After Implant Care | Butura Oral and Dental Implant Surgery

Dental implants are the most technologically advanced and longest-lasting tooth replacement option available. However, after-implant care is necessary to ensure they last and can continue restoring your confidence and smile.

What Can I Use for Teeth While the Implants Heal?

Many options are available, and they are tailored to your specific requirements.

If you need a replacement tooth while the implants are healing, temporary removable teeth or a temporary bridge can be made.
If all your teeth are missing, we can modify your present complete denture or make you a new temporary one.
If you would prefer non-removable teeth during the healing phase, temporary transitional implants usually can be placed along with the permanent implants. Temporary teeth may be made and inserted the same day.

Depending on your situation, some implants can be placed and “loaded” immediately. This means a temporary or permanent replacement tooth can be placed on, or shortly after, the day the implant is placed.

The Restorative Treatment Process

The dental work required to complete your treatment is complex. Most of the work involves making the new teeth before being placed. Your appointments are considered more comfortable and more pleasant than previous methods of tooth replacement. Frequently, this process can be performed without local anesthesia.

Here’s a brief breakdown of the process:

Specialized Impressions: We start by taking detailed impressions to produce a replica of your mouth and implants.

Bite Records: These records help us understand the relationship between your upper and lower jaws, ensuring your replacement teeth fit perfectly.

Creating Abutments: We will make abutments (support posts) that attach your replacement teeth to your implants. Depending on your case, we may use standard "off-the-shelf" abutments or custom-made ones of gold or tooth-colored ceramic material.

Appointment Frequency and Duration

The number of appointments and the amount of time required for each appointment differs for each patient. Each case is different and regardless of the number of teeth replaced, the work must be completed with great precision and attention to detail. If you have only a few teeth replaced, as few as three short appointments may be required. We will need time between appointments to complete the necessary lab work to make your replacement teeth. It is most beneficial to keep all your scheduled appointments.

If your final restoration is a removable denture, you must come to as many as five office appointments (although it may be fewer) over the following several months. During these appointments, we will perform a series of impressions, bites, and adjustments to make your new teeth and the custom support bars, snaps, magnets, or clips that will secure your teeth to the implants. Every effort will be made to ensure you have comfortable, temporary replacement teeth during this period.

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Treatment Timeline and Cost

In general, once your implants are placed, you can expect your tooth replacement treatment to be completed anywhere from 1 to 12 months. For these reasons, it is difficult for us to tell you exactly how much the restorative phase of your treatment will cost, although you should receive a reasonable estimate from our office. It also is difficult to give you a specific timeframe for completion of your treatment until after the implants are ready for restoration.

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Each patient is unique, and we can't discuss every option and every contingency for treatment outcome. This booklet is intended to help you understand the general treatment options available. If your specific treatment options are not clear, please contact us. We will happily answer any questions you have about your dental care.

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