Dental Implants are the perfect restorative dental procedure for a missing tooth caused by trauma or tooth decay. Dental implants are artificial permanent teeth that give you a long-lasting, confident, charismatic smile. They also provide excellent dental benefits and can help protect against diseases like bone loss, tooth decay, and gum disease.
Westside Dental Center offers excellent dental implant procedures in a comfortable and caring environment for you and your family. Our highly experienced dentists and dental staff emphasize the importance of dental health to prevent diseases.
Our highly qualified dental implant specialist, Dr. Uttma Dham in Plantation, FL, offers several different types of dental procedures. She recommends dental implants for patients missing a single tooth or multiple teeth because of their overall health benefits and preventive care.
How Do Dental Implants Work
Before you choose dental implants as the perfect restorative option for your unique needs, it’s important to understand how they work. Our highly skilled implant expert will 3D scan digital images of your teeth and gums utilizing a laser scanner. She will then use it to create a custom treatment benefit plan for your implant treatment and explain the dental plan and implant procedure.
The process involves placing titanium rods that integrate with your jaw and gum tissues, providing a foundation for dental fixtures such as dental crowns and natural teeth. Our method offers a lasting remedy for your missing teeth, bestowing you with the assurance of a fresh, captivating, enduring smile.
The Dental Implant Process
Step 1: Planning
Planning is perhaps the most critical part of the implant process. Dr. Dham will need to evaluate your entire mouth and review your medical history to determine if you are a good candidate for dental implants. Patients need to have substantial healthy bone tissue and be in good overall health. If you do not, you might need a bone graft. A personalized treatment plan will be created based on your medical and dental health needs for excellent dental care.
Step 2: Dental Implants Placement
Placing the dental implants will require a routine minor surgical procedure. Here, the implants are implanted into the jaw bone in the perfect location. They will heal and fuse with the surrounding bone tissue. This procedure will take about an hour to place a single implant and up to several hours for multiple implants.
Step 3: Osseointegration
This is a critical step in the implant process. It can take anywhere from three to six months for the titanium posts to fuse with the jaw bone fully. This makes the implant stable and provides a durable base for the entire restoration. While waiting for osseointegration to complete, a temporary restoration may be placed depending on the location of your missing teeth.
Step 4: Abutment Placement
When osseointegration is complete, a small piece called an abutment will be attached to the implant. This procedure will involve making a small incision in the gums to connect the piece with tooth roots. Your gums will need about four to six weeks to heal around the abutment.
Step 5: Fabrication of Restoration
Your Plantation, FL dentist will use 3D digital scanning and modern dental materials to fabricate your new dental restoration. These will be custom-made to fit perfectly in your mouth and will look completely natural.
Step 6: Placement of the Dental Restoration
The final step in the implant process is to place the permanent dental restoration. Dr. Dham will connect your new teeth to the implant(s) to complete your new smile. If you are only missing one tooth, the dentist will use a single dental implant and crown. Multiple dental implants, a dental bridge, or a denture can replace multiple missing teeth.
Confident Charismatic Smile For A Lifetime!
Dental implants are a lifelong and permanent solution for your missing teeth. They are made from titanium and porcelain and are durable. You will always feel happy knowing that your new confident, charismatic smile will stay with you for a lifetime! Dental Implant is your solution for a virtually permanent, lifelong, charismatic, confident smile.
Our skilled dentist, Dr. Dham, is “in-network” with multiple health insurance plans. Call us and we will tell you if we accept your dental insurance plan at our dental office. We also provide affordable payment plans so you can enjoy the best dental procedures without worrying about the cost. For us, providing the best health care while maintaining optimal oral health is mandatory.
Who Can Place A Dental Implant?
Only a dental implant specialist can place your dental implants, and luckily, we have a highly experienced implant dentist, Dr Dham. She is caring, always listens to your concerns, and provides you with the solution that is perfect for your dental and overall health at our implant dentistry.
We also offer multiple financing options and will work hard to get maximum reimbursement from your dental insurance companies so that you never have to skip the smile you deserve just because of a copayment.
To learn more about our dental implant services, visit:
- Dental Implants in Plantation
- Benefits of Dental Implants
- Dental Implant FAQs
- Cost of Dental Implants
- All-on-Four Implants
- Implant-supported Dentures
- Single Tooth Dental Implants
Call Westside Dental Center at (954) 251-0640 to schedule your free dental implant consultation today.