Missing teeth have a major impact on your ability to function. This is especially true for those with severe tooth loss, meaning they have eight or fewer teeth left. The more teeth you lose, the more likely you are to struggle to chew certain foods, losing out on essential nutrients. While dental implants replace these teeth by anchoring artificial tooth restorations, not everyone is eligible for the procedure. Thankfully, Bivona Family Dental offers another solution! Using mini dental implants, we can restore your smile even with minimal bone structure. But what is the process of mini dental implants, and how does it differ from their conventional counterparts?
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Understanding Mini Dental Implants
Dental implants are titanium screws that we anchor in your jawbone. Because of their biocompatible design, these implants integrate with your jaw, creating an incredibly secure connection.
Once in your bone, dental implants act as artificial tooth roots, keeping your jaw healthy and supporting restorations like crowns, bridges, and dentures. However, conventional implants require sufficient bone support, which many patients don’t have.
Fortunately, mini dental implants provide the same great stability at half the size! These tiny titanium posts require minimal bone for support, allowing patients who aren’t eligible for conventional implants to restore their smiles. Additionally, thanks to their unique design, these implants provide numerous other benefits compared to conventional implants.
- A less invasive placement procedure
- Fewer components and a single placement appointment
- Immediate results with a temporary (or even final!) restoration
- A more affordable solution to tooth loss
To discover if you’re eligible for mini dental implants, you’ll need to visit us for a free implant consultation!
What Is the Process of Mini Dental Implants?
The process for getting a mini dental implant is relatively simple.
No matter what implant solution you need, the journey begins with a free consultation. There, we gather information to plan your treatment and discuss your needs. Our consultations involve taking a CBCT, which is a 3D scan of the bone around the area where the implant will be placed. This scan helps us assess whether the bone is healthy, dense, and thick enough to support an implant.
Although one of the great advantages of mini implants is that most patients are eligible for treatment! Thanks to their small diameter and minimally invasive procedure, patients with minimal bone can restore their smile without issue.
The procedure is simple and begins with a local anesthetic to numb your treatment area. Then, we create a small hole in the gums, about the size of an ear piercing, through which we thread the implant.
Once inside your bone, mini implants immediately begin stabilizing. This remarkable security allows us to place a temporary crown (or in some cases, a final one) on it the same day! However, if you need a temporary, your implant only requires a few short weeks of healing before securing your final restoration.
The mini dental implant process is an excellent solution for those missing teeth. If you’re interested in learning more, please visit us in Jasper, AL.
Restore Your Smile With Mini Implants in Jasper, AL
Struggling with lost teeth? You’re not alone, and Bivona Family Dental has a solution! Using mini implants, we restore your smile and its ability to function. The mini dental implant process is a quick, minimally invasive, and affordable solution to tooth loss! Book a free implant consultation with us to learn if you’re eligible for mini implant treatment.
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