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Dental Implants

If you've already lost a tooth due to periodontal disease or other reasons, you may be interested in dental implant to replace the missing tooth.


When it comes to replacing one or more teeth in your mouth, a dental implant is often the treatment of choice and is also one of the most conservative treatments for tooth replacement. Implants are biocompatible posts that replace the roots of your missing teeth. They are physically and biologically designed to attach to your jaw bone and become the foundation for a natural looking restoration.


Your new tooth or teeth will have excellent stability and strength, and will look and feel like your natural teeth. 

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Implants are prescribed

to replace a missing tooth or teeth.

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An implant post is surgically placed into the area where the tooth is missing. In a few months bone will fuse to the implant.

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A customized crown or bridge is permanently cemented to the implant. 

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Implants restore the natural beauty, function, and health of teeth. 

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SINUS ELEVATION

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However, in the molars (back teeth) area of the upper arch, there is the maxillary sinus (an air filled space inside the skull).  If the sinus is too low for implant placement, the sinus membrane will then need to be elevated and bone graft placed prior to the implant surgery.  X-rays and sometimes CT scan is required to determine the need for the sinus elevation procedure.  Sinus elevation can be done either by using the osteotome technique (in which the implant can be placed at the same time), or a lateral window technique (in which the implant is usually placed 4-6 months afterward).

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Lateral Window Sinus Elevation:

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 Pre-op

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New bone in sinus

Internal Sinus Elevation (Osteotome technique):

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Low Sinus floor

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Implants with internal sinus elevation

RIDGE AUGMENTATION

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If your tooth has been missing for a long time, you may have significant bone loss that there is not enough bone to place an implant.  In a case by case bases, bone augmentation is needed to help you grow back some bone prior to implant placement.

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Thin ridge

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Gained bone width after augmentation

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