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Dental implants offer the most advanced and long-lasting solution to restore your smile if you’re missing one or more teeth. At Le Blanc General Dentistry and Aesthetics, we make the process simple, comfortable, and beautiful—from start to finish.
Dental implants are small, biocompatible titanium posts surgically placed in the jawbone to replace the roots of missing teeth. Once healed, they provide a strong, stable foundation for a custom crown, bridge, or denture that looks and functions like your natural teeth.
Implants aren’t a single treatment. What you need depends on how many teeth are missing, and where.
One implant and one crown fill the gap without touching the healthy teeth on either side, which a traditional bridge can't claim. It looks and works like the tooth that was there.
Rather than one implant per tooth, a few well-placed implants can carry a bridge across the gap. Fewer posts, full chewing strength, and nothing removable to take in and out at night.
When most or all of the teeth on the top or bottom are gone, depending on what you're after, that's either a fixed set that stays put or a snap-in implant-retained denture, which is far steadier than a traditional plate.
Implants take time, and that’s on purpose. The bone has to fuse to the post before it can carry a tooth. Here’s how the timeline usually runs.
We examine your mouth, take 3D images of the jaw, and map out where each implant goes. This is also where we check whether the bone can support an implant as it is, or needs a little groundwork first.
When a tooth has been gone a while, the bone underneath tends to shrink. A graft rebuilds it so there’s something solid to anchor to. When you do, it adds a few months of healing before the implant goes in.
An oral surgeon places the titanium post into the jaw. It’s a smaller procedure than most people expect, done under local anesthetic or sedation, and most patients are back to normal the next day.
Dr. Kulic fits the crown, bridge, or denture, colour-matched to your other teeth, and you’re finished. A straightforward case runs three to six months start to finish. Grafting makes it longer.
Most healthy adults missing a tooth are candidates. The two things that matter most are enough jawbone to hold the implant and healthy gums around it. Neither is a dealbreaker on its own. Bone can be rebuilt with a graft, and gum disease can be treated before we start.
A few things make us look closer: heavy smoking, uncontrolled diabetes, or a habit of grinding at night. None of these rules you out automatically, but each one changes the plan. The only way to know for sure is an exam, which is what the consultation is for.
With good care, implants last a long time. Twenty years or more is common, and plenty last for life. The post itself is titanium and can’t decay. The crown or denture on top can wear over the years and may eventually need replacing, but the implant underneath stays put.
Caring for one is refreshingly ordinary. Brush and floss it like a natural tooth. Keep up your regular cleanings, since the gum and bone around the implant still need to stay healthy. Skip chewing ice or using your teeth as tools. That’s really the whole list.
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Implant pricing isn’t one-size-fits-all, so a real number comes after we’ve seen your mouth. What moves it: how many teeth you’re replacing, whether you need a graft or an extraction first, and the type of restoration on top. A single implant sits at one end; a full arch is a bigger investment.
Here’s the straight version. We won’t quote you a figure over the phone that changes once you’re in the chair. You get an exact plan and price at your consultation. To keep it manageable, we offer third-party financing through CareCredit, Alphaeon, and Cherry. And if you’re uninsured, our Smile Membership covers care here at a flat yearly rate, without the deductibles, caps, and waiting periods insurance usually brings.
Frequently Asked Questions
With proper oral hygiene and regular check-ups, dental implants can last 20 years or more—often a lifetime.
Most healthy adults with adequate bone and no uncontrolled medical conditions are candidates. We’ll perform a detailed exam to determine your eligibility.
The procedure is typically comfortable and well-tolerated thanks to modern anesthesia and sedation options. Most patients report minimal discomfort afterward.
For a straightforward case, usually three to six months from placement to the final tooth, most of that healing time while the implant fuses to the bone. Need a graft or an extraction first? Add a few months. We’ll map out a realistic timeline for your situation at the consultation.
It depends, but an implant has one clear edge: it doesn’t lean on the teeth beside it. A bridge means filing down two healthy teeth to carry it, while an implant stands on its own and helps preserve the bone underneath. A bridge is still the right call in some cases, and we’ll tell you straight which one fits yours.