As you go through process of evaluation we will examine your jaws and how much bone you have available for placing a dental implant. Some patients may require bone grafting prior to placement of implants. There are certain implant products that claim you can place the crown immediately over the implants. Scientists have proven that the chance of failure is drastically increased in those cases. There are four types of bone in the human face and the length of treatment for placing dental implant and then the crown depends on which type of bone you have.
Implants have to integrate with the surrounding bone before a tooth and crown is placed on it.
Extended gradual loading of the implant can, however, improve the bone density. Type I bone is a very hard and dense bone. This type of bone has less blood supply than the other types of bone. The blood supply is required for the bone to harden or calcify the bone around to the implant. Therefore, it takes approximately 5 months for this type to integrate with an implant as opposed to 4 months for type II bone.