FAQs about Dental Implants

Q. Are dental implants successful?

A. With more than three decades of clinical experience and over five million patients treated, crowns and bridges supported by Astratech® implants are highly successful. Our statistics confirm a success rate of nearly 95 percent for individual implants. --even higher for the bridges they support. Dental implants placed 40 years ago are still functioning today.

What will treatment involve?

Treatment is normally divided into two or three stages, each of which may involve several visits before implants can be placed. X-rays and impressions of your mouth will be required as these allow us to plan the best way to treat you.

The next stage of treatment is to insert the implants. This is normally done under local anaesthesia, by lifting the gum away from the underlying bone, then gently and carefully drilling into the bone. The implant is inserted into the jaw bone and the gum replaced with some dissolvable stitches.