During your preliminary consultation we’ll establish if there are any procedures you need to have completed before you can have dental implants. This may include tooth extractions to eliminate any decayed teeth that might still be in your mouth and bone grafting, which restores lost jawbone mass and strength following bone recession. If we’re able to perform these during the same appointment as your dental implant placement to accelerate your treatment, we will. Otherwise we will wait until your mouth has recovered. Placement begins with administering one of our sedation options for your comfort. We offer multiple methods to accommodate the varying complexity of different treatments and to help ease any dental anxiety you might have. Once you’re calm, we surgically insert anywhere from four to eight implant posts in your upper and lower arches, taking great care not to interfere with dental nerves or otherwise impact the area. We use the minimum number of implants needed to ensure a safe, reliable fit of your full mouth fixed bridge. The complete process typically only takes a few hours to complete. You can generally leave our office that day with a full new set of teeth—just as you have long desired!