implants by screws, these teeth are typically not the final set of teeth as the patient will be allowed to heal prior to the delivery of the final set of teeth. Furthermore, the patient will be allowed to suggest desired changes to the initial set of teeth prior to the fabrication of the final set of teeth. The initial set of screw retained implant teeth are permanent in the fact that they are not removable by the patient and can only be removed by personnel in a dental office. With proper care and maintenance, dental implants can last a lifetime depending on the age of the patient when the implants were originally placed. Studies show that dental implants can last over 25 years with proper home care and regular professional maintenance.
Disclaimer
All-On-4™ is a registered trademark of Nobel Biocare. Although Dan Holtzclaw has lectured for Nobel Biocare™ and the company has used his name and images of his surgeries in their brochures and on their website, Nobel Biocare™ does not endorse or sponsor Dr. Dan Holtzclaw.
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