A few implants with small attachments on them of various designs can make a denture much easier to wear and chew with. Procedure Implant placement is a relatively mild surgical procedure where the surgeon places the titanium implant in the bone with a delicate procedure. Over the next three to six months the implant will bond to the bone through a process known as osseointegration. Once integrated and healed the restorative dentist fabricates the crown. bridge, or denture attachment using techniques similar to traditional crown and bridge . Techniques are improving all the time whereby the procedures are becoming more systematic, predictable, easy to perform, and in a more timely fashion.
Patient selection is important.
However with proper selection and treatment planning implant procedures are becoming quite predictable with a success rate of over 95 percent. Implant failure is usually due to infection which can destroy the integrated attachment of the implant to the bone.