What are the benefits?
Dentures can move around inside the mouth restricting what can be eaten and bridges may require destructive drilling of natural teeth. Implants avoid these issues and provide you with a permanent restoration that can last for many years.
Central to Saving Smiles’ philosophy is passion for dental care. You can trust you are in the right hands for your advanced dental treatment. We work closely with Straumann and BioHorizon, two leaders in the dental implant market.
Thanks to all the innovative research undertaken in this area, appropriately placed dental implants are a reliable long-term method of tooth replacement today.
Our dental implant treatment procedure can be broken down into 3 main steps.
First, you’ll come in for a consultation with our dental implant expert, Dr Shah where you will discuss your needs.
He will carry out a full assessment and take any necessary x-rays. We also require additional information on your bone which is provided by a digital scan of your jaws. So, a scan will follow the consultation.
With these pieces of information, a final treatment plan can be agreed and discussed with you.
The first part of the procedure is the implant placement appointment, during which your implant will be placed and you will be provided with a temporary healing cover to protect the implant. The implant is then allowed to heal with the bone ranging from 2-5 months.
Once the implant has settled into your jawbone, Dr Shah will add a healing cap to the implant, which will have to remain there for about 2 to 4 weeks. After this a series of digital scans will be taken of your mouth and this will allow the dental technicians to make the final tooth for your implant.
Finally, for the third part of the procedure your dental crown will be fitted and tried in your mouth to ensure a comfortable fit and that its colour matches your remaining natural teeth.
Can anyone have Dental Implants?
At your consultation we will assess if you have enough bone to support an implant. In some cases we may suggest a bone graft is necessary to provide more bony support for an implant. A few medical conditions may rule out implants, generally those that affect the healing process, such as uncontrolled diabetes and certain drug therapies. We recommend against smoking, as this is known to have an adverse affect on healing in implant cases.
Will it be painful?
Experience tells us most people are pleasantly surprised at how little discomfort they experience having an implant.
What does it cost?
Initial Consultation – £85
(A full quote will be provided after the initial assessment)
CT Scan & Report – £250
Intra Oral Digital Scan – £95
Bone Grafts – £1000
Sinus lifts – £1500
Implant (placement, abutment & crown) – £2600
At our dental practices, we regularly treat patients from Daventry, Wellingborough, Rugby, Southam, Bedford, Cambridge, Leamington.