Healing after dental implant placement surgery is typically between three and six months.
During this time, we're allowing your biocompatible dental implant to fully fuse and integrate with your jawbone through a process called osseointegration. When your implant is fully integrated with your bone, it is completely stable, just like your tooth root, and ready to support your restoration, a custom porcelain crown.
It is this process that makes dental implants so unique because they are the only procedure that replaces both your tooth and root. This is important because without a root to support, your jawbone begins to deteriorate, which can impact support for your facial structure and neighboring teeth, resulting in more tooth loss.
Why Choose Dental Implants?
Dental implants offer several advantages for patients that make them the gold standard in tooth replacement.
- Excellent Aesthetics — A dental implant looks and feels like a natural tooth.
- Superior Function — Chewing and eating are comfortable and easy because your implant is just like a natural tooth.
- Exceptional Longevity — A dental implant can potentially last for a lifetime with the proper care.
- Bone Protection — An implant keeps your jawbone healthy.
- Bite Stabilization — Dental implants protect bite alignment, which promotes jaw joint (TMJ) health.
Would you like to learn more about dental implants in Augusta, GA? Contact West Augusta Dental Associates at (706) 738-8070 and book an evaluation with one of our dentists. We can complete the entire process from start to finish in the comfort of our dental office.