Dental Implants – Brooklyn, NY

Initial Dental Implant Consultation

During your initial consultation, our team will carefully examine your mouth and facial structures to determine if dental implants are a viable option for you. We’ll be looking at your jawbone density to ensure that the bone is strong enough to support the implant posts, as well as screening your oral health to ensure there aren’t any underlying issues that might negatively affect your implants. Once we’re able to clear you for implants, we can schedule your surgery.

Dental Implant Surgery

We’re excited to be able to complete the entire implant process in-house, meaning that you’ll be conveniently working closely with the same team under the same roof the whole time. As for the procedure itself, it’s quite straightforward; we’ll numb your mouth before making small incisions into your gum tissue to access your jawbone, where we’ll then place as many implant rods as needed. The gums are sutured shut and protective caps are placed over the posts so that they aren’t disturbed as your mouth heals.

Dental Implant Osseointegration & Abutment

The implant posts will need a few months (anywhere from three to six) to fuse with your jawbone; this part of the process is known as osseointegration, and it’s pretty important since it ensures the future success of your restorations. Patients will have to follow a very specific set of recovery guidelines during this period to ensure that things heal up properly. Once the posts have successfully fused with your jaw, you’ll come back to receive abutments, which your final restorations are attached to.

Delivery of Dental Implant Restoration(s)

A few weeks after your abutments have been placed, we’ll call you back in to attach your custom restorations. These replacement teeth will be designed based on precise impressions of your smile, meaning they’ll look, feel, and function identically to your original teeth. Once they’ve been placed, we’ll make sure everything looks right and your bite is correct before sending you on your way with your brand-new, complete smile!

Day-to-Day Benefits

Just like your natural teeth, your dental implants will play an important role in everyday tasks such as speaking and chewing. As such, you will enjoy the following benefits on a daily basis:

• Improved Confidence: Dental implants can give your self-esteem a boost in a number of ways. For one thing, they look and feel natural, making it easier to smile without hesitation. On top of that, you’ll never need to worry about your new teeth slipping or sliding out of place.
• A Varied Diet: Thanks to their stability, dental implants can handle most foods, meaning you can enjoy your favorite meals again without restriction.
• Easy Maintenance: Traditional dentures require you to buy specialized products to take care of them. In contrast, dental implants can be brushed and flossed as if they were natural teeth.

Health Benefits

Dental implants can help improve your smile, but they also come with a number of key health benefits:

• Jawbone Preservation: You may have heard that the jawbone tends to deteriorate when teeth are missing. Dental implants are the only type of tooth replacement that can prevent this bone loss from happening.
• Improved Nutrition: It’s harder to maintain a healthy diet when there are limits on what you can eat. Fortunately, dental implants let you eat virtually any food, making it easier to fulfill your nutritional needs.
• Keeping Natural Teeth Safe: Once tooth loss occurs, the remaining teeth may start to drift out of their proper positions. A dental implant can fill the empty space so that you don’t have to worry about future alignment issues.

Long-Term Benefits

You’ll start to appreciate your dental implants even more as the years go by thanks to these long-term benefits:

• A High Success Rate: Dental implants that have been in the mouth for 10 years have a success rate of 95%. In other words, you can generally count on dental implants to stay successful for a long time.
• Longevity: Dental implants last far longer than traditional forms of tooth replacement. Some patients are even able to keep the same dental implants for the rest of their lives.
• A More Youthful Appearance: Missing teeth are often associated with a sunken, aged appearance, but dental implants can go a long way toward helping you look younger.

Who is a Good Candidate for Dental Implants?

So long as you’re a healthy adult, you can get dental implants. These prosthetics don’t tend to have many requirements. However, they do benefit some patients more than others. The best candidates for dental implants have these three traits:

• Good Overall Health – Implant placement is a surgery, so your body must be decently healthy to bear it. Your treatment will lead to complications otherwise.
• Great Oral Health – When they aren’t addressed, dental issues like cavities and gum disease cause implant failure. A dentist should treat them before your implant surgery.
• Proper Jawbone Density – Your jawbone needs proper strength and density to support dental implants. If it’s too weak, your new teeth will become unstable and fail.

