Dental Implants — Coatesville, PA

Initial Dental Implant Consultation

First, you’ll meet with Dr. Simeone to ensure that you’re a good candidate for dental implants. One of the great benefits of these permanent prosthetics is that they are a viable option for most adults suffering from tooth loss. If you are in good general oral and overall health, and you have enough jawbone, you will likely be given the green light to schedule your implant surgery. However, many patients will need to complete preliminary treatments such as bone grafting or periodontal therapy before beginning dental implant treatment.

Dental Implant Surgery

Next, the implants need to be placed. Fortunately, you will not need to receive a referral to see an outside specialist. Instead, we will perform the entire procedure in-house, allowing you to be much more comfortable. Before your implant dentist in Coatesville begins, you will receive local anesthesia to ensure you are pain-free throughout the procedure. We’ll then make one or more incisions in your gums (depending on how many dental implants you’re getting). Once we’ve accessed your jawbone, we’ll position the implant posts in place, close the gums around them, and place protective caps over the post.

Dental Implant Osseointegration/Abutment

Over the next four to six months, the dental implant posts will fuse with the surrounding bone tissue in a process called osseointegration to essentially become a part of your jaw. During this time, you will need to follow specific instructions to ensure that your mouth fully heals. Some minor soreness and discomfort are normal but will dissipate over time. You will then come back to our office to have small connector pieces called abutments attached to the top of your dental implants in Coatesville.

Delivery of Dental Implant Restorations

Lastly, you’ll return to our office to have your custom crown, bridge, or denture fastened into place. Because of the materials used, you can trust that your customized restoration will look and feel completely natural. Blending in with your remaining smile, you’ll feel much more confident in your appearance once this final stage of treatment is finished. We’ll check that your bite is comfortable, then you’ll be ready to go out and show off your newly completed smile.

Day-to-Day Benefits

• Eat a Nutritious Diet & All Your Favorite Foods: People who are stuck with an ill-fitting tooth replacement are often forced to limit their diets to only the soft foods they can easily eat. This can cause nutrition to suffer as a result. With dental implants, however, you are able to consume a wide variety of fresh and nutritious foods that help you look and feel great.
• Preserve What Nature Intended: Dental implants have been called “nature’s rival” in tooth replacement because they mimic the original tooth structure so well. By choosing this tooth replacement, you are setting yourself up for a prosthetic that looks and functions as well as your remaining teeth.
• Practice Easy Maintenance: Because dental implants mimic your natural tooth structure, you won’t have to learn any special techniques to keep them clean. Simply brush your teeth for two minutes, twice a day, floss daily, and continue to enjoy wonderful dental health.
• Enjoy a Youthful Appearance: Because a dental implant replaces a missing tooth’s root in addition to the visible crown, your jawbone receives the nutrients it needs to stay healthy and whole even after the original root has been lost. This whole-tooth replacement keeps the mouth from losing volume and adding years to your appearance. With dental implants, you can look exactly your age -- or younger!

Health Benefits

• Keep Your Remaining Natural Teeth in Place: Dental implants will help you keep your natural teeth firmly in place by promoting good oral health for the rest of your life. The implant posts prevent the degeneration of bone that is common after tooth loss, greatly reducing the risk that you will lose more teeth later on.
• Avoid Altering Regular Teeth: Dental bridges require that you use healthy adjacent teeth as anchors for your prosthetic; however, by allowing a trusted implant dentist in Coatesville to use dental implants, there is no need to bother your existing healthy teeth.
• Enjoy Improved Overall Health: Shorter lifespans are not uncommon for people over the age of 65 with 5 or more missing teeth. Tooth loss closely relates to many of the most common systemic issues (i.e., heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and more). By replacing yours with dental implants, you can enjoy better overall health for years to come.

Long-Term Benefits

• High Success Rate: Dental implants are known to have a success rate of 95% after 10 years!
• Smile for Decades to Come: Dental implants in Coatesville may seem like an expensive option in tooth replacement, but unlike dentures and dental bridges that need to be replaced every 5-10 years, with proper care and maintenance, dental implants can last for decades.
• Save Money Well Into the Future: Forget about replacements or adjustments to keep up with your diminishing jawbone -- dental implants can stay sturdy and secure for far longer than any other option in tooth replacement! Also, you’ll never need to buy adhesives or special cleaning supplies!

