I came to the center to get my wisdom teeth taken out. I only had three, so I got three wisdom teeth out under sedation. Sedation was good, I don’t remember anything. I was just asleep and it was fine. I woke up and I didn’t remember anything. I was nervous because I had never had an IV before but I don’t remember even getting the IV because I had a pill that morning to make me less nervous. The staff here is really good at the center, everybody’s really nice and they make you comfortable and Dr Atcha was really good. He explained everything to me before it happened and what he was going to do, and then after he told me that everything looked good. I would recommend Dr Atcha, I have actually, I tell a lot of my friends to come here to get their wisdom teeth out.

-- Amanda Dernulc

Actually when I came to Dr Atcha I came because of my wife. She had finished her complete work up; I’m not too good on dentists and because she had so much success that’s why I came here. I chose the option of having all of the teeth in the upper part of my mouth removed. There was a partial there already and there were a couple of caps in the front, so we decided that that was the option that I would take. I’d only have one piece that I would have to worry about and that it would be put in with a screw-type post. It would be permanent and it would be matched to my lower teeth which are actually mine, and they would make it look like it was actually there for a long, long time. I did not feel any of the extractions. When I actually woke up they were just finishing up with the stitching and I didn’t even know that. They put some gauze in and told me to come back the next day and the next day they started putting in the material to create the temporary and that was pretty much it. I’ll be honest with you, I never felt hardly anything and I don’t like dentists so they did a great job! I’ve been through this before, I’ve had some other dental things and in a lot of the dentists that I went to when I was in the service and where I worked where they made you go to that particular dentist, I never was comfortable, but this was excellent. The people that worked on me made me feel safe and I felt comfortable. Whatever they did, it works because I had no pain and the good thing about it is that they gave me prescriptions for pain pills which I still have at home on the table, I have not used them, I did not need them, there was no pain when I was done. After my wife and I have come here Dyer Family Dentistry is my guy now, and if someone told me they needed to go someplace I would tell them to come here.

-- Larry Millar

I do feel Dr Atcha is different from other dentists because there’s just a comfort level that I don’t feel with other dentists. You don’t go into the chair and feel all tensed up, it doesn’t make you scared to come in, it really doesn’t. I would highly recommend Dr. Atcha. If you are looking to do implants you should absolutely see him because I really lucked out when I found him. I love my teeth Dr Atcha!

-- Eileen Edmisten

They’re like regular teeth, you really can’t tell the difference. There’s no movement, they’re comfortable and cleaning is nice. You just go right back to your old routine, I can eat corn, I can eat apples; it’s great.

Don’t wait to take care of work that is needed in your mouth for as long as I did. He will do what is necessary and make you comfortable and take any route that you want to have done to make you comfortable and healthy. That’s what he has done for me, 100%.

-- Mary Ann Shirey

How Dental Implants Can Replace Several Missing Teeth

Advantages of Implant-Supported Bridge

No grinding of adjacent teeth
No root canals
No risk of cavities
Keeps bone from deteriorating and dissolving away
Better facial support
Looks and feels like natural teeth
Lowest chance of loosing more of your teeth

Alternatives to Dental Implants for Replacing Several Missing Teeth

Traditional Fixed Bridge

A traditional bridge involves grinding down two or more teeth next to the empty spaces to support the bridge. It provides good esthetics and function and is fairly easy to for most dentists to do. However, this alternative has some very significant disadvantages that create more problems and costs later. One is the sacrificing of healthy tooth structure from the teeth next to the spaces to make room for the bridge. The damage and heat that occurs due to "grinding" of the two teeth along with the excessive pressures applied to the remaining teeth during chewing over several years almost always results in more long term tooth loss.

Summary of Bridge Disadvantages

Excessive physical stresses on support teeth
Must grind/shave down support teeth
High risk of decay
High risk of root canal
High risk of root fracture
High risk of more tooth loss
Jaw bone erodes where tooth is missing losing face support

Removable Partial Denture

This partial denture alternative is often perceived as uncomfortable and complicated to use. Function can not be compared to that the implant teeth replacement. This denture is made of plastic and metal, which is often unsightly and embarrassing.

Summary of Disadvantages for Partial Denture

Stress placed on the supporting teeth lead to tooth mobility and tooth loss
High risk of decay, root canals and bone loss around the teeth that support the partial denture
Food collects underneath the partial denture
Uncomfortable, unsightly, and embarrassing
Destroys healthy jaw bone

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