Dental Implants — Lakeway, TX
Replacement Teeth That Are Just Like Natural
As the closest option to natural teeth, dental implants offer great functionality and beautiful aesthetics. In fact, we genuinely believe that dental implants are the best available tooth replacement option. Oris Dental Studio is known for designing stunning smiles that allow our patients to take on the world with a healthy, beautiful, and complete smile. Our design philosophy is an unwavering marriage of beautiful aesthetics and proper functionality. We are well-equipped to provide beautiful smile restoration services like dental implants to the Lakeway, Bee Cave, and The Hills communities in West Austin, Texas.
Read on to learn more about this potentially life-changing treatment. If you or a family member could benefit from our dental implant services, contact us to schedule a consultation. We can offer multiple restorative recommendations based on our full evaluation.
Why Choose Oris Dental Studio For Dental Implants?
- #1 We Are Dedicated to Your Comfort, Health, & Satisfaction
- #2 Partnered with Local Implant Specialists for Ideal Results
- #3 Permanently Replace Any Number of Missing Teeth
What Are Dental Implants?
A dental implant is a small post that is typically made of titanium, and they are designed to replace the roots of a missing tooth. Once a dental implant is carefully inserted into the area of the jawbone where the roots once were, the surrounding tissue will integrate with it to form an incredibly strong foundation just like a natural tooth. Atop this post will sit your custom-made restoration, filling in the gap amidst your pearly whites. One or more dental implants can support a crown, bridge, partial, or full denture to replace any number of missing teeth throughout the mouth. In the end, rebuilding every part of a missing tooth provides a restoration that looks, feels, and functions like the real thing.
The 4-Step Dental Implant Process
While every dental implant case is unique, patients can generally expect to encounter four distinct phases of dental implant treatment. These include the initial consultation and planning, dental implant placement surgery, osseointegration and abutment placement and the delivery of the final restoration. When you visit us for your dental implant consultation, we will go over each of these steps in detail with you so you will know what to expect. Every treatment plan is specifically tailored to meet the unique needs and preferences of every patient.
Initial Dental Implant Consultation
Your journey begins with a visit to Dr. Pedersen for a comprehensive consultation. At this appointment, he’ll discuss your goals and thoroughly examine your current smile. If a tooth extraction is necessary, he will explain the process in detail.
Additionally, Dr. Pedersen may perform a digital scan in the office to assist in planning the precise placement of your dental implant. This approach ensures that your treatment plan is tailored to your specific needs and circumstances.
Dental Implant Surgery
At Oris Dental Studio, we collaborate with local implant specialists for the surgical aspect of your treatment to ensure you receive the highest level of care. This approach allows you to benefit from the expertise of highly trained professionals who specialize in implant placement.
The procedure involves numbing the area, and sedation may be offered for your comfort. The specialist will make a small incision in the gums, place the implant posts into the jawbone, and then close the gums. A protective cap is placed over the posts to safeguard the site as it heals. This partnership ensures a seamless and successful implant process, tailored to your needs.
Dental Implant Osseointegration & Abutment Placement
Following your surgery, you’ll spend the next three to six months healing as the dental implant post integrates with the bone tissue. This natural biological process, known as osseointegration, provides the implant with exceptional stability and strength. During this healing period, most patients can continue their daily activities without excessive limitations.
Delivery of Dental Implant Restorations
At your final appointment, we will attach your custom restoration (i.e., crown, bridge, or denture). During this brief visit, Dr. Pedersen will secure the restoration to your abutment and make any necessary adjustments to ensure your new smile is perfectly fitted and long-lasting. While this entire process may seem daunting, we are dedicated to guiding you through each stage, ensuring a smooth and successful experience!
Benefits of Dental Implants
Since more than 500,000 dental implants are placed every year, they are quickly becoming one of the most popular solutions to tooth loss. Since they are specially designed to be placed directly into the jawbone where they naturally fuse with the surrounding structure, they can deliver a range of amazing oral health benefits that traditional options like dentures and dental bridges cannot. Here are a few of the ways dental implants from Oris Dental Studio can change your life for the better.
Day-to-Day Benefits
Dental implants can improve your day-to-day life in a variety of ways such as:
- Restoring more than 70% of lost biting force, making it easy for a patient to enjoy all of their favorite foods such as a juicy steak, smokey corn on the cob, and all sorts of chewy candies.
- Requiring only the same oral health regimen as your real teeth, meaning that you won’t have to invest in any expensive specialized tools to keep your mouth clean and free of infections.
- Feeling natural and comfortable.
- Giving patients the freedom to smile confidently without worrying about people noticing their missing teeth.
- Allowing a patient to chew and speak without worrying about the embarrassment that could come if their restoration slips out of place.
Health Benefits
Dental implants also offer several significant benefits to a patient’s oral and overall health, such as:
- Preventing bone loss in the jaw by keeping it stimulated during the chewing process.
- Supporting the neighboring teeth to prevent them from drifting out of alignment over time.
- Allowing the patient to eat a wide variety of foods so they can enjoy the nutritious diet they need for excellent overall health.
- Not causing sores or dental sensitivity like traditional dentures can when they repeatedly slide against the mouth’s soft tissues.
- Preventing oral health issues like tooth decay and gum disease by being easy to clean and maintain.
Long-Term Benefits
Dental implants also boast some impressive long-term benefits like:
- A 95% success rate even ten years after placement.
- Lasting for up to thirty-five years or more with excellent care and maintenance.
- Eliminating the need for costly replacement dentures or dental bridges, potentially saving the patient much frustration and thousands of dollars over the years.
