Did you know losing a tooth affects more than just the appearance of your smile? Missing teeth can cause many health issues that aren’t always apparent, like bone resorption in your jaw! This is the loss of bone mass and volume, which changes the shape of your face and prevents you from effectively replacing your teeth. Only one tooth replacement option can prevent bone resorption: dental implants! Unfortunately, traditional implants can be costly and incredibly time-consuming, leaving you toothless for months. At Bivona Family Dental, we offer same-day implants using mini dental implants for your convenience and comfort!
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants are titanium posts we insert into the jawbone to support tooth replacement restorations. These restorations include artificial crowns, bridges, and dentures!
Traditional dental implants consist of many parts held together by an implant screw. These titanium implants are around 5 millimeters in diameter and require an invasive procedure for us to place. First, we make an incision in your gums using specialized dental tools to access the jawbone underneath.
Then, using a series of increasingly large drills, we create a hole in your jawbone about 5 millimeters wide. Once we place the implant body in your jawbone, we stitch up the incision in your gums and allow it to heal. While we wait, the implant will slowly bond to your jawbone, becoming more stable.
Unfortunately, each component of a traditional implant must be placed separately, which makes the process take months if not a whole year! Additionally, these implants are expensive, as you must pay for each component as well as the restoration.
Fortunately, Bivona Family Dental offers mini dental implants for a more comfortable and convenient way to replace teeth!
The Same-Day Mini Dental Implant Difference
Mini dental implants provide many incredible benefits that conventional ones cannot, including convenience and comfort.
Increased Comfort
Mini dental implants are much smaller than traditional implants, with a diameter of less than 3 millimeters. While this size difference may seem insignificant, think of the difference between the eraser at the end of a pencil and the size of a toothpick. Now, think of which you would rather have in your jawbone!
While traditional implants are incredibly secure and needed in select cases, mini implants are just as secure! Additionally, mini implants are more suitable for patients who have lost jawbone mass and volume, as we need less bone to place them. While many patients need a bone graft to replace missing bone to be eligible for a traditional implant, a bone graft is often unnecessary to get a mini dental implant-supported restoration!
To place mini implants, we use a minimally invasive procedure that is much more comfortable for patients like you! Without using an incision or stitches, we drill a small pilot hole through your gums and jawbone. Then, we carefully screw the implant into place, where it becomes remarkably secure immediately. This process is painless thanks to local anesthetic and requires minimal healing post-procedure.
The Convenience of Same-Day Dental Implants
Mini dental implants have “immediate load potential,” meaning we can place a temporary restoration the same day we place them! Mini implants instantly affix to the bone and are strong enough to support a temporary crown, bridge, or denture. Immediate loading provides many incredible benefits for patients, including never having to go without teeth!
Mini dental implants also boast a one-piece design! This structure allows us to place the implant all at once without needing multiple appointments, which lowers the cost and length of your procedure. Additionally, their single-piece design reduces your risk of developing peri-implantitis post-procedure. Peri-implantitis is an infection that affects the area surrounding an implant as bacteria gathers between implant components. As mini implants lack components, you are less likely to suffer the infection!
The fewer appointments needed, fewer parts, and lack of bone graft all make mini implants much less expensive than a traditional implant procedure. Bivona Family Dental offers mini dental implants and their amazing benefits at a price that won’t break the bank for your convenience!
Restore Your Smile With Same-Day Dental Implants!
Missing teeth require immediate attention, which means you can’t always afford to wait! While traditional dental implants take many months, even up to a year, to be secure, mini implants are instantly secure enough to support a restoration! Their added level of comfort and convenience, as well as their many benefits, make mini dental implants the ideal implant choice to replace teeth.
Schedule a free consultation with us today to restore your smile with same-day mini implants!
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