Single Dental Implant

Replacing A Tooth

Dental Implants are getting ever more advanced, making dental implants available to a much wider audience. It is a wonderful thing to bring a real improvement in people’s quality of life over the ill-fitting dentures of years ago. 

Immediate Implants

Where clinically possible, we like to be able to offer an Immediate Dental Implant, which means we carry out the extraction and immediate placement of the Dental Implant on the same day. Same-day replacements are incredibly convenient for the patient with an instant positive impact, but there are other benefits, which include less risk of the bone receding.

Many people don’t realise that leaving a space where the tooth used to be leads to a shrinkage in the bone, and that this starts happening almost as soon as a tooth is removed. Over time, this makes implants harder to place because there is less bone, which makes it important to act quickly when missing a tooth. But all is not lost…we can always help.

When Reduced Bone Is Available

Where the bone has reduced through a missing tooth, or as a result of gum disease, then these cases are candidates for advanced Dental Implants, which can reduce the need for surgical interventions such as bone grafting and sinus lifts- although we will do these too. We also have a very precise digital CT Scan, which can allow us to find the bone. We can always help.

Advanced Dental Implant Systems

These give greater stability through technology designed to instantly support the replacement teeth. And because advanced Dental Implant Systems such as Ankylos have been developed over a longer time, we have enough historical evidence to be comfortable in recommending them for immediate use (where clinically possible).

There Are Several Important Design Elements

• A progressive thread design is an important aspect of the Ankylos system, particularly one that enables the implant to be fixed more securely into the bone. This extra stability given by the advanced implant feature is very clear to us; they just feel more secure as we carry out the procedure. And, there are now studies that show higher implant survival rates.

• Coatings have been developed to speed up the time it takes for the implant to bond with the jawbone. For long-term success rates, it is important for the implant to fuse with the bone, and these coatings are designed to help this happen more quickly.

• Having multiple angled fittings into the Implant (called abutments) allows us to place these advanced implants at more angles to better seek out the sufficient amount of bone, whilst aligning the tooth to look as natural in place as possible.

Where clinically possible, we like to be able to offer an Immediate Dental Implant, which means we carry out the extraction and immediate placement of the Dental Implant on the same day. Same-day replacements are incredibly convenient for the patient with an instant positive impact, but there are other benefits, including less risk of the bone receding.

We are very interested to hear from people who have been told they can’t have dental implants. In at least 90% of cases, we can provide an option. 

CT Scanner Technology

The most important technology we have at the practice is our CT scanner, a superb piece of equipment that allows us to place Dental Implants with exceptional accuracy. Without this, we would be restricted in the types of Implant cases we could take on.

Instead, within a few minutes, we can see the results to the nearest millimetre and know the best options for the patient.

A full 3d image of the jaws and readings for the density of bone give us that complete confidence we’re doing the right thing, and most often we are able to take on the more difficult cases only because of this machine.

Benefits Of A CT Scanner

• Accuracy: We don’t have to compromise on the choice of options available to the patient

• More precise work: Because we know exactly what needs to be done before surgery, we can be less invasive and quicker

• Convenience: We provide CT Scanner services here at the practice

Whilst our system costs are different for advanced or simple implant systems, we charge the same rate for our services, whichever system we use. Because we don’t load the price of the advanced systems at all, we hope you’ll be sure that we’re giving the best advice in the interests of the patient.