Periodontist Dr. Sanda Moldovan and prosthodontist Dr. Olga Malkin remove diseased teeth and place implants with prosthetic teeth designed the same day, in about five hours. Patient Liya Varshevskaya traveled from Boston for the procedure, which restored her ability to eat, speak, and smile.
About five hours; performed in one day.
About 3 millimeters.
Three days later.
Boston (to Los Angeles).
This is fake. This is bridge. He all mine, but they all moving.
So go ahead.
We're gonna go ahead.
Liya Varshevskaya has had problems with her teeth all her life. But now she's come to LA all the way from Boston for cutting edge dental rejuvenation surgery. And it's not just about looks. She has trouble speaking, eating, everyday living.
Sometimes you can sneeze and your teeth can fall out. This is going to change your life. I hope so.
You're going to walk out of here with a beautiful smile, even better than what it looks like. Now.
Periodontist Dr. Sandra Moldovan is going to remove her diseased teeth.
After I remove the teeth, we'll place implants for her into the remaining bone of the upper jaw.
Prosthodontist Dr. Olga Malkin designs teeth for the implants.
So we want to have something natural, age appropriate because you don't want to have a 60 year old with a smile of a 20 year old. You want someone who is 60 year old with a smile of 35 year old or 40 year old.
This is a life changing surgery for our patient Leah today. And for a long time she's going with diseased teeth and a prosthesis in her mouth that she actually has to remove on a daily basis. And this is very exciting for her to leave here not only looking better, but functioning better.
And it only takes about five hours instead of the process of a year with dentures it used to take.
When you tell a patient that they have to go for a year with the removable denture, they can think about their grandmother or grandfather with the little denture in a, you know, water cup next to their bed. And that was very discouraging to the patients.
Then you would need the position of these implants to be about 3 millimeters. This dental rejuvenation procedure is actually done in one day. And she's coming in in the morning and leaving with beautiful teeth in the afternoon. Come on in.
So three days later, Leah comes back for a checkup before it's home to Boston.
So let me see your smile. Oh, that looks gorgeous.
Wow.
You look 10 years younger at least.
Thank you.
You see here we have the implants that are right in the bone there and we have the sinuses. We did the bone grafting right up in here. I could already see that she's more confident, she smiles more, she no longer covers her mouth when she's smiling and she's excited to go back and show.
Her friends her true spirit, how you can be happy. If you can smile right now. I can smile my Hollywood smile. Now I have.
Very true.
Thank you.
In Beverly hills, Jennifer Bjorklund, NBC4 News.
