First, your Spokane cosmetic dentist will perform a thorough dental examination – including X-rays – to ensure you are a good candidate for dental implants. Your dentist will also take impressions of your teeth and match the color of your natural teeth to the implant. They will ensure you have enough jaw bone for the implant to be inserted; if not, your cosmetic dentist will have to perform a bone graft, adding density to your jaw.
Once the titanium implant is inserted into your jawbone, it will be a few months before the jaw grows around it. Once it has, you will return to our office, and an abutment will be placed on top of the implant, which connects the crown (resembling a natural tooth) to the implant. Once your gums have healed, your implant dentist in Spokane will place a permanent crown on the top of the abutment.