he is a board-certified prosthodontist -- dr. daniel galindo. dr. galindo, welcome back to the here. thanks. >> now, we had you on the program before. what's changed? >> more people seeking treatment with dental implants. they've heard of the benefits that they provide and how it can change their lives. >> now, you brought a lot of photos, and these are pretty dramatic. do those represent what you see all the time? >> yeah, i mean, this is a good sample of what we see every time at our center. people that are losing their teeth, people that have already lost their teeth that are using dentures, and they're struggling in life. activities like sitting down and talking with somebody or sharing a meal or a nice conversation. so, yeah, this is a good sample of what we're gonna be talking about today. >> okay, good, we'll get to those. now, for people that don't know clearchoice, who's the typical patient and what are the different services you offer? >> well, our typical patient is people that have been dealing with constant dental problems -- periodonta

elaborate on that. >> well, you know, before you're a prosthodontist, you're a general dentist. and, you know, you do great work for your patients, but you never get hugs or the feelings of appreciation by doing cavities or regular crowns. but when you're changing someone's smile, thus their life, and their whole mouth is completely different than how they came in, they're crying, they're hugging, and they're expressing so much emotion to you. it's just the best feeling ever. and you don't get that from just a filling or a cleaning. >> at the top of the show, i said, "no more dentures." you don't think anybody should be wearing a denture -- a traditional denture. >> no. no. >> elaborate on that. >> in today's world, with all of our technology and our advancements in dentistry, we don't have to have patients wearing dentures. they can have dental implants anchored into their available and a lot of patients think that they need implants for every tooth. that is not the case, either, anymore. with the way that implants are made now, the surface properties and the way that we can se

the doctors, the surgeon, prosthodontist, the lab. i walked out of there with the teeth that i wanted, all done in one day. i'm extremely happy that i made that investment in me, because i know it's gonna last me the rest of my life. my husband loves them. and i will always have this smile. >> male announcer: don't wait another day. call clearchoice now. >> you're watching "the wellness hour." i'm randy alvarez. today's topic -- replacing missing teeth with dental implants. according to my first guest, no more dentures. nobody should be wearing dentures. now, you mentioned at the break that there's tens of thousands of people in las vegas with an upper or lower denture. another thousands of people that are about to get false teeth. and if dental implants are so good -- that means people can fixed set of teeth -- permanent teeth -- why aren't they all doing it? what's your take? >> randy, there are so many reasons why. but i'm gonna tell you a few of the major ones. for the denture wearer, they're in a denture, they feel that they're d

that's what a prosthodontist does. a prosthodontist is a specialist. he's the artist of the smile. these are the things we got to all the school to -- >> i mean, they look real. i don't think anybody would think -- and i'm not trying -- people need to know this is a real interview, and i don't think anybody would think that that looks phony, right? >> it has to pass the grocery-store test. >> what does she say? i mean, people like this, when they see themselves, they mu be -- they're surprised? >> shocked, surprised, cry. these were people that were on the outside of dental care. they were the masters of the cover-up. they couldn't pass the grocery-store test. >> what is that? >> the grocery-store test is that woman, when you're checking out and you're right across from her and she looks at you, and she goes, "wow, you have great teeth." that's the grocery-store test. they can't look at you and go, have seen a dentist and had some work done." they just look at you and they go "wow." >> well, she looks like a different person. i don't think anybody would disagree with this. >> sure.

. >> so, tell me a little bit about your role as the prosthodontist, and who's the typical patient? >> we don't really have a typical patient. patients can be any kind of walk of life, any different kind of

ali kanawati, the prosthodontist at the clearchoice cleveland center. >> announcer: at clearchoice, you're about to discover what you've been missing all these years. >> ? your smile is waiting for you ? >> announcer: call clearchoice today. ? >> welcome back to "smile healthy america." dr. adams, you touched on this briefly earlier, but i'd like to talk more about the one-day transformation. how is it possible to create a full, new smile in just one day? w about, previously, how it was done or how it's still, unfortunately, being done in some offices. so, first, you have to have all of your teeth removed, and you are given a denture. that denture sits on your healing gums. it's not a very comfortable process. several months of healing have to occur. finally, the implants can go in. again, they go underneath the gums, and this uncomfortable denture goes back over your healing gums again. then, months and months of healing again. and, finally, you can get rid of teeth that are fixed in place on the implants. so it's a very arduous process, which you have to kind of have some fortitude to ki