After The Dental Implant Surgery, You’ll Enjoy a Functional, Beautiful Smile

When you visit Alpine Family Dental in Kalispell, Montana, with missing teeth, Drs. Evan Olson and Autumn Chapman will likely recommend dental implants as the preferred teeth replacement. 

Dental implants fuse with the jawbone over time to become part of your dentition. Because of this unique design, dental implants stay in place when chewing, laughing, talking, or sneezing. Dental implants are like your natural teeth, only that they’re lab-made.

The versatility of dental implants

Your choices for dental implants are unlimited — you can replace one tooth, several teeth, or all teeth in an entire arch or both.

• Single dental implants: Missing even one tooth can have a massive impact on your smile and oral health. Drs. Olson and Chapman advise patients to replace teeth immediately to avoid diminished chewing ability, dipped confidence, bone atrophy, and other consequences of tooth loss. A single dental implant replaces one missing tooth. After inserting a titanium post in the jawbone, we top it off with a natural-looking crown
• Multiple dental implants: If you are missing two or more teeth and the adjacent teeth are healthy, we’ll restore your smile with the appropriate number of implants for a complete, beautiful smile
• All-on-X dental implants: Missing teeth in an entire arch or both? Dental implants can restore your smile with All-on-X dental implants. This option uses four to six implants strategically placed in the mouth to anchor a natural-looking denture or bridge. This option is more convenient and stable than conventional dentures

Even though you’ve already decided dental implants are the way to go, you still need a consultation with an implant dentist to determine your eligibility. Potential implant beneficiaries must be in good health and have sufficient jawbone density. However, if you have severe bone loss, you can still benefit from dental implants by using bone grafting to replenish lost bone tissue.

Using state-of-the-art technology to improve dental implant outcome

We use innovative technologies to provide patients with the best dental implant experience possible. One of the signature technologies we use to plan your implant procedure is the Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). This technology provides detailed images of your jawbone, teeth, nerves, blood vessels, and adjacent structures. 

CBCT allows us to assess the health of available bone for implant placement and precise evaluation of the implant site for accurate implant surgery. This technology enables us to simulate the implant procedure for a predictable outcome.

What to expect from dental implant surgery

Once the crucial implant planning is done, it’s time for some implant action! The dental implant surgery is an outpatient procedure done right here in our office. Before the procedure, we ensure you are as comfortable as possible. 

We precisely numb your mouth to block pain signals from reaching the brain. Anesthesia makes the dental implant procedure comfortable for most patients, but if you have dental anxiety, you can benefit from sedation dentistry.

Once comfortable, we insert a titanium post at a precise location in the jawbone. We then place a healing cap and suture the surgical site to kick-start healing. We’ll leave the implant for four to six months to allow healing and fusion with the bone through osseointegration. 

After fusion and healing, you’ll return to our office for a minor surgery to replace the healing cap with an abutment. This procedure requires two weeks of healing, after which you’ll visit Drs. Olson and Eller to cap your implant with a life-looking crown. After a dental implant procedure, you’ll chew, smile, and speak as if you never lost teeth!

Change your smile and life with dental implants

Dental implants from Alpine Family Dental can give you a lifetime of oral function and aesthetics. Please dial (406) 393-8877 to get your complete smile today.

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