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Pictured is a comparison of health insurance-covered dentures and dentures made using the maxillomandibular simultaneous impression method
The smaller dentures were made using health insurance. The larger ones are dentures made using the maxillomandibular simultaneous impression method.
You probably can't tell but these are two sets of dentures made for the same person. You can see how much of a difference the manufacturing method makes.
Insurance-covered dentures are made by simply taking a membrane mold which often results in small dentures. They tend to move around in the mouth and in some cases people can even swallow them.
Dentures made using the maxillomandibular simultaneous impression method, however, are made by recording every piece of information possible concerning the inside of the patient's mouth.
Waiting Room
This is our clinic's waiting room. It features Italian furniture set on a carpeted floor as we strive for a more at-home feel. Directly next to the waiting room is our private counseling room. Here we can talk with patients on a more private level.
What are 'telescope' precision long-lasting dentures?
Did you know that Germany, the leading country in dental treatment, uses dentures known as 'telescope'? These are different from insurance-covered dentures that use metal springs as a retention mechanism. Instead, they are known as 'inlay style' dentures.
Dentures from Germany, the most advanced nation in denture technology (Riegel telescope)
Our clinic deals in dentures from Germany, the most advanced nation in denture technology (Riegel telescope).
Telescope denture technology began in 1886 and has more than 120 years of history. This technology has evolved and gone through many revisions to become the most precise and most highly regarded denture technology today.
You can have them made once and use them for a lifetime with only minor adjustments
Quality products may be costly, but this high quality and long-lasting treatment, born of the ingenious thinking of German dentists, is worth the investment. In Japan, dentures usually need to be remade from scratch if they do not fit or if they break, but these German dentures are made once and can be adjusted many times to fit the changing condition of the mouth.
Almost 30 years have passed since the advisor of our clinic, Dr. Shigeru Inaba, first introduced German Riegel telescope technology to Japan. You can see the superiority of this German technology in the fact that some patients who received treatment at that time are still using the same dentures today.
<Our clinic's telescope systems
+Riegel telescope
+Konus telescope
+Resilience telescope
There are many variations of this technology in Germany, but the three kinds offered at our clinic, Riegel telescope, Konus telescope, and Resilience telescope, together are suitable for nearly every case.
<Hear from our patients>
A 45 year old man who was treated with the telescope system
It was even better than I imagined.
A 59 year old man who was treated with Resilience telescope
I regret not asking about them earlier.
Special features of dentures made using the telescope system
Below is listed a summary of the special features of dentures made using the telescope system.
Special features of the telescope system
+ Since there are no visible metal clasps, no one can tell that you have dentures.
+ Since there is no need to remove them before going to bed, they become a part of you.
+ They will not come off while you eat.
+ There is no awkward feeling of having a foreign object in your mouth, making for a comfortable fit.
+ Like implants, they are esthetically superior.
+ They protect your remaining teeth from further tooth loss.
(The linking and fixing functions keep your teeth from moving)
+ They can be adjusted to the changes in your mouth that occur throughout the years so that they can be used for a very long time.
(Dentures covered by health insurance must be remade from scratch each time you lose a tooth)
An Introduction of Cases Treated With the Telescope System
Here we will introduce a few cases that were treated using the telescope system.
One of our patients had her upper jaw treated using Riegel telescope and her lower jaw treated using Konus telescope. She told us that the first one to notice her transformation was her grandchild.
She says her grandchild said over and over again, "Grandma, your teeth are so beautiful!"
Before she came to Inaba Dental Office, she had been receiving treatment over the last 3 years from a clinic introduced to her that was a 30 minute walk from where she lived. She said that even after treatment, she still could not bite. She was very eager to be treated at our clinic and she told us after treatment that the results were even better than she had hoped for.
She shared with us the following:
"My case was very serious and I used to say, 'No matter how much I try to explain the pain of eating, no one understands.' I never would have thought using my front teeth would be so easy after putting in my Riegel telescope dentures. I can even eat corn on the cob and pickled vegetables!"
Nothing encourages us more in our clinical operations than hearing the joyful voices of our satisfied patients.
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