Immediate Dental Implants

  

If you know you are about to lose a tooth, or if you have suddenly lost a tooth, there may be a chance that you can get your tooth replaced with an ‘immediate’ dental implant.

It may well be possible to put an implant tooth in immediately. You should act quickly though: it only takes a couple of days for the gum to grow down into the socket and this will make it difficult to put an immediate implant in place.

There are two key conditions that have to be met to make an immediate implant possible:

The bone around the failing tooth must be intact;

The gum and surrounding area must be infection free.

If both these conditions are met, then it is possible to carefully extract the root and immediately put an implant directly into the tooth socket.

If the dental implant is adequately secure in the bone, the titanium post can be put in place and a temporary crown on top. This treatment means that the patient can literally come to the clinic with a failed tooth and leave a short while later with a new implant tooth in place.

The temporary teeth look very natural and stay securely in place until the implant has healed sufficiently to put the permanent crown in place.

An immediate tooth implant can save months of waiting for your new tooth. It will reduce the number of visits you need to make to the surgery, and the money you have to spend on preparation and surgery time.

Extensive experience with immediate dental implants shown there is very little discomfort associated with this procedure, with some patients reporting feeling no pain at all during the implant surgery. They have also found the implant is fully functioning almost immediately.

In addition, patients report that their family and friends do not notice the difference, because their new replacement teeth have a natural look. This advanced dental technique allows the implant to lock in place, giving it a stronger, more permanent hold than any other implant procedure.