Missing 1 Tooth

When it comes to tooth replacement, dentistry’s standards have made dramatic changes over the past several decades. Instead of only solving the issue of gaps in your smile, like how a traditional bridge would, dental implants work to replace the tooth’s entire structure. This means they act as a 2-in-1 solution, not a half-measure. This makes dental implants the best long-term solution to missing teeth in dentistry to date. If you’re eligible for dental implants, our dentists strongly recommend them for treatment as they provide many decades of reliable use.

Missing Multiple Teeth

If you’ve lost two or more teeth in a row, we may recommend a dental implant-supported fixed bridge. These implant bridges allow us to anchor a row of fused together replacement teeth to two dental implant posts, one at each end. This fills a gap in your smile without adversely impacting the surrounding healthy teeth. Traditional dental bridges require the removal of healthy dental structure from the teeth on either side of the lost tooth or teeth, so the bridge can be anchored in place. Implant bridges offer a much more conservative solution that maintains all healthy oral structures.

Missing All Teeth

Many patients who have traditional dentures are unable to ever find a proper fit for their prosthetic teeth. Unfortunately, loose dentures can result in oral sores as well as significant stress and frustration over teeth that may slip or slide around while you are eating or speaking. Fortunately, dental implants can retain a full denture to help you smile with full confidence. You will not need an individual implant post placed for each missing tooth. Rather, several strategically-placed dental implants can be used to retain the prosthetic teeth. Implant dentures can be fixed or removable and sometimes, your dentist can use dental implants to secure the denture you already have.

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Types of Dental Implants & Their Costs

There are numerous manufacturers who offer customized dental implants. We will review the various providers and the materials and technologies they use. Our team will partner with you to find the right dental implant at the right price for your unique oral health care needs. Depending on the number and location of missing teeth, your dental implant tooth replacement plan will vary dramatically in price. During a tooth replacement consultation, we’ll walk you through every step of your treatment plan, including cost. In most cases, we can work with you to develop a payment plan, starting at just $90 a month, to finance the costs of your implant supported dental care.

Budgeting for Dental Implants

During your tooth replacement consultation and treatment planning appointment, we will work with you to plan for the costs of dental care. That starts with our team carefully explaining the out of pocket pricing for each step of the process – preparation, implant placement, abutment attachment and restoration design, and the connection of the replacement tooth or teeth. We can explain how much each of your treatment steps will cost. We will also work with patients to receive low and no interest financing options to spread the costs of their dental implant tooth replacement plan over several months.

Other Costs Associated with Dental Implants

In addition to the price of dental implants and replacement teeth, you may also need to consider the costs of numerous related services, including:

• Tooth extractions when one or more damaged or decayed teeth needs to be removed before we begin the restoration process
• Soft tissue grafting when gum recession has occurred prior to placement
• Bone grafts to improve the success rate for dental implant placement
• Dental sedation to keep patients comfortable

Does Dental Insurance Cover Dental Implants?

In most cases, dental insurance still doesn’t provide coverage for dental implants or their surgical placement. However, we will help you to make the most of your dental benefits for other aspects of your treatment plan, including preparatory procedures and replacement teeth.

Make Oral Hygiene a Priority

Just like with your home-grown pearly whites, it’s important to establish a thorough oral hygiene routine to regularly clear plaque and tartar from your teeth and gumline. Even though your replacement teeth can’t get cavities, your gums and mouth can still become overrun with bacteria and cause infections to develop. This could result in implant failure, ruining the smile that you’ve worked so hard to obtain. In order to keep this from happening, it’s important to continue brushing at least twice each day, flossing every day, and rinsing with antimicrobial mouthwash regularly.

Break Bad Habits

If you know you have bad oral habits such as nail-biting, teeth grinding, or smoking, then it’s a good idea to try to quit them or protect your smile before your new dental implants are placed. Teeth grinding can be addressed with our custom crafted nightguards to help reduce the impact of nightly clenching. However, you’ll need to make a conscious effort to curb or quit smoking or biting your nails. These can both increase your risk of infection and dental implant failure.

Schedule Regular Dental Checkups

One of the best ways to avoid any issues developing with your new dental implants is to schedule semi-annual checkups and cleanings, just like you normally would. This will allow us to inspect your mouth and ward off any lingering threats of oral health problems. Plus, if we do spot an issue developing, we’ll be able to quickly treat it and keep it from causing additional damage to your implants.