- Preserving a patient’s facial structure so they don’t develop the appearance of a sunken mouth, sagging cheeks, or withered lips after tooth loss.
- Giving the patient the confidence they need to smile generously at others, allowing them to enjoy a powerful advantage when it comes to meeting people, earning trust, closing sales, and making friends. These skills can be of massive benefit at work and in the social scene.
Who Dental Implants Can Help
Dental implants are not limited to one tooth replacement. If you’re a patient with various missing teeth, dental implants can be the solution. Our expert smile consults will take the time to expertly craft each implant, ensuring a proper fit and second-to-none craftsmanship. Depending on the unique circumstances of your situation, we are likely to recommend one of the following options:
Missing 1 Tooth
Replacing a single missing tooth is a relatively straightforward process that involves one dental implant and one custom-made dental crown. The dental implant is placed into the socket where your natural tooth once was. After the healing period, your newly crafted dental crown is placed atop it with a connector piece called an abutment. Our restorations are fabricated with extreme care and attention to detail, so your new dental crown will fit in seamlessly with the rest of your smile.
Missing Multiple Teeth
A traditional dental bridge used to be the only available method for restoring one, two, or three missing teeth in a row. While successful, they require filing down the neighboring healthy teeth to support the new restorations, which can weaken and harm these teeth over time. Alternatively, a dental bridge supported by dental implants is the best option for your oral health. Instead of relying on natural teeth for support, these dental bridges are held in place with dental implants to provide optimal results.
Missing All Teeth
Patients who are suffering from severe tooth loss can also benefit from dental implants. With several strategically placed dental implants around the mouth, we can stabilize your denture into place. While initially more expensive than their traditional counterparts, implant dentures eliminate virtually every drawback that patients find so frustrating. This includes slippage, gum sores, embarrassed eating, and more.
However, some patients may not have adequate jawbone density to support the dental implants needed for an implant denture. While a bone grafting procedure may be able to help, we also offer revolutionary All-On-4 dental implants. This type of implant denture is secured with only four dental implants and is designed for patients lacking adequate bone mass in their jawbone. What’s more, these restorations can often be place on the same day as the dental implant surgery.
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Understanding the Cost of Dental Implants
Each dental implant treatment is highly personalized, so there isn’t necessary a “set fee.” However, we believe in being transparent about the costs of dental implants in Lakeway. After a thorough oral exam, our team will go over the details of your expected expenses with you personally. We’ll also help you file any dental insurance claims or apply for alternative financing to help make the process as simple as possible. To learn more about dental implant costs, read the information below or call our office directly to schedule a consultation.
Preliminary Treatments & Dental Implant Surgery
If you need a treatment like gum disease therapy, tooth extraction, or bone grafting before getting your dental implants, that’s considered a preliminary treatment. The costs associated with preliminary treatments are separate from the actual implant surgery – which has some variables of its own. The location of the surgery site and type of sedation used, for example, could affect the price of your implant surgery.
The Parts of Your Dental Implant
Not all dental implants are priced the same! They each involve a couple of different factors that makes them unique. Here’s what can affect their price:
- The number of implants you’ll be receiving. While many patients only need one implant to restore their smile, some need four or more.
- The type of restoration you choose. Would you prefer individual implants, or a combined restoration like an implant bridge or denture? Depending on your oral situation, a combined type could be more or less cost effective.
- Most implants these days are made from titanium, but zirconia is another, more costly possibility.
- The brand. There are actually multiple different implant manufacturers who are associated with varying price points. If you’d like more detailed information about who we partner with, feel free to ask!
How Dental Implants Pay for Themselves
Dental implants are more costly than bridges, dentures, or even implant dentures – at first. Over time, however, they can save you money thanks to their durability and unique design. Since they’re the only restoration that can preserve your jawbone mass, you won’t have to worry as much about needing jaw-corrective treatments. And since they can last you for 30 years or more with proper care, you likely won’t need nearly as many replacements or adjustments as you would with other restorations!
Does My Dental Insurance Cover Dental Implants?
Whether your dental insurance covers dental implants or not can be rather confusing. Generally, policies are more likely to partially pay for preliminary treatments and the final restoration, but not the individual implant. If you’d like assistance figuring out what is or isn’t covered, our team can review the details of your plan and help you get the most out of your benefits.
Making Dental Implants Affordable
Oris Dental Studios, we take pride in making your dental experience as smooth as possible, and are happy to partner with CareCredit to help make the cost of dental implants in Lakeway more affordable. If you don’t have access to dental insurance, CareCredit can provide you with a flexible payment plan that will break your overall expenses down into smaller monthly installments. Pay at your own pace with little-no-to-interest!
Dental Implant Salvage
If your dental implant is experiencing mobility, chances are that the implant has become loose. It is vital to visit us at this point, as the implant could potentially fall out. This usually happens when the bone around the implant changes significantly. It could be deterioration of the bone or another change that caused the shift. But don’t be too alarmed, our implant restoration services have solutions for these exact situations. An Oris Dental Studio smile consultant will evaluate the mobility of your implant and proceed with the appropriate care.
Maintaining & Caring for Your Dental Implants
Your beautiful dental implants need proper upkeep and solid oral hygiene practices. High-quality dental implants like the ones offered at Oris Dental Studio are crafted to last many decades. But there are times when dental implants need repairs. As part of our restoration dentistry services, we offer dental implant restorations for our Lakeway, TX dental patients.
It’s important to continue with regular dental care after getting dental implants. While dental implants are prosthetic teeth, they do require very similar maintenance as your natural teeth. Staying on top of regular checkups and dental cleanings can minimize the risk of damage to your implants. If concerns do arise, we’ll be able to identify issues early on and minimize any potential damage.