Chronicle of an ordinary day at the office, the phone rings, a new patient requests an appointment, but the first thing he asks is…
how much does a dental implant cost?????
My colleagues surely know that this is a recurring question, sometimes even before asking for the cost of an initial visit.
How do you answer it?
Well, first of all, let’s start by saying that dental implants aren’t something you buy and put on like a t-shirt.
Dental implantology is the most important and revolutionary treatment in modern dentistry, because it allows us to completely replace one or more lost teeth.
The dental implant is in fact an artificial root that can be inserted directly into the patient’s bone and a new tooth can be built on top of it.
The dental implant placement service in Bologna offered by our practice includes all phases:
– surgery to insert the dental implant
– subsequent evaluation of bone healing
– the prosthetic construction of the tooth above the implant.
All these processes can vary from case to case because the amount of bone available to insert the implant, the area of the mouth where it is inserted and the shape of the available bone can determine very significant differences in the type of surgery to be performed and consequently in the cost.
The construction of the tooth above the implant can vary once again, depending on the type of material used and the area of the mouth treated.
So how much does a dental implant cost?
If I don’t examine you and take an X-ray, I can’t even give you a general answer.
Yes, but what does a dental implant look like? Aren’t they all the same?
Here too, of course, the answer is NO.
They are not all the same.
Like everything manufactured and marketed. A women’s bag made of plasticized fabric that I buy at a Chinese stall costs 10 euros and holds my things just like that beautiful luxury brand bag I saw in the window and dream of owning.
They’re both containers for my things, but the luxury bag will last me perhaps 30 years; it will always be more beautiful, it will be elegant, it will be an investment that will repay me for my choice over time.
If I have a well-made implant with a top-quality prosthesis (full implantology service) it will probably last me 20 years, always beautiful, always functional and I will not pay the biological price of repeating the treatment.
Yes, because every time we repeat a treatment on a tooth, we sacrifice a greater amount of tissue, and therefore it’s not appropriate to consider dental treatments as disposable, “I’ll do them again later,” because we pay a significant biological cost, which is the true value of the treatment, not the amount of money spent.
Similarly, if we lose an implant, we inevitably also lose a portion of bone.
We are paying a high biological cost.
So NO, dental implants are not all the same and NO, dental implant services are not the same everywhere.
Is getting an implant painful?
Absolutely NOT, it is performed under local anesthesia, and for more complex procedures or for complete dental arches, conscious sedation is used which makes the experience truly less uncomfortable.
I’ve seen scalpel-free implants advertised, is it really possible?
Yes, today it is possible thanks to the innovation of computer-guided surgery, which allows us to use highly precise software to combine the scan of the patient’s mouth with their cone beam CT scan and plan the position of the implants and the teeth built on top in an incredibly detailed and precise way.
A guide is then created that allows the implants to be inserted faithfully to the project and without using a scalpel!!!
The advantages are many, because the surgery time is significantly reduced and it is possible to be extremely precise, temporary teeth can be built immediately and positioned immediately: immediate loading dental implants.
This way you can have teeth in 24 hours!!
Obviously, the feasibility of the technique varies from case to case and requires a preliminary clinical evaluation.
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