Dental Implant Treatment

00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:09.100 Most times, there are two scenarios. 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:13.267 One, when you have a tooth that is broken and is not salvageable, 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:14.970 then we'll take the tooth out, 00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:19.134 and if the bone and the gum, the gingiva is allowing us, 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:22.200 allowing me to get that implant in an optimal position, 00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:23.967 you get an implant right away. 00:00:24.633 --> 00:00:26.494 It depends on the location of the tooth, 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:29.148 and most times in the anterior tooth in the front, 00:00:29.348 --> 00:00:32.380 I'll get you the temporary tooth right away, so you can smile. 00:00:32.867 --> 00:00:34.100 But if it's in posterior, 00:00:34.167 --> 00:00:37.500 preferably not to have a tooth on it right away 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.033 for a healing period of time. 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.840 Another situation will be, let's say you have lost your tooth 00:00:41.906 --> 00:00:46.033 for a long time ago, and you have lost bone and gingiva, 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:51.000 then I'll be building each part of the oral condition 00:00:51.067 --> 00:00:54.200 so that we can have an optimal condition for a dental implant. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.800 Unless you have a major medical condition, 00:00:57.367 --> 00:00:59.433 most of the patients should be a good candidate. 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:03.533 One thing that I take a look at, after the medical clearance is done, 00:01:03.900 --> 00:01:07.974 making sure your medications that you're taking is not adversely 00:01:08.040 --> 00:01:10.404 reacting against the dental implant surgeries, 00:01:10.604 --> 00:01:13.100 I'll look at your bone and the gum is healthy first. 00:01:13.300 --> 00:01:15.933 If that is cleared, then almost everybody 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:18.654 should be a very good candidate for dental implants. 00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:21.486 Most optimal case where your bone and gum is healthy, 00:01:21.567 --> 00:01:25.033 the implant should take about 8 to 12 weeks to heal, 00:01:25.233 --> 00:01:27.000 and you'll get your crowns in there. 00:01:28.133 --> 00:01:30.960 Let's say your bone is not great, and we have to build up the bone, 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.450 depending on the size of the bone grab that we have to do. 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:36.467 It probably takes about minimum 4 months, 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:40.267 all the way to sometimes 6–9 months for the bone graft to heal. 00:01:40.967 --> 00:01:44.467 I take every single case step-by-step approach, 00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:47.400 so you will know what is necessary. 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.367 Most of the patients after the dental implant surgery, 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.667 they're a little surprised that if it was a single implant surgery, 00:01:54.960 --> 00:01:58.300 they ask, they tell me, that's it. 00:02:00.867 --> 00:02:01.867 That's all we have to do. 00:02:01.933 --> 00:02:05.067 Be careful, you don't want to be chewing on that area. 00:02:05.700 --> 00:02:07.933 Then after a week, and then they went through 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.367 maybe a day of discomfort, and they're fine. 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:11.852 Most surprisingly, 00:02:12.100 --> 00:02:15.033 when we do four, six implants the same day, 00:02:15.100 --> 00:02:17.454 and then you'll be going home with brand-new teeth, 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.300 almost like teeth in one day, 00:02:19.843 --> 00:02:22.740 their response is even better than single implants. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.080 Because it sounds like we have gone through almost all day surgery, 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:31.400 but their response from the surgery is not as great 00:02:31.467 --> 00:02:35.133 as getting an extraction implant done 00:02:35.233 --> 00:02:40.333 because all the implants are held together, and they're acting as one unit. 00:02:41.033 --> 00:02:44.654 Discomfort-wise, of course, it varies depending on the patient's, too, 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:46.800 but most of the patients going through 00:02:46.867 --> 00:02:49.348 either single or multiple implant patients, 00:02:49.548 --> 00:02:52.700 they're not feeling as much discomfort as you expected.