Your first point of action will be to see your dentist for an assessment. He will inspect your mouth, take some x rays and chat to you about your medical and dental history. Based on this meeting, and possibly in conjunction with other specialists, depending on your circumstances, he will prepare a custom treatment plan to show you how you can move forward with an implant.
Once you have agreed to the treatment plan and costing the first step of the surgery will be to place the implant. Your implant will be positioned in the bone socket of the missing tooth. After the surgery your jaw will regrow around the implant. This will fasten it into your jaw, and over time, make it as strong as your natural teeth. It can take as long as 12 months for this process to be fully completed.
After the implant is embedded in what is known as osseointegration, your dentist will connect another component called an abutment to the implant. This component will connect the crown and implant to one another.
Your dentist will make a crown to match your natural teeth by taking a cast of your mouth and modelling the replacement on the size, colour, and shape of your other teeth.
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