Are You Missing Teeth?

FIXED

They are a fixed solution, thus providing great comfort and confidence. You cannot move or remove them, which reduces embarrassment of a traditional denture prosthesis.

PRESERVATION OF REMAINING TEETH

They eliminate the need for preparing/cutting natural healthy teeth, thus preserving remaining healthy teeth and reducing risk to adjacent teeth.

PRESERVATION OF JAWBONE

Implants help to preserves surrounding bone, this provides benefit to adjacent teeth long-term.

YOUR SMILE COULD MAKE YOU HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER

A smile speaks a thousand words, it’s a universal language. Improving your smile and achieving confidence when you smile can improve mood and reduce stress, an overall health benefit to yourself and also benefit those around you.

YOUR SMILE COULD MAKE YOU HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER

A smile speaks a thousand words, it’s a universal language. Improving your smile and achieving confidence when you smile can improve mood and reduce stress, an overall health benefit to yourself and also benefit those around you.

COMFORT, SENSATION AND LOOK LIKE NATURAL TEETH

Implants attach to jawbone and stay fixed in position allowing you to smile naturally. Implant restored prosthesis function like natural teeth. You can eat and bite as normal, diet is not restricted. The prosthesis (tooth) should appear in perfect harmony  and lining up naturally with the rest of your smile, matching in colour, form and size, as it flows from the gumline aesthetically like a natural tooth.

SUCCESSFUL AND LONGTLASTING

At Balbriggan Braces we use Straumann® implants. These implants have scientifically proven long-term success with uncompromising quality for decades.

“Long-term clinical studies on implants show success and survival rates of 97% to 100%”-Straumann®.

ANTI AGING EFFECT

Implants fuse with jaw bone, as a result this preserves jaw bone, leading to

less resorption of jaw bone. This benefits by giving support to surrounding facial structures, slowing down the aging process and aging aesthetic profile.

1. Consultation and examination

Dr Oakley will assess your dental and medical history, performing a thorough clinical assessment. Clarify your expectations and explain your different treatment options.

To be a suitable candidate for implant treatment you need enough healthy bone to anchor an implant. Radiographs and CBCT scans show bone quality and quantity. If there is not enough bone, there are options to build up bone again.

2. Tooth extraction (if applicable)

If it is untreatable, a tooth will need to be extracted under local anaesthetic.

3. Bone augmentation in the extracted area is sometimes required.

Now the gap needs some time to heal. This can take a few months, depending on your situation, commonly it takes three months. During this time, you may not want to expose a visible tooth gap, and you can opt for a temporary acrylic prosthesis, which may be anchored to the neighbouring teeth.

4. Implant surgery

To place your implant, Dr Oakley will open your gum and drill an access where a dental implant will sit. Then the implant will be slowly and gently inserted into the bone. This is carried out under adequate local anaesthetic so you will not feel any pain.

On top of your implant, Dr Oakley will place a healing abutment. This helps to shape your gums during healing.

If you are wearing a temporary prosthesis, this can continue to be worn during the healing period prior to the final prosthesis attachment.

Now it will take time for the bone and soft tissues to properly heal around the implant. This will depend on your treatment plan, on average healing time is 3 months, however and can range from 2 to 9 months.

5. Impression taking and prosthetic restoration production

When the implant has completely healed, (approximately 3 months) it will be time to start the restorative step.

Dr Oakley will take an impression of the implant to provide the laboratory with the necessary information about the implant position. This means that your teeth and Jaw will be digitally scanned, or a silicon impression taken. You and Dr Oakley will select the tooth shade, so that the prosthetic restoration blends with the neighbouring teeth shade.

This impression serves as the basis for the dental laboratory to produce the prosthetic restoration exactly to the shape, size and shade of your removed tooth.

6. Prosthetic restoration fitting 

Approximately 5 weeks later, when the final prosthetic restoration is ready, Dr Oakley will fix it to the respective implant(s), and make the necessary adjustments, ensuring your bite is comfortable, functional and aesthetically as planned.

From now on you will be able to eat, smile and laugh naturally again.