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CHICAGO - Appearing on a recent episode of reality TV, periodontist
and member of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), Jeff
Ganeles, DMD, showed how immediate loading dental implants transformed
a patient's smile in just a few visits. This event gave Americans
a look at the future of implant dentistry, making the thought of
dentures primitive and traditional dental implants routine technology.
"Today, patients' expectations are much higher because of
advances in technology and medicine," explains Ganeles. "They
want treatment methods that not only eliminate disease but also
replace defective parts and make them feel whole again. Removable
solutions such as dentures and partials used to be generally accepted,
but increasingly my patients insist on more instantly gratifying,
permanent options such as immediate loading dental implants."
A dental implant, which looks like a small post or cylinder, is
an artificial tooth root placed into the jaw to hold a replacement
tooth, bridge, or denture in place. Using traditional dental implant
methods and procedures, it typically takes two to six months for
the bone and implant to bond together to form anchors (osseointegration).
During this time, patients can wear a removable temporary tooth
replacement option over the implant sites.
Improved technology affords some patients the luxury of immediate
loading dental implants, whereby a periodontist places the implant
immediately following tooth extraction and attaches a temporary
fixed tooth replacement. "Although more research needs to be
conducted, I have observed no complications during the healing period,
and found that immediate loading implants can have notable advantages
such as prevention of jawbone deterioration, reduced number of surgical
procedures, reduction of treatment time, and better patient acceptance,"
states Ganeles.
"We've come a long way with tooth replacement technology,"
notes Michael P. Rethman, DDS, MS, and president of the AAP. "Today,
the optimal solution for most patients is dental implants, and in
some cases immediately loading implants."
This is good news for patients who experience sadness, depression
and embarrassment with tooth loss because they have lost the comfort
and confidence of a natural smile. "Many also find that dentures,
bridges and other dental appliances come with problems of their
own," Ganeles comments. "I've been told by my patients
that getting implants changed their lives, making them look and
feel younger and healthier."
Consequently, it's not just the "maturing" population
that is electing implants to repair their smiles and restore their
facial structure. In an online poll of periodontists, thirty-one
percent report that half or more of the implants they place are
for baby boomers - people ages 35 to 54, while forty-three percent
state that more than half of the implants they place are for individuals
between the ages 55 to 79. According to the poll, the top reasons
for tooth loss leading to implant placement were periodontal diseases,
tooth decay and accidents, violence or injuries.
Dental implants are intimately connected with the gum tissues and
underlying bone in the mouth. Since periodontists are the experts
who specialize in precisely these areas, they are ideal members
of the dental implant team. Periodontists not only have experience
working with other dental professionals: they also have special
knowledge, training, innovation, and facilities that patients need
to attain the natural looking and feeling smiles the want.
The American Academy of Periodontology is a 7,900-member association
of dental professionals specializing in the prevention, diagnosis
and treatment of disease affecting the gums and supporting structures
of the teeth and in the placement and maintenance of dental implants.
Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the
American Dental Association.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January - 2004
Contact: Brian Feldman (954) 428-4477
bfeldman@smith-knibbs.com
“REALITY TV” TO FEATURE BOCA RATON DENTIST JEFFREY
GANELES
Woman Who Received His Life-changing TeethToday® Implant Procedure
Will Be Special Guest at Muvico 20 Live Screening
BOCA RATON, FL. -- Dental implant procedures aren’t usually
high in entertainment value, but Boca Raton periodontist Jeffrey
Ganeles says his life-changing innovative procedure is not only
ready for prime-time, it’s deserving of the big screen.
Ganeles and his TeethToday ® procedure will be featured February
12 on the top-rated “reality” television show airing
locally at 9 p.m. WPBF Channel 25. To view the show live, Ganeles
has invited colleagues, patients, family and friends to the Muvico
Palace 20 in Boca Raton. The woman whose life Ganeles changed will
be in the audience as a special guest.
Ganeles, a partner in the Florida Institute for Periodontics &
Dental Implants, Boca Raton, was sought out by the prime-time show
for his expertise. His challenge: give the 48-year-old woman who
had lived for 27 years without permanent upper teeth, a full set
of replacements and a radically improved appearance, overnight.
The TeethToday® procedure, which he perfected after years of
research and development, did just that, resolving a host of health
and image concerns.
“A problem mouth impacts every aspect of a person’s
life,” said Ganeles. “When a person has bad teeth, they
are often withdrawn, embarrassed and self-conscious, and that certainly
was true in this case. People missing teeth, or in the extreme an
entire mouthful, not only have a hard time communicating with others,
they are also physically uncomfortable—unable to chew correctly,
eat with pleasure or have an engaging smile.
