When care gets complex, see the specialist.
A prosthodontist is the dental specialist for replacing and restoring teeth. If your case involves implants, several teeth, a bite that doesn't work, or older dental work that needs replacing, this is who it was designed for.
Prosthodontists are the recognized experts when anything in your mouth needs to be replaced or rebuilt: a single tooth, several teeth, or all of your teeth and gums. The extra years are spent on exactly that, and on how it all has to work together for decades.
Three things a specialist changes for you.
Just as medicine has specialists for complex care, so does dentistry. A prosthodontist focuses on this work every day and is trained to plan it as one system.
The whole mouth is planned first
Teeth, gums, bone, jaw joints, muscles and bite are evaluated as one connected system before anything is touched, so the result is predictable and lasts, not just attractive.
Complex is the everyday work
Implants, full-arch teeth, full-mouth rebuilds and replacing older dental work are the focus of a prosthodontist’s practice. Experience is what makes complex care predictable.
Three specialists, one smile
We provide a multi-specialty approach of three providers: an oral surgeon to perform your surgery, an anesthesia provider to put you to sleep safely, and Dr. Schlam, the prosthodontist, to design your smile, guide your surgery, and then complete your beautiful finished smile.
A wellness clinic, not a tooth shop.
The conditions we treat are often complex, so we consider the health of your whole body when deciding what solution will be the most predictable and long-lasting.
- Diet, activity and their effects on oral health
- Jaw posture, joint pain and tooth grinding
- Gastric concerns, dry mouth and saliva changes
- Diabetes, heart conditions and gum disease
- Sleep concerns, tooth movement and wear
A specialty clinic, with the tools to match.
Every model of your mouth is a digital scan. Every implant is planned on a 3D CBCT scan and placed with a printed guide. Your temporary teeth and smile designs are made here, in-house, as a designated Straumann Digital Excellence Center.
Concierge collaboration. We are your quarterback.
The best results often involve your general dentist and other specialists. We share imaging and communication with everyone on your clinical team, and use virtual smile design and virtual surgical planning so that everyone stays on the same page, and you're never caught between offices.
Let us help you smile again.
Tell us what you or someone you love is dealing with, and our specialty team will reach out to help as soon as possible.
If you needed heart surgery, you wouldn't ask your family doctor to do it.
You'd want the specialist who does that operation every week. Complex dentistry is no different. If you need implants, cosmetic work you'll live with for decades, or a full rebuild, a prosthodontist is the specialist for it.
If any of these sound like you, yes.
You don't need a referral. A consultation is a conversation and a scan, not a commitment, and if a simpler path is right for you, we'll say so.
Complex care calls for a specialist, in medicine and in dentistry.
We don't provide routine cleanings or annual preventive care. You keep your general dentist; we work alongside them.