Single Tooth Implant Replacement - Compassionate Dental Care

At Compassionate Dental Care, we offer many restorative dental options that can make your smile healthier, brighter, and cleaner than ever. Each treatment we use can be customized for you, so your unique smile receives the best-suited treatment. One of our restorative treatments is an option known as dental implants.

If you have a missing tooth, few restorative dental treatments are as effective and long-lasting as dental implants. This treatment is ideal for patients with one or multiple missing teeth. Gaps in your smile can make you feel self-conscious and can even be painful. Let us help restore your smile with dental implants.

Dental or teeth implants are a complex technology, and you deserve to know as much about them as possible. We’ll go over the following topics of discussion regarding dental implants:

As you can see, there’s a great deal to learn about and know about dental implants. Let’s take a brief look at the topics below before we dive into them deeper on the ensuing pages.

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are a great way for dentists to replace missing teeth—all the way down to the tooth root. The implants have advanced in leaps and bounds over the last few decades, and they now can last for more than 25 years!

The dental implant itself consists of a small surgical component that is placed below the surface of the gums in your jaw. The small post acts like the root of the tooth and then anchors a dental prosthetic in place above it. The prosthetic can be any type of replacement from a dental bridge to a single dental crown.

Dental implants can be used to replace one single tooth or multiple missing teeth, depending on the gap locations throughout the mouth.

How Do Dental Implants Work?

Dental implants help to keep your teeth where they should be, restore your full smile, and promote important bone density for your other teeth. A tooth implant is designed to function just like a regular tooth functions, including keeping your jawbone and facial structure strong and healthy!

When you’re missing one or more teeth, your existing teeth might start to shift around in your mouth. This may cause misalignment and often causes your teeth to experience more strain, wear, and tear from chewing or communicating.

Some of our best dental implants can fix that! The implants take the place of the missing tooth or teeth and keep all of your teeth exactly where they should be. Outside of the function of keeping your teeth in place, the dental implant process places a new tooth where an old one existed and promotes a healthier smile.

The reason implants make your smile healthier is because the root of a tooth actually promotes bone growth and density in the jaw and skull. When that tooth and its root are removed or lost for whatever reason, the bone in the surrounding area doesn’t have anything to hold onto and begins to degrade.

Tooth Implant Procedure

Any type of dental surgery requires a certain amount of preparation and recovery time. The steps for dental implant placement include:

Consultation: Come see Dr. Stirneman or Dr. Patel at Compassionate Dental Care for a FREE implant consultation. He’ll be able to determine if a single tooth implant replacement is right for you.
Preparation: Depending on your situation, you may or may not need bone preparation. If you do need a bone graft, we’ll take care of that first.
Placement: The actual implant is then placed.
Growth and Healing: A certain amount of time is needed after the implant procedure to allow the bone surrounding it to heal and integrate with the implant. This is the longest part of the process.
Prosthetic Placement: Once your dental implant has been given sufficient time to heal and is ready to handle the next step, your dental prosthetic device will be attached to the top of the implant.

Once all these steps are completed, you’ll have a new tooth or new teeth that blend in with your natural smile.

One-Day Dental Implants

There are certain types of dental implant placement procedures that can all be done in one day, including one-day dental implants. The success rate of this procedure is high and works well for patients that don’t have the time for a series of appointments.

Multiple appointments may be needed beforehand to precisely map out your treatment plan. During the procedure, an implant and prosthetic can be placed all in one appointment.

Dental Implant Cost

Dental implants costs vary depending on the area you’re getting your implant placed and what your dentist charges. We understand that cost may seem high, but when you consider the exceptionally high success rate and the investment in your smile, the price becomes more understandable as an investment.

Find Dental Implants Near You With Compassionate Dental Care. Call Us Today!

Learn more about our affordable dental implants and how they can transform your smile by contacting our office today. We can answer your dental implant and oral health questions and schedule your FREE consultation call today at 847.854.7645!