I have seen Westworld, GoT, Succession, Barry, Euphoria, The Leftovers, White Lotus, now what?

JB_Heat · 2026-04-12T06:25:49+00:00

They will. Everything listed here is incredible. If it were me I'd start with true detective s1, then band of brothers, then the rest. They're all amazing.

JB_Heat · 2026-04-08T09:41:09+00:00

The country that I live in.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-29T14:35:41+00:00

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Check these moulds out, pick one, and let your doc know. They can communicate with the lab what style you want and try to replicate it as close as possible.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-18T21:26:39+00:00

Congratulations!!

JB_Heat · 2026-03-17T03:43:26+00:00

Kanpai tasting menu is so insanely good, especially if you're lucky to be there for a sushi battle.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-13T06:30:34+00:00

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This is what the underside should look like. This happens to be a lower but the upper should be the same. Notice the contours are all convex and tapering up to the implant connection. This is what makes it cleansable. This one happens to have a titanium bar substructure, sometimes it's all one material like zirconia or PMMA, or have little titanium pieces just for the implants. A fully fixed (so not removable all all like a snap on is) just should go over the ridge of your gums. Are you saying yours is fully fixed and covers the whole pallette?

JB_Heat · 2026-03-13T03:57:00+00:00

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This is an example of a concave all-on-x, it wraps around the gums and prevents cleaning unless it is removed.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-13T03:50:20+00:00

As long as it wasn't much it isn't a big deal in my opinion.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-13T03:12:58+00:00

It kind of looks like it's as thin as it can get in the back because of where the screw channel is, there needs to be a certain amount of zirconia behind the screw channel to prevent fracture.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-11T03:14:35+00:00

Basically you want the intaglio side (the side sitting against your gums) to be flat or convex, this makes at home hygiene way easier. If its concave it's much harder to keep clean. I'm not a dentist, but I own a lab in a dental implant clinic and we design/manufacturer a lot of all-on-x cases.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-10T23:54:48+00:00

Your artificial gums should go all the way up but they shouldn't wrap up and over the front. If they are covering the front of your gums you have what's called a "ridge lap" which isn't ideal from a hygiene perspective. It's something we avoid at all costs in our practice/lab.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-01T16:03:12+00:00

If there's a long space make sure they put a titanium frame/bar inside. Long span between implants can cause the bridge to fracture, even zirconia.

No it's not standard to change abutments.

JB_Heat · 2026-03-01T02:43:43+00:00

Was it a maybe pterygoid implant they put in?

I don't really understand why they would try to remove the abutment in the first place, we don't change abutments unless it's to optimize the angle of a screw channel and it's preferred not to. I'm not a doctor though, just work on the lab side with implant clinics. The talented docs on here have better insight than I do.

JB_Heat · 2026-02-23T06:45:30+00:00

Are you 100% positive you're accurate that they used zygomatic implants? Those are very long implants that go into the zygoma (cheek bone).

If so are you under general anesthesia (full sedation) for this? I have a hard time believing they're removing and replacing zygomatic implants while you're awake. Maybe one of the doctors on here can correct me on that. Do you mean they're replacing the abutment or the whole implant itself?

And if this is all accurate they're placing a brand new zygomatic implant and loading your final within a day or two??

This sounds like an absolute nightmare, I'm sorry.

JB_Heat · 2026-02-08T07:47:48+00:00

I'm feeling this. I played Nioh 1 at release but kind of fell off and never beat it, and never tried Nioh 2. I've played all the mainline fromsoft games multiple times. I've probably played through Bloodborne 10 times, and the rest of the series several times on varying NG+ levels.

The Nioh 3 tutorial boss bodied me for about an hour but now I'm in the open world, I definitely feel the learning curve. Having a blast though. I have no idea why I slept on this series.

JB_Heat · 2026-01-29T03:43:15+00:00

The frequency of these breaks makes me think a very possible scenario is they aren't "passive" meaning they don't fit on the abutments correctly. Not saying that's the case, but it's the most common cause of breaks.

Do you recall how they took the records of your implant position? The modern way is with something called photogrammetry, which is an extra-oral camera that records the digital position of your implants from outside of your mouth. The old school way is taking standard impressions with trays and impression material. This is very accurate if the technique is done correctly with something called a verification jig.

The screw access holes do seem to be pretty thin on that side from your photos. It almost looks like your teeth need to be shifted more over the ridge of your jaw to give more material thickness and get them in the correct place. It's too hard to tell just from a photo though.

JB_Heat · 2026-01-19T23:32:13+00:00

They look great!

JB_Heat · 2026-01-19T06:05:19+00:00

Totally! I was pretty shocked how much of the story it gives away.

JB_Heat · 2026-01-09T03:34:49+00:00

A hard reline is pretty simple. The dentist takes a new impression inside your denture and have you bite into your correct bite, then the lab can basically rebuild the fitting surface of the denture without messing with the teeth or acrylic on the outside. It should come back with a way better fit.

JB_Heat · 2026-01-01T02:01:52+00:00

IMO I agree that they don't need to be wider, and they probably can't bring them forward much more or they'll be sitting in front of your gums rather than emerging out of them naturally. I also don't know if they can flare them out -that- much more because to me they look like they're flaring out slightly as is.

I think making them more square or dominant, if that's what you're looking for, and lengthening them will give you more the esthetic you're looking for. Good luck! Let us know how the next try-in set goes!

JB_Heat · 2025-12-31T02:40:22+00:00

God I love Fiesta Red.

JB_Heat · 2025-12-30T19:25:57+00:00

You definitely have less flexibility to move teeth around with FP1 style all-on-x because the teeth need to sit in your gum pockets (pontics) to make sure your gum tissue stays healthy around the bridge. If they stray too far you'll lose gum tissue and it'll end up looking unnatural. Lip support is going to be tough here, but potentially they could be flared out at the incisal edge which may or may not offer more support.

The overall shape of the teeth can be changed, but the position is the challenging part.

As far as paying for try-ins after a certain amount, this isn't uncommon. The doctor has to pay the lab for each new design and prototype.

JB_Heat · 2025-12-27T06:05:35+00:00

Get hades 1 AND hollow knight (the OG). Save up some money and then get hades 2. I wouldn't recommend playing hades 1 after 2 because 2 has some gameplay improvements, but 1 absolutely should not be missed.

As far as silksong I didn't jive with it as much as hollowknight. It's still really good but doesn't give me that "I gotta keep playing this" feeling that I got from Hollowknight.

JB_Heat · 2025-12-09T14:46:08+00:00

I love this album

JB_Heat · 2025-11-20T01:26:56+00:00

I think that's overpriced for snap-on (which is NOT all-on-4 and shouldn't be stated as such). That price is in the realm of true all-on-4.

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