Cosmetic Dentures Becoming a Lost Art According to Chicago, Illinois Dentist

Sept. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- Needing a denture was once a commonly accepted outcome to a lifetime of dental disease. Today most patients expect to keep their teeth a lifetime. If  you already wear full dentures you may find yourself in a world where most dentists rarely make dentures and are uncomfortable with the process. Economy denture clinics are fairly common but finding a doctor who practices esthetic dentistry for denture patients can be very difficult.  Cosmetic Dentures can have amazing effect on how you feel about yourself and appear to others.

Dr Ira L Shapira and Dr Mark J Amidei in Gurnee, Illinois understand that patients who are wearing dentures want the same esthetic and cosmetic dental options that patients with their own teeth desire. Drs Shapira and Amidei are pleased to offer cosmetic dentures with or without the use of implants that restore natural facial form and contours. They understand that the same principles of physiologic dentistry apply to patients who no longer have their own teeth. A dental facelift, is the term that describes the support given to the soft tissues of the face by prosthetic replacement of lost support. Dental facelifts can often make patients look younger, healthier and more vital.

Contact Dr Shapira aand Amidei at 847-623-5530 or visit their website http://www.delanydentalcare.com

Anyone who has watched crime investigation shows know that the look of the face can be reconstructed from facial bones. What many people do not understand is that a properly constructed dentures can restore facial feaures in a way that plastic surgery can not.

Cosmetic dentures are not a one day job but rather a work of art that allows patients to work with their doctor to determine the proper shape and position of the teeth and denture base to restore the proper facial support. Cosmetic dentures often use neuromuscular dental techniques to correct muscle physiology, vertical dimension, and temporomandibular joint position to more ideal standards.  Dr Shapira is a Regent and Fellow of the Iternational College of CranioMandibular Orthopedics (ICCMO) the primary organization that represents Neuromuscular Dentistry.

Snoring and Sleep apnea are common among older patients who wear dentures. It was once common to tell patients to remove their dentures at night. Newer research has shown that dentures help patients maintain a functioning airway when they sleep and removal of dentures can lead to airway collapse. It is now suggested that denture patients wear their dentures when they sleep. Dental implants can be used to prevent bone loss under a patients denture.  Snoring and Sleep Apnea are common problems found in older patients.  Dr Shapira can make specialized appliances for denture wearers that treat sleep apnea and snoring without using a CPAP machine.

Cosmetic Denture alternatives for patients who wear dentures are available but they often involve considerably more time, cost and effort than economy dentures. Appearance is a personal statement and Cosmetic Detures like high end clothes or jewelery are matched to the individuals who wear them.

Drs Shapira and Amidei practice in Gurnee, Illinois and provide cosmetic denture services in Lake County, Illinois. They treat patients from Gurnee, Lake Forest, Chicago, Barrington, Highland Park, Libertyville, Antioch, Vernon Hills and Deerfield. They provide cosmetic denture services with or without implants and treatment of sleep apnea and snoring.

Dr Shapira is well known for his treatment of sleep disorders including sleep apnea and snoring. He is a former assistant professor at Rush Medical School where he did research in the relation of neuromuscular jaw position to sleep apnea in the 1980's and treated patients in the 1990's until early this century. He was a frequent lecturer at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) and now teaches dentists from around the U.S. treatment techniques for sleep apnea and snoring with comfortable oral appliances instead of CPAP. CPAP is the gold standard of treatment for sleep apnea but only 23-45% of patients tolerate CPAP and use it on a regular basis.

Dr Shapira has recently opened Chicagoland Dental Sleep Medicine Associates with offices in Skokie, Schaumburg,Bannockburn, Vernon Hills and Gurnee.  

The use of Mini-implants is an exciting new development that allows patient to a relatively inexpensive implat alternative with minimal surgery or post-op discomfort often in a single visit.  The result is an upper or lower denture that snaps in and no longer needs denture adhesives.  These snap in dentures feel more like your own teeth than loose dentures.

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Delany Dental Care Ltd opened in 1984 and has been providing Adult Genteral Dentistry for over 25 years. information on sleep apnea, sleep apnea treatment and cpap alternatives are available at www.ihatecpap.com This is the premiere site for the promotion of Dental Sleep Medicine and Sleep Apnea Dentists.