“TeethToday® is a medical advance with tremendous, immediate
benefits and it’s revolutionizing implant dentistry,”
said Ganeles, whose pioneering work provided some of the clinical
data for a major implant manufacturer’s successful FDA clearance
for immediate loading use.
“Traditionally, dental implants have required three to six
months of healing time and taken dozens of patient visits prior
to attaching teeth to the implant. Now, a person can walk in with
a few teeth, failing teeth or even no teeth and they can walk out
with a new set of replacement teeth the same day.”
The reality television show marks the first prime-time exposure
featuring immediate load implants as an important part of cosmetic
dentistry.
“Permanent tooth replacement with implant dentistry is the
ultimate evolution of cosmetic dentistry,” Ganeles said.
He noted that the woman’s reaction to the reveal of her TeethToday®
transformation was both dramatic and heartwarming. “It is
humbling as a professional to know that while she was thrilled with
the first look at her new teeth. This was just the beginning of
the profound changes she will experience in her lifestyle every
day. She has a beautiful smile now, and can meet the world with
confidence for the first time in her adult life, he said.”
For more information about Jeffrey Ganeles, DMD, and the TeethToday®
procedure, call the Florida Institute for Periodontics & Dental
Implants at 561-912-9993 or visit
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Contact: Brian Feldman (954) 428-4477
Bfeldman@smith-knibbs.com
INNOVATIVE BOCA RATON DENTIST WILL BE FEATURED ON “REALITY
TV”
Show to Highlight TeethToday® – Latest Advance in Implant
Dentistry
BOCA RATON, FL – If bad teeth make it hard for you to chew
food or keep you from smiling in public, circle your calendar for
February 12, when Dr. Jeffrey Ganeles, DMD, an innovator in dental
treatments, will be featured on the prime-time show “reality
television show” (WPBF-TV 25, 9 p.m.).
Ganeles is nationally recognized as the pioneering, board-certified
periodontist who perfected the TeethToday® immediate load implant
technique. It is designed to give patients like the woman featured
in the show a full set of replacement teeth in a single day, rather
than several months.
“In a society where a great smile is a calling card, imagine
what it’s like being embarrassed to smile or not being able
to eat or chew properly. People with bad teeth are often withdrawn,
embarrassed and self-conscious,” Ganeles said. “This
procedure does far more than restore a mouth by giving someone great
looking teeth. It’s really about restoring dignity: giving
individuals who have suffered for many years the means to solve
a long-standing set of problems and a reason to smile and feel good
about themselves. That certainly was true in the case of my TeethToday®
patient on the show.”
Ganeles is in full-time practice at the Florida Institute for Periodontics
& Dental Implants in Boca Raton, FL. He has performed more than
800 TeethToday® implants to date, documenting an impressive
95+ percent success rate. The dentist’s pioneering research
and development provided some of the clinical data for an implant
manufacturer’s successful FDA clearance for this application
and is poised to set off a revolution in implant dentistry.
Traditionally, the dental implant process has been long and arduous,
taking anywhere from 3-12 months and dozens of office visits to
complete. Moreover, patients typically wait for many months to determine
if the implant anchor has properly bonded to the jawbone before
replacement teeth can be affixed. Ganeles’ TeethToday®
procedure eliminates a significant number of the office visits and
does away with the wait, utilizing a “bone-friendly”
threaded titanium anchor to immediately give the replacement tooth
a solid and lasting foundation.
Research and years of successful experience in joint replacement
procedures have shown titanium to be ideal in its biological compatibility
with the human body. In the TeethToday® procedure, the metallic
implant bonds with the jawbone to create a foundation that is often
stronger than the original tooth root. This means that patients
can walk in and walk out with a new set of teeth in the same day.
“The ability to give someone replacement teeth within 24
hours changes lives forever and for the better,” said Ganeles.
“And the change in the demeanor and attitude of the patient
is both immediate and dramatic. They light up when they see their
new, perfect teeth. They change their own lives in one day by being
able to show the world a beautiful and confident smile.”
Ganeles and his partners see demand for the TeethToday® immediate
load dental implant growing rapidly as word spreads that this innovative
procedure is available, painless and effective. For the woman who
received the TeethToday® procedure on the show, and thousands
of men and women like her, the results of this revolutionary procedure
are life changing, according to Ganeles. “As thrilled as a
patient is with the ‘reveal’, what’s most exciting
is the profound changes it makes in a patient’s lifestyle
every day,” he said.
