In other areas of the mouth, success rates can drop significantly. Before implants, you went to your general dentist. It's the same today. If you want to replace missing teeth, talk to the people who do that job and they will be glad to discuss the use of dental implants in that process. If you decide that dental implants are for you, then Dr. Jablow can refer you to a qualified surgeon for that phase of the treatment.
Implants can provide people with dental replacements that are both functional and esthetic.
The demand was always there, we just needed the tools to fulfill that demand. The protocol that was originally developed clearly states that we must wait three months in the lower jaw and six months in the upper jaw before we can begin to construct the new dental prosthesis that will be supported by the implants. In recent years, however, there has been a movement within the profession to sort of speed up this process. Today we believe that it is possible in selected patients to accelerate the healing time. We are even loading implants in very specific situations right away.