We are fully cognizant that this question must be hovering over your mind if you’ve been planning to get a dental implant treatment. While you must have heard about Single-Day Implants, we understand, how cynical it would be for you to imagine something being done away in a single day, which usually would have taken quite a few dental visits.
So, here’s the curtain raiser – YES! DENTAL IMPLANTS CAN BE DONE IN A DAY! YAY!
Dr. Sachdeva’s Dental Aesthetic and Implant Center, Ashok Vihar, Delhi, has excelled in delivering Single-Day (Immediate) Implants to it’s patients for over a decade now.
The urgency for prompt restoration of your smile especially in the aesthetic region and chewing ability for normalization of life, must be addressed at the earliest. With due responsibility, we must first demystify the facts about Single-Day Dental Implant Surgery so that you can visit us without any skepticism.
Why Should You Go for Single-Day Dental Implants?
Single-Day Implants are far more convenient, both for the patients and the dental surgeons, and are feasible and accurate option for prosthetic replacement of missing teeth, as compared to the traditional implant surgeries and removable dentures.
While, in a multi-staged, conventional dental implant therapy; the treatment timeline spans around almost an year involving tooth extraction followed by a socket healing period of about 2-4 months; implant placement followed by a period of about 3-6 months for effective osseointegration; attachment of an abutment, again following a healing period for a few weeks until finally completing the implant architecture with prosthesis.
Conversely, in a Single-Day Dental Implant treatment, the implant surgery is wrapped up in a day only. However, it follows the same protocol as the traditional implant therapy, regarding the preliminary consultation with a physician for reviewing any medical history or medications being administered, comprehensive dental examinations by the dentist and subsequently, a proposed treatment plan customized to your condition is fabricated.
Are You a Candidate Fit for Single-Day Dental Implant Surgery?
An ideal candidate will be a patient with a good overall health, free from any underlying comorbidities such as uncontrolled diabetes, heart disease, leukemia, bone diseases, patients undergoing radiotherapy etc; who is a non-smoker or is inclined to discontinue the habit; with sufficient, strong bone support available around the implant site and infection-free tooth socket and healthy, supporting gums.
What is the Procedure for a Single-Day Dental Implant?
In an Immediate Dental Implant Surgery, all the procedures are performed under local anaesthesia, comprising of conservative tooth extraction followed by implant (titanium metal post) insertion into the fresh socket without the need for drilling into the bone, making it less-invasive.
While the custom-fit crown, which is shade-matched to simulate your natural tooth aesthetically, is usually placed within 24 hours of implant insertion. Therefore, no separate healing period is involved in this process.
Immediate-Loading Implant Surgery ensures maintenance of gingival contour due to placement of the prosthesis on the same day of implant insertion. Depending upon the stability of the implant placed, the prosthesis can either be functional or non-functional. Usually, non-functional prosthesis is loaded over the implant so as to prevent any interference with the biological stability of the implant within the bone.
Does the Procedure Really Get Done in a Day?
While it is essential for you to know that the surgical procedure gets completed in a day, however, it requires an extensive planning process before it’s execution and an effectively-scheduled followup timeline. Therefore, you may have to visit the dentist a several times before and after your implant surgery. Regular follow-up visits are scheduled at one, three and six months interval during the first year after implant surgery.
Remember rigid timelines don’t function well in dental treatments!
How is the Procedure Even Possible?
Single-Day Implant Surgery could not have been possible without the computer imaging technologies, including three-dimensional digital scans and models of your teeth and jaws, such as CT Scans.
Cone Beam CT scans facilitate a carefully planned treatment approach depending upon the osseous factors, in order to achieve the best results, optimally and maximally. Additionally, the dental surgeon acquires an in-depth knowledge about the accurate location of various vital structures, thereby preventing any unforeseen damage during the surgery.
Is There Any Exception to Single-Day Implant Surgery?
Preparatory procedures such as bone grafting / augmentation or sinus lifting / grafting cannot be eliminated at any cost. In order to speed-up the whole treatment process, one cannot overlook the essential requisites to achieve the satisfactory outcomes from the treatment.
Hence, bone graft surgeries are taken up, if required, prior to implant insertion and after successful tooth removal, in order to obtain sufficient and stable anchorage for the implant to Osseo-integrate judiciously with the jawbone. It usually takes 3-12 months for the bone to heal fruitfully after grafting. In such cases, traditional step-by-step implant surgery is recommended.
Are Single-Day Dental Implants Successful?
Immediate dental implants in India have shown a success rate of 93% to 100%. These are as successful as the traditional implant surgeries. These are the most cost and time-effective dental treatments, with the pledge of providing utmost comfort to the patient in the shortest possible treatment duration. The success of these implants majorly depends upon their osseointegration, which requires excellent primary stability of the implant and sufficient blood supply to the supporting bone, in order to effectively accommodate the implant within the jawbone.
Single-Day Implant Therapy has proven to be the most successful for patients who require complete arch replacement. Generally, this is accomplished by single tooth implant surgery and “ALL-ON-4” in the mandible (lower jaw) and “ALL-ON-6” in the maxilla (upper jaw), varying from patient to patient.
What Are the Benefits of Single-Day Implants?
The most important advantage, as has been mentioned, is the reduced treatment time. Apart from that single-day dental implants:
- SIMULATE NATURAL TEETH AESTHETICALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY
- HELP TO RESTORE SMILE AND GINGIVAL CONTOURS
- HELP TO RESTORE CHEWING AND BITING FUNCTIONALITIES
- PREVENT FURTHER BONE LOSS
- NO INTERERENCE WITH SPEECH
- NO INTERFERENCE WITH TASTE PERCEPTION
- HELP TO MAINTAIN OPTIMUM ORAL HYGIENE
- BOOST UP YOUR CONFIDENCE
- DURABLE, COMFORTABLE AND LESS CUMBERSOME
Single-Day Dental Implants have especially proven to be useful for patients who are either denturewearers but want to switch to a more convenient and permanent solution for their missing teeth or patients who are completely edentulous and want a viable and comfortable replacement of their missing teeth other than removable dentures.
Remember – Single Day Implants are the closest alternative to your natural teeth.
The old saying – “Good Things Take Hustle” apply well to the dental surgeons who at Dr. Sachdeva’s Dental Aesthetic and Implant Center, Ashok Vihar, Delhi, have been hustling to deliver the best of implant treatments in Delhi.
While “Great Things Take Time” when it comes to post-surgical care for those metallic guests in your mouth. Plan and play carefully.
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