Statistics indicate that the demand for a procedure like TeethToday®
will soar. According to the National Institutes of Health, 67 million
Americans suffer from periodontal disease -- the leading cause of
adult tooth loss in the country. At least 113 million Americans
are missing one or more teeth. By age 50, the average American has
lost 12 teeth.
A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Ganeles has
practiced in South Florida since 1990. He is a Fellow of the American
College of Dentists and a member of the world renowned International
Team for Implantology (ITI), Waldenburg, Switzerland. He lectures
extensively, is widely published, and serves as an Associate Clinical
Professor at Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine.
For more information on Dr. Ganeles and TeethToday®, call
the Florida Institute for Periodontics & Dental Implants at
561 912-9993 or visit www.TeethTodayusa.com.
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Contact: Brian Feldman (954) 428-4477
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Adult Tooth Loss: Nothing to Smile About
REVOLUTION IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY, TEETHTODAY®, GIVES PEOPLE
REPLACEMENT TEETH IN A SINGLE DAY
BOCA RATON, FL – Imagine being toothless in a society where
a radiant smile is a calling card that opens doors to everything
from personal relationships to job opportunities.
It’s nothing to smile about. According to the National Institutes
of Health, at least 113 million Americans are missing one or more
teeth. By age 50, the average American has lost 12 teeth. Some 67
million people suffer from periodontal disease, the leading cause
of tooth loss. And it’s more than first impressions that are
at stake. People missing teeth - or in the extreme, an entire mouthful
– have trouble eating and chewing properly, and contend with
sunken facial features, embarrassment and other problems.
While teeth whitening and veneers have spurred an entire rapid
dental makeover industry, people with missing teeth have faced months
of dental work or made do with dentures, bridges and other often
inconvenient and uncomfortable dental appliances. A new procedure
that can give patients replacement teeth in less than 24 hours is
now dramatically changing implant dentistry – and lives.
Dr. Jeffrey Ganeles perfected the TeethToday® procedure and
sees it as the future of implant dentistry. Until now, people with
missing teeth typically had to sit through dozens of office visits
over many months for the results that Ganeles now provides in a
single day. His groundbreaking work, which provided some of the
clinical data for a major implant manufacturer’s successful
FDA clearance for immediate loading use, has set off a revolution
in dentistry.
On February 12, he will be featured on a top-rated “reality
television cosmetic enhancement show, (WPBF Channel 25 at 9 p.m.)
the first time ever that implant dentistry is getting prime-time
attention.
“Permanent tooth replacement with implant dentistry is the
ultimate evolution of cosmetic dentistry”, Ganeles said.
“A problem mouth impacts every aspect of a person’s
life,” said Ganeles, who is in full-time practice at the Florida
Institute for Periodontics & Dental Implants in Boca Raton,
FL. “When people have bad teeth, they are often withdrawn,
embarrassed and self-conscious. They can have a hard time communicating
with others and may be physically uncomfortable—unable to
chew correctly or eat with pleasure. No one should have to endure
that.”
Ganeles, today nationally recognized for his expertise, pursued
development of the 24-hour implant procedure even as others said
it couldn’t be done. With more than 800 TeethToday® implants
performed on over 250 patients to date, Ganeles has documented an
impressive 95% percent success rate. Now TeethToday® has even
enabled people who were previously told they weren’t candidates
for dental implants to have their smiles restored.
The periodontist said he was driven by the desire to give patients
a better solution and a more positive experience. “It’s
frightening and depressing for someone who has a mouthful of missing
or bad teeth and deteriorating gums,” Ganeles said. “Now,
we’re able to offer them a better, immediate solution to their
problem.” As one Ganeles patient put it, “Before the
procedure, I was kind of guarded. I didn’t smile, always being
self-conscious about my appearance. I actually swallowed a couple
of teeth in my sleep. It was truly devastating.”
Traditionally, the dental implant placement and healing process
has taken three to six months to insure that the implant has been
properly anchored to the jawbone before replacement teeth can be
affixed. Ganeles’ TeethToday® procedure eliminates the
wait, utilizing a “bone-friendly” threaded titanium
anchor to immediately give the replacement tooth a solid and lasting
foundation.
Research and years of successful use in joint replacement procedures
has shown titanium to be ideal in its biological compatibility with
the human body. “In the TeethToday® procedure, the metallic
implant bonds with the jawbone to create a foundation that is often
stronger than the original tooth root,” Ganeles said.