Even if you lack the qualities above, there’s no need to worry. You can become a good implant candidate through certain dental services. These preliminary procedures may include tooth extraction, gum disease therapy, or bone grafts. Once you’ve had them, your jaw will have the density needed to handle implants.

Missing One Tooth

When you’re missing just one tooth, the best solution is a single implant and crown. This pair will blend with adjacent teeth to ensure seamless results. Its effects should also last a good while – the average implant has a longer lifespan than a dental bridge. Plus, an implant-crown pair is non-invasive. Placing them doesn’t require the dentist to alter other teeth. (Such alterations can weaken a tooth and make it more sensitive.)

Missing Multiple Teeth

You’d likely benefit from an implant bridge if the missing teeth are consecutive. After all, this device relies on two dental implants fused to a pontic (i.e., artificial tooth). It can replace several chompers at once without using abutments. In other words, placing it doesn’t involve any enamel removal.

If you’ve lost teeth throughout your mouth, a partial implant denture would work well. It’d use several implant posts to anchor itself in place.

Missing All Teeth

Once you’ve lost all your natural teeth (or soon will), you may want to try an implant denture. It uses four to six implants to restore an entire arch of pearly whites.

Of course, an implant denture has advantages over a normal one. That it has dental implants means it won’t slip or fall from your mouth. Better yet, it’ll restore your bite force to help you chew tough foods. This sort of denture is also long-lasting. Unlike regular ones, it can work for a lifetime and save you money on repair and replacement work.

Preliminary Treatments & Dental Implant Surgery

Preliminary treatments, like gum disease therapy, tooth extractions, and bone grafting, are sometimes necessary and will add to the overall cost of your treatment. However, these preliminary treatments are vital for maximizing the success of your new smile. Fortunately, many of them are partially covered by dental insurance. We conveniently provide the entire treatment process under one roof, so you don’t need to worry about working with an outside specialist and needing to pay separately for the surgery.

The Parts of Your Dental Implant

Here are some of the most prominent factors we look at to determine the cost of your treatment:

• Number of Implants: Depending on the number of teeth that you are missing and where they are located in your mouth, you will need more or fewer dental implants. The more implants you need, the higher the cost.
• Type of Restoration: Crowns, bridges, and dentures all have different costs. In most cases, the smaller the restoration you get, the lower the cost is.
• Material Used: Implants are usually made from titanium, but they can also be made from zirconia. These materials are at different price points.
• Brand of Implants: Dental implants come from a variety of different manufacturers. This will influence their costs.

How Dental Implants Can Save You Money

It can be tempting to try to save money by opting for an alternative tooth replacement option. Dental bridges and dentures are great for some people, but dental implants provide benefits you can’t get anywhere else. They can even help you save money in the long run. You don’t need to worry about paying for replacements every 5 to 7 years like you would for dentures, you don’t need to stock up on denture adhesives or cleansing solutions. Dental implants also help to prevent dental issues from arising, ultimately helping you avoid the need for costly treatments that add up over time.

Does My Dental Insurance Cover Dental Implants?

Dental insurance plans often don’t cover the cost of dental implants, but there are some exceptions. Parts of the final or preliminary treatments are often covered. Our team is happy to work with you to understand what is and isn’t covered before your treatment begins. This way, we can fully maximize your coverage.

Making Dental Implants Affordable

If you don’t have dental insurance, this doesn’t mean you will be left completely on your own. With our In-House Dental Savings plan, patients can save on treatments and procedures completed at our practice. We also work with CareCredit and Alpheon. These are third-party financing companies that can help to split the cost of your treatment into manageable monthly installments. To learn more about your financing options, don’t hesitate to reach out to one of our friendly team members.

To find out exactly how much you can expect your implants to cost, schedule a consultation with us. We’re eager to help you get your smile back!