Breaking Down the Dental Implant Process Timeline

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Tooth implant treatment typically requires several visits to our dental office over a few months. If you require a bone graft or guided bone and tissue regeneration before dental implant surgery, you will need at least one additional visit. However, sometimes it is possible to place bone grafting material at the same time as the dental implant, providing only a small amount of bone is required. Enjoy a new tooth without having to wait months.

Tooth Implant Process

  • 1st Visit: Consultation and Diagnostic Tests
  • 2nd Visit: Tooth Removals, Implant Placement, and Temporary Prosthesis
  • 3rd Visit: Preparing for Your Permanent Prosthesis
  • 4th Visit: Fitting Your Prosthesis

1st Visit – Consultation and Diagnostic Tests

Three Dimensional Scan of Your Teeth

Your first visit includes a full consultation and examination with Dr. Rahmani. He examines your teeth and jaws to assess your suitability and will talk with you to determine your aims for treatment.

During this in-depth consultation, you will need to provide your medical history, including a list of medications currently being taken. It is important to make sure that any existing health conditions or medications will not interfere with the success of dental implant treatment, so please make sure all the information you give to us is complete and up-to-date.

Advanced Diagnostic and Planning

A Cone Beam CT scan dental x-rays and dental impressions are taken to provide a much clearer image of your dental health and plan treatment. The CT scan will show the condition of your jawbone and will determine if bone grafting is necessary.

The Cone Beam CT scan, advanced diagnostic and planning technology, is also used to make your temporary prosthesis that will be worn while your dental implants bond with your jawbone.

Treatment Plan with Options and the Costs

Dr. Rahmani will discuss all the possible dental implant treatments options with you. You will be provided with a written treatment plan, showing possible options and the costs. You will find Dr. Rahmani is very good at explaining procedures without using a lot of hard-to-understand dental terminology.

Dr. Rahmani does allow plenty of time for these initial consultations. He is more than happy to answer any questions you have about your implant treatment, so you have all the information you need to make a fully informed choice about your dental treatment. Your dental implant surgery can be carried out at your next visit.

2nd Visit – Tooth Removals, Implant Placement, and Temporary Prosthesis

After your initial visit, Dr. Rahmani will thoroughly analyze all the information gathered from your advanced diagnostic tests. He will know where your implants will be placed in your jawbone and will have made a surgical implant stent to guide him during surgery. Your temporary teeth will have been made and can be fitted after your implants are in place and surgery is completed.

You can have complete confidence in knowing that everything possible has been done to ensure your dental implant treatment proceeds quickly, smoothly, and comfortably.

Teeth Extractions

Atraumatic tooth extraction. If you require teeth removal, Dr. Rahmani will ensure they are extracted in a way that helps to preserve the empty tooth socket, often using a technique called an atraumatic tooth extraction.

Using specialized tools, Dr. Rahmani can remove your tooth while causing minimal damage to the surrounding bone and gum tissue. It’s a very gentle technique that helps preserve your jawbone’s maximum height and width, ensuring your dental implant treatment is more successful and reducing the need for bone grafting.

Bone graft. At this stage, it is also possible to place a small amount of bone grafting material before inserting the dental implants.

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Tooth Implant Process

You can rest assured that your implant treatment will be completely painless as we give enough anesthetics to keep you comfortable. Computer-guided surgery will ensure tooth implant process is quick.

Your computer-guided implant stent is placed over your gums, identifying the precise locations for each dental implant. It will only take a short while for Dr. Rahmani to prepare the site for the dental implant by accurately drilling the holes required for the implant post.

The implant post is then inserted and tightened using special tools. If necessary, the gums around the dental implant can then be stitched up, but sometimes tooth implant process is incision-free.

Fitting Your Temporary Prosthesis

At this stage, your temporary prosthesis can be placed.

The purpose of your temporary prosthesis is to allow you to eat reasonably normally and to ensure you can smile and talk properly.

We take a lot of care when fabricating our temporary teeth, but it is essential to remember that your permanent teeth will look even better. Your temporary prosthesis will remain in place for several months while your dental implant fully bonds with your jawbone and will be replaced once Dr. Rahmani is sure osseointegration is complete.

What to Expect During Surgery?

Some patients may oppose the idea of having oral surgery to place the dental implants, but it’s worth any minor discomfort.

Anesthetics. During the surgery, our implant dentists led by Dr. Rahmani will make sure you receive enough anesthetics. If necessary, he can usually supply additional sedation to ensure you feel completely comfortable at all times during this treatment.

Precise planning. It doesn’t take very long to place a dental implant as Dr. Rahmani plans the surgery beforehand. Using the surgical guide, your dentist will know precisely where to place each implant, and the surgical guide replicates the correct angulation of the implant and its depth in the jawbone. The planning is critical because the implant must be placed at the right angle to look fabulous and fully functional.

Very little or no discomfort. All the intricate planning done beforehand will have paid off by this stage because treatment will have been quicker and smoother so you can enjoy a more comfortable and faster healing period. It’s not uncommon to feel very little or no discomfort at all after having just a single dental implant. Even if you have some discomfort, it should be easily controllable with over-the-counter painkillers, or your dentist may choose to prescribe you something.

3rd Visit – Preparing for Your Permanent Prosthesis

Your third visit to our dental office will be quite quick.

We need to check your implant has fully healed before removing your temporary prosthesis to take detailed dental impressions of your dental implant. It is an entirely painless process, and you should not need any local anesthetic. Afterward, the doctor replaces your temporary prosthesis for one final time.

The impressions are sent to our dental laboratory with your prescription so they can make your new prosthesis. We liaise closely with our dental laboratory to ensure you will receive a stunning restoration made using only the best materials that conform to our strict quality standards.

It will typically take approximately two weeks for your new prosthesis to be made.

4th Visit – Fitting Your Prosthesis

Your fourth visit is also pretty quick.

We will remove your temporary teeth, so your new prosthesis is fitted and adjusted if necessary until it is perfect. We will show you how it looks to check you are happy with its appearance before permanently fitting it in place.

The fitting can be done by either cementing or screwing it onto your dental implant. We often prefer to screw a restoration in position as it is easy to remove it for any cleaning or maintenance. There is no need to worry that the screw holes will be visible as they are covered up with composite resin and will be invisible.

If you have a removable implant-supported denture, we will show you how to insert it and take it out for cleaning, and we always spend some time showing everyone how to look after their new teeth.

If you have any questions about Tooth Implant Process, Timeline or would like to make an appointment with Dr. Navid Rahmani, a board-certified periodontist, the best dental implants dentist, and oral surgeon in New York, please call our Midtown Manhattan dental implants center:

NYC Dental Implants Center

121 East 60th St Ste 6C2
New York, New York 10065
(60th St. btw Park Ave / Lex Ave)
212-256-0000

Page Updated on Oct 24, 2023 by
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