He and his partners see demand for the TeethToday® immediate
load dental implant growing rapidly. “There are tremendous
benefits when a patient can walk in with few teeth, failing teeth
or no teeth and walk out with a new set of teeth in one day,”
he said. The patients he has treated range from a 22-year-old man
born with a condition that kept him without permanent teeth throughout
his life to a dental-phobic 55-year-old man to a 89-year-old woman
(now 93) who rebuilt her lower jaw with TeethToday® implants.
After an extensive search the reality show selected Ganeles for
his innovative procedure. On camera, he performs the TeethToday®
procedure on a 48-year-old woman who for 27 years, lived with no
permanent upper teeth. For all of his patients, the immediate results
of the TeethToday® procedure are just the start. “A beautiful
smile is only the beginning of the profound changes in these individuals’
lifestyles,” Ganeles said. “That’s hugely gratifying
to me, personally and professionally.”
A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, Ganeles has
practiced in South Florida since 1990 and gained an international
reputation for his expertise and innovation in implant dentistry.
A Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a member of the
International Team for Implantology (ITI), Waldenburg, Switzerland,
he also is an Associate Clinical Professor at Nova Southeastern
University College of Dental Medicine. He lectures widely and has
authored or co-authored numerous articles in the fields of implant
dentistry and periodontics.
For more information on Dr. Ganeles and TeethToday®, call
the Florida Institute for Periodontics & Dental Implants at
561 912-9993 or visit www.TeethTodayusa.com.
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Palm Beach County Periodontist Reduces the Lengthy
6-Month Dental Implant Procedure to a Mere 24 Hours.
PR Newswire, June 13, 2001
BOCA RATON, Fla., June 13 /PRNewswire/ --
A landmark study conducted by Drs. Jeffrey Ganeles, Marvin Rosenberg
and Robert Holt establishing a revolutionary 24-hour procedure for
dental implants is being published today in a leading international
peer-reviewed journal.
Ganeles, Rosenberg and Holt, partners of the Florida Institute for
Periodontics & Dental Implants in Palm Beach County, Florida,
are presenting in the June issue of the International Journal of
Oral & Maxillofacial Implants their dramatic findings on Teeth
Today!(TM) -- an immediate load procedure which reduces the time
required for patients to receive permanent replacement teeth with
dental implants from six months to a mere 24 hours. The immediate
loading of the implants also precludes the patient from wearing
uncomfortable dentures over sore and healing gums.
"The demands of work, travel and extracurricular activities
don't allow for our patients' teeth to be on hold for six months,"
said Ganeles. "The Teeth Today!(TM) immediate load procedure
allows our patients to receive new teeth in a day, so they don't
have to miss tomorrow's family outing, tee time or planned vacation."
Statistics published by the dental branch of the National Institute
of Health indicate a need for procedures like Teeth Today!(TM).
The organization estimates more than 67 million American adults
suffer from periodontal disease -- the leading cause of adult tooth
loss in the country. At least 113 million Americans are missing
one or more teeth. Dental implants are a solution to the tooth-loss
problem with titanium anchors that act as roots for permanent tooth
replacements. Ganeles, Rosenberg and Holt's study covers 27 Teeth
Today!(TM) patients with 186 implants conducted over the past four
and a half years resulting in a 99.5 percent success rate.
"On Thursday I was sitting in a chair in Dr. Ganeles' office
with a mouthful of bad teeth," says Teeth Today!(TM) immediate
load recipient Sharon Blum. "The following evening I was attending
my son's high school honor banquet, where I was smiling again and
sinking my beautiful new teeth into a very enjoyable dinner."
Established under the names of the founding partners in 1961,
the newly renamed Florida Institute for Periodontics & Dental
Implants has been on the leading edge of its profession for the
past 40 years. Its work in periodontics and dental implants is world-renowned,
and its consulting services extend to many organizations including
the U.S. Army, Cleveland Clinic, German government and numerous
universities. Partners of the institute are Marvin M. Rosenberg,
D.D.S.; Robert L. Holt, D.M.D., Ph.D.; and Jeffrey Ganeles, D.M.D.
Associates are Sherrie L. Crossen, D.D.S., M.S.D and Peter R. Then,
D.M.D., Dr.med.dent. The practice conducts more than 4,000 surgical
procedures annually at offices in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach,
Florida. Its website, www.perio-implant.com, delivers a wealth of
information on dental health.
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