Prosthodontics in Grand Rapids

What prosthodontics actually covers

Prosthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the design, fabrication, and fitting of artificial replacements for teeth and the tissues around them. In practice, that means four overlapping categories of work:

• Fixed prosthodontics — crowns and bridges that are cemented permanently in place
• Removable prosthodontics — full and partial dentures you take out to clean
• Implant prosthodontics — restorations anchored to dental implants placed in the jawbone
• Maxillofacial prosthetics — prostheses for patients with defects from surgery, trauma, or a congenital condition

Most patients arrive needing more than one of these. A single case might involve extracting a failing tooth, placing an implant, and restoring the teeth on either side — each step affecting the next. Planning that sequence correctly is the difference between a restoration that lasts and one that fails in three years.

Why the in-house laboratory matters

Most dental offices send impressions to an outside laboratory and wait. We designed our own dental laboratory into the practice, staffed by a Certified Dental Technician and a digital lab director.

That changes the work in concrete ways. Shade matching happens with you in the building under the same light, not from a photo. If a margin needs adjusting, the technician who made the restoration can look at it the same day instead of shipping it back and forth. And for full-mouth reconstruction, where dozens of units have to work together as one bite, the design stays under one roof from start to finish.

Conditions we commonly rebuild

Patients across Grand Rapids come to us for:

• Missing teeth — one tooth, several, or a full arch
• Chipped, cracked, or broken teeth that have gone past what a filling can hold
• Bite and alignment problems that have changed how the teeth meet
• Worn-down teeth from years of grinding
• Implants or crowns placed elsewhere that have loosened, fractured, or failed
• Dental rehabilitation after cancer treatment or oral surgery

Working with medically complex patients

Dr. Greenland completed a fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in oral oncology and maxillofacial prosthetics. That background shapes how this practice handles patients whose dental care intersects with their medical care — during or after radiation, through chemotherapy, or alongside a neuromuscular condition.

Prosthodontists trained in this setting are used to working alongside ENTs, oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, radiation oncologists, and speech pathologists. If your dentist and your physician need to be talking to each other, that coordination is something we do routinely rather than as an exception.

Getting started

Your first visit is a conversation and an examination, not a sales appointment. We look at your teeth, gums, bite, and any existing restorations, take digital scans and any imaging we need, and then talk through what is realistic.

New patients receive our New Patient Special, and financing and membership plan details are on our payment options page. Book an appointment or call us and we will tell you honestly whether a prosthodontist is what you need.