Your Comprehensive Guide to Dental Implants: What You Need to Know
Dental implants offer an excellent solution for replacing missing teeth, whether you need a single implant or multiple implants. If you’re considering dental implants, understanding the process and benefits can help you make an informed decision. Here’s a detailed FAQ about getting dental implants at Scharrington Dental in Schaumburg, Illinois, including the steps and advantages they offer.
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants are prosthetic tooth roots that are inserted into the mandible to hold up a bridge or replacement tooth. They provide a stable and long-lasting solution for missing teeth. Implants are made from biocompatible materials like titanium, which fuse with the jawbone over time, creating a secure foundation for your new teeth. Whether you need a single or multiple dental implant, this solution offers durability and functionality similar to natural teeth.
Preserve Bone and Improve Your Smile with Dental Implants!
Main purpose of doing a dental implant is to preserve the bone structure once you lose the tooth. A lot of people have misconceptions of replace missing tooth, but the number 1 reason that you do that is to preserve the surrounding bone that supports the adjacent there. Because once you lose the bone and the areas start losing and not only does it affect the teeth adjacent to it, everything starts shifting towards that empty space, so now it compromises your appearance, and also the position of your teeth so that it affects how you eat and by putting a dental implant – the dental implant stimulates the bone around it, so it preserves the bone structure. Therefore you maintain that space for a long time. That is the number one reason that we place the dental implant there.
Here in our office, the dental implant is the best option that we can offer to our patient to replace your missing teeth. So the bridge commonly called a bridge or a fixed partial denture. Basically, we have to use – when you are missing the tooth, conventionally how it was done was you have to use adjacent teeth, we have to grind down your healthy teeth, and then we take the impression, and then we replace those missing teeth. But the negative side of that is once you start grinding your teeth, the life expectancy of your teeth is reduced by half. The reason for the bridge to fail is because you can still get cavities under the bridge. So now, instead of replacing one tooth now, you have to replace two adjacent teeth so we could have done dental implants, for example – without damaging the adjacent teeth – now many years later now, you end up replacing three teeth or four teeth or more. So that is why dental implant has an advantage to it because it doesn’t damage any teeth next to it.
Here in our office, dental implants are the best option that we can offer to our patient to replace your missing teeth.
What Are the Benefits of Dental Implants?
Dental implants offer numerous advantages, including:
- Restored Confidence: Enjoy smiling, speaking, and eating without embarrassment.
- Enhanced Functionality: Implants function like natural teeth, allowing you to enjoy various foods.
- Preserved Bone Health: Implants help maintain jawbone density and prevent bone loss.
- Durability: With proper care, implants can last a lifetime, making them a cost-effective long-term solution.
What Is the Process for Getting Dental Implants?
The process of getting dental implants typically involves three main phases:
Phase 1: Consultation and CBCT Scan
Your journey begins with a thorough consultation and a cone beam CT (CBCT) scan. This 3D scan helps assess your dental health and determine whether single or multiple implants suit you. It also aids in creating a precise surgical guide for implant placement. This guide ensures accurate positioning and angle for the implants, contributing to a successful procedure.
Phase 2: Implant Placement and Same-Day Restoration
During the placement phase, we use local anesthesia or IV sedation to ensure you are comfortable and pain-free. The implant procedure involves making a small incision in the gum, placing the implant into the jawbone, and then stitching the gum back. Preliminary procedures such as tooth extractions or bone grafting may be performed if necessary. After placing the implants, temporary restorations allow you to eat and speak confidently while the implants heal.
Phase 3: Final Restorations
After several months of healing, during which the implants fuse with the jawbone, we will place your final restorations. These custom-made crowns, bridges, or dentures match the color and shape of your natural teeth, completing your smile. Whether you had single or multiple implants, your final restorations will provide a fully functional and aesthetically pleasing result.
All on Six Dental Implants – Upper and Lower
All on Six Dental Implants – Upper and Lower
All on Six Dental Implants – Upper and Lower
How Long Does the Entire Process Take?
The full dental implant process can take several months. This includes the initial consultation, implant placement, and the healing period before the final restorations are fitted. The exact timeline depends on your specific situation, including the need for preliminary procedures like bone grafting.
Guided Surgery from BioHorizons
The Bio Horizon’s guided surgery kit offers the precision and predictability of guided implant placement with a streamlined single kit design. Surgical guides are available from Vulcan Custom Dental and many other guide partners, for a full list visit the BioHorizon’s Website.
