WRNJ radio this past Friday 6/10 
talking about dental implants
. He discussed the entire process of getting an implant and what the benefits are 
. If you or someone you know needs dental implants, please give our office a call at 
908-852-8858 to schedule a complimentary implant consultation!Transcription
It is our monthly get-together with Dr. Gary Vander Vliet of Advanced Dental Care here in Hackettstown and serving all of northwestern Jersey. Dental implants are the topic of the day that we’re going to cover, and Dr. Vander Vliet, welcome back. Good to see you again.
Gary Vander Vliet: Thank you, Bert. Good morning.
WRNJ Radio Host: Now, we have our get-together once a month, I think of it as a checkup. But for someone who is undergoing your excellent dental care that you offer, it’s not a monthly thing, maybe six months, every year?
Gary Vander Vliet: Every six months usually we see them, just to make sure that things are good, right? Six months is enough time to go, and then you see them again?
WRNJ Radio Host: Usually, some people we see every three months.
Gary Vander Vliet: Everybody’s different.
WRNJ Radio Host: Dental implants, we want to talk about that today. And I even asked you off the air, are these moving dentures out of the picture as a potential replacement for natural teeth? Do implants and dentures, will they be able to survive harmoniously, and depending upon your situation, one might work for you better than the other choice?
Gary Vander Vliet: Dental implants are one of the greatest innovations in dentistry in recent years. It helps people replace missing teeth and replace people that have existing dentures. You could have dental implants and have an implant-supported denture, implant-supported teeth that stay in your mouth, they function much better, you could speak more clearly, chew much better, it’s like a 95 percent improvement of what you have without teeth.
WRNJ Radio Host: Both of my parents, Dr. Vander Vliet, had dentures and I can remember them, they had these tubes of paste and they would be cleaning the dentures.
Gary Vander Vliet: It can be very annoying.
WRNJ Radio Host: It was a lot of work for them.
Gary Vander Vliet: It is. And they move, and they don’t function as well, and can be uncomfortable as well. Implants can replace dentures, they also can replace an individual tooth. You lose one tooth, for instance, I myself have two dental implants, I broke two teeth in the past and I have two implants, and it’s like a perfect replacement.
WRNJ Radio Host: I could just imagine someone who maybe for years hasn’t been able to just simply bite an apple and be able to enjoy that because they’re afraid, I don’t know if my teeth can hold up or maybe, you know, a nice roast beef sandwich on a hard roll that you’re afraid you can’t bite into.
Gary Vander Vliet: Can’t underestimate that at all.
WRNJ Radio Host: Are we talking about thousands of people? How many people have had implants?
Gary Vander Vliet: Over a million dental implants every year are placed in the United States. Worldwide, many millions of teeth of implants have been placed, so it’s really mainstream, and the procedure is very straightforward.
WRNJ Radio Host: That’s really amazing that even if they don’t have the bone support, well, you can help them with that and get it where it needs to be so that they can qualify for the implants.
Gary Vander Vliet: Absolutely. So many advances these days, it’s incredible.
WRNJ Radio Host: Appointments? You’re taking appointments on an ongoing basis, someone could reach out now and start this process, right?
Gary Vander Vliet: We can. And we also do a complimentary consultation. If you’re thinking about it, give our office a call, you could come in for a complimentary, no-risk, no-obligation consultation, and we could discuss it, see if you are a candidate.
WRNJ Radio Host: Dr. Gary Vander Vliet, thanks again for coming by. We’ll do this again in July, look forward to it, but reach out to your office for more information.
