If you’ve been researching online about dental implants in Colorado Springs and the many options available now, you may have heard about immediate load dental implants, often referred to as instant dental implants. This latest method in implant dentistry has been pioneered by a company called Sargon Immediate Tooth Replacement System. The instant method allows you to receive same-day dental implants, in which the ceramic “tooth” is placed onto the abutment on the same day that you have the titanium rod placed. This way you don’t have a waiting period between the surgery and the cosmetic procedure (which can sometimes take weeks while the dentist waits for the prosthetic tooth to be made and shipped by the ceramicist).
In the field of cosmetic and restorative dentistry, more implant dentists in Colorado Springs are now choosing to allow their patients to have the option of choosing instant implants. In today’s fast-paced world, a wait time of two to six months (in some cases) between the surgical procedure and the placement of the ceramic prosthetic tooth can mean lost job opportunities, missed connections, and no smiles in family photos. This is one reason why many people, especially in the past, chose to go with dentures and bridges instead of implants. It’s simply too embarrassing and too inconvenient to go through a major surgical procedure only to wait several months before the cosmetic procedure is performed.
Did you know that an advantage of getting dental implants in Colorado Springs over dentures and bridges is that it makes your surrounding gum tissue, teeth, and jawbone tissue stronger? When you are missing teeth, the jawbone can lose its mass and cause the gums to recede over time. Eventually, dentures need to be replaced to fit the new size of a person’s mouth as the gums continue to recede. This is a major cosmetic issue. The sooner you are able to get dental implants after losing a tooth, the better off you are cosmetically because the implant will protect the jawbone and gums from receding.