The guide manufacturer will provide the surgical guide along with the surgical protocol detailing the instruments to be used for the case. Once the surgical guide is seated, begin the surgery using the instruments specified in the surgical protocol. Place the drill guide into the master cylinder and advance the pilot drill through the drill guide until it rests on the bony crest.
Confirm passive seating of the drill by pumping the drill in and out. Once the drill is passive, rest it against the bony crest and begin drilling. Continue to pump the drill in and out of the drill guide to allow for irrigation. Continue to prepare the osteotomy according to the surgical protocol.
Verify the driver and stop position recommended on the surgical protocol. Pick up the implant using the driver and place either a disposable depth stop or depth stop handle in the correct stop position. Place the implant through the guide until the depth stop rests on the top of the master cylinder.
Remove the guide and place the temporary restoration healing abutment or cover cap. Learn more at https://biohorizons.com/
Are Dental Implants Safe?
Yes, dental implants are considered safe and effective. As with any surgical procedure, there are risks, but these are minimal with proper planning and execution. At Scharrington Dental, Dr. Joon Han’s extensive training and experience in implant dentistry ensure the highest level of care and successful outcomes.
Ready to restore your smile with dental implants? Scharrington Dental in Schaumburg, Illinois, is here to help, whether you need a single implant or multiple implants. Contact us today at (847) 891-9999 to schedule your consultation and take the first step toward a healthier, more confident you.
Our Patients Tell The Story Best
Dental Implants Replace a Single Tooth Seamlessly - Joseph's Testimonial
Joseph – Patient: Hi, my name is Joseph. I had an upper implant with Dr. Han. I broke my tooth, and I had a root canal done, and I broke it again, probably about 10, 15 years later, and after the second repair I started having bone loss, and the tooth just fell out. When I bit into a candy bar or something like that, that tooth broke. That kind of scares you because you are thinking what can they do to fix this, you know it’s a front tooth, your smile and then when I came in and saw Dr. Han was already my dentist so when I went to see him, and he told me my options, I felt confident. I didn’t worry about it at all.
Dr. Joon Han: Joseph came in originally with his tooth fracture because he had a root canal done on that tooth for a long time, so we ended up doing a dental implant, but for his case his bone structure was not that great, so we had to do a lot of the bone graft procedures, so this case was referred to an oral surgeon, so I worked closely with the oral surgeon to achieve the optimal goal, and then Joe came back to restore his front teeth.
Joseph – Patient: Dr. Han’s chair side manners – yeah, he is real mellow and makes me feel good because the whole time the implant procedure was going on, he was always worried about my smile and how he looked and since the procedure, everything was fine I am able to smile confidently, and I would recommend this office to anybody that needs that kind nay kind of dental work. To me, he is honest, and he’s got a good personality. What else could you ask for a dentist?
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Joseph
Dental Implants Replace a Single Tooth Seamlessly – Joseph’s Testimonial
My Dental Implant Surgery was Painless! - Antonette Shares her Experience at Scharrington Dental
Antonette – Patient: I am Antonette and the procedure that I had done here at Dr. Han’s office is a dental implant, 4 dental implants. Prior to the dental implant, I had a failing bridge, and I looked for a good dentist and I saw him and he was not really very far away from me, probably 3 minutes way and it was very convenient and I was quite impressed with Dr. Han.
Dr. Joon Han: So Antonette came into my office, she had a bridge for a long period of time, I think she said she had that bridge for 15 plus years and then she started noticing that her bridge was moving and then she was very concerned that if she loses the bridge she doesn’t want o wear partial dentures, and I want to get something fixed in that right side so I can chew better – that is what her main concern was so I told her that her only option that she can do is to get her teeth back is doing dental implants.
Antonette – Patient: Going through another surgery I was quite anxious because of the – of course the pain and I was thinking oh will this work? Or will it fail again but then again you know I gave it a shot and I had confidence in him and during the surgery, I was really pleased because he had the dexterity because he is very gentle and after that I didn’t have any swelling and they did follow up calls on me and you know they were asking me if I had pain, and I didn’t have any pain and I didn’t have – I didn’t even have to take any narcotics after that which was very good, and I didn’t have any swelling at all.
I recommend Dr. Han and his team members. First of all he is a perfectionist so he is a perfect dentist – I know no body is perfect but for me, after going through a lot of, I met a lot of dentists and I think he is one of the best!
Dental Implant Surgery
Antonette
My Dental Implant Surgery was Painless! – Antonette Shares her Experience at Scharrington Dental
