| The Procedure A dental implant procedure is | | | | procedure, then a restorative dentist will be |
| not a one visit process, typically taking | | | | required to complete the process during the |
| several visits to one or more dental experts. | | | | later visits. Implantologists are qualified |
| As with any medical procedure, the first step | | | | to perform the entire procedure themselves, |
| is to find a qualified, skillful, and | | | | from beginning to end. Long-term Success |
| trustworthy surgeon to perform your dental | | | | Overall, dental implant procedures have about |
| implant procedure. Having a capable dentist | | | | a 90% success rate, and many last more than |
| can be the deciding factor of whether or not | | | | 20 years. With good oral hygiene, your dental |
| you will be pleased with the results. First, | | | | implants can last you a lifetime. The success |
| the dentist will take x-rays of your mouth | | | | of your procedure also depends on the quality |
| and perform a thorough oral examination. | | | | and quantity of bone available to the dental |
| Typically, the dentist will administer a | | | | surgeon. The better the bone, and the more of |
| local anesthetic to ease any discomfort | | | | it, the better the chances of a complete |
| during the operation. A pilot hole is then | | | | success. The quality of the restorative |
| bored into the jawbone, to allow for the | | | | prosthesis placed on top of the implant is |
| placement of the implant. After the hole is | | | | also a major factor affecting the success of |
| drilled, the implant is inserted into | | | | your procedure. If the design of the crown, |
| position. The implant is left for around four | | | | over-dentures, or other prostheses are poorly |
| months to fuse into the jawbone through a | | | | constructed or poorly designed, the biting |
| natural process known as Osseo integration. | | | | forces of the mouth will not be balanced and |
| After a few months, and when the implant has | | | | may cause complications in the future. Who |
| fused securely to the bone, the dentist will | | | | Does NOT Qualify for Dental Implants? Some |
| then attach the post to the implant. The post | | | | medical conditions or specific physical |
| is the support for the synthetic replacement | | | | characteristics may make it impossible or |
| or replacements. The last part of the | | | | dangerous to have a dental implant procedure |
| procedure is known as the restorative phase. | | | | performed. People who suffer from |
| This is when the dentist will take | | | | uncontrolled diabetes, parathyroid disorders, |
| impressions and create the necessary | | | | blood disorders, rare bone disorders, or bone |
| prosthesis that will attach to the implant or | | | | marrow cancer should not consider getting |
| implants. This process normally take several | | | | dental implants. Also, those undergoing or |
| visits in itself. Qualified Dentists You may | | | | who recently have undergone chemotherapy or |
| find that you will have to see several | | | | other radiation therapy should avoid this |
| different dentists in order to complete your | | | | procedure. Some with certain physical |
| dental implant procedure. Periodontists and | | | | characteristics such as insufficient or poor |
| oral surgeons are both qualified to perform | | | | quality bone, low sinuses, or low nerve |
| the first part of the process, placing the | | | | bundles may also not qualify for dental |
| implant or implants. If a periodontist or | | | | implant procedures. |
| oral surgeon is used to complete the implant | | | | |