First of all the bone needs to be assessed to determine if there is enough space and availability of good quality bone.

Usually implants get placed within 3-6 months if not immediately after tooth extraction. After tooth extraction, the bone starts to recede. The longer one waits, the less bone there is to place the implant in and the less the chance of success becomes.

After placement, the bone needs to be given time to grow onto the implant. This is called “osseo-integration”.

Once osseo-integration has taken place, impressions are taken to manufacture a crown, which then gets placed onto the implant permanently.

Implants have a 90% success rate, if not higher. It functions as an individual root which supports the crown and requires very little maintenance.