Dental implants are unchallenged as the best replacement for missing teeth. While not practical for replacing a full arch of teeth, implants also provide anchoring for full-arch dentures that commonly have problems with slippage. An implant is named for its screw-shaped titanium base. The implant is placed into the hole formerly occupied by the natural tooth root. The bone then integrates around the implant, making it a part of the bone.
Because of our technology, Dr. Siegelman can simplify this process. First, we use our cone beam tomography to provide superior imaging of the patient’s bone. This allows us to determine the best angle and placement of the implant base. When implants are going to be used to anchor full arches of artificial teeth, we can place the four to six implants strategically using the cone beam imaging to find the sites with the best bone density. We can virtually perform the placement of each dental implant and create a surgical guide, which brings precision and ease to the implant procedure.
Now, we’re ready for the procedure. Each patients’ needs are handled individually, and we do our best to condense the implant process and the number of appointments. First, the implant base is placed; we place the abutment onto the base and top it off with the crown that we milled in-house. Our team designs your crown in the CEREC system. The software allows us to use the 3D impressions made with the system’s Primescan imaging system. Once satisfied with the design, we send the data to the CEREC milling station, and it creates the crown.