Dental Implants Stone Mountain
Turning to Innovative Tooth Replacement to Rebuild Your Smile
At Rausch Family Dentistry, you don’t have to worry about traveling to another office to receive dental implants. Instead, Dr. Gerald Rausch places them himself. With advanced training and decades of experience, he can complete the start-to-finish dental implant process in-house so that you remain with the same great team. As a more permanent form of tooth replacement, dental implants in Stone Mountain can deliver exceptional results that produce life-changing benefits. Call us today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Gerald Rausch.
Why Choose Rausch Family Dentistry for Dental Implants?
- CT/Cone Beam Scanner for More Accurate Treatment
- Start-to-Finish Dental Implant Placement & Restoration
- Our Team Will Help File Your Dental Insurance Claims
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants are unlike any other form of tooth replacement. Instead of replicating only the crowns of teeth, they go beyond the gumline to rebuild the roots. This means they offer what no other solution can – complete root-to-crown restoration. As one of the most popular methods of treatment for tooth loss, these prosthetics are commonly made of titanium because of how well they fuse to bone. Their placement, stability, and durability also make it so that they never need to be replaced (unless poor oral hygiene or trauma occurs).
The 4-Step Dental Implant Process
- Initial Dental Implant Consultation – A scheduled consultation with Dr. Gerald Rausch must first be conducted before determining if you can move forward with dental implant surgery. This visit will help him to know whether you are in good shape to receive this type of care as well as whether you need additional treatment to address an existing issue (i.e., decay, gum disease, bone resorption, etc.).
- Dental Implant Surgery – You will not need to seek a referral for this part of the treatment. Instead, Dr. Gerald Rausch is an implant dentist who can complete the entire process in-house. This means he will place each implant post into its designated socket so that it fuses over time.
- Dental Implant Osseointegration/Abutment – Once you return home from surgery, you will rest the remainder of the day and allow osseointegration to occur, which can take a full 4-6 months. Once complete, you will need to receive your metal abutments, which are small connectors that attach to the implant posts.
- Delivery of Dental Implant Restoration(s) – The last step of the process is receiving your custom dental restoration. Whether it is a crown, bridge, or denture, your new smile will be upgraded with the best materials, producing a glowing aesthetic and greater function.
Benefits of Dental Implants
As you might guess, dental implants have truly wonderful perks. Their unique placement in the jaw lets them do things that other restorations just can’t. It’s to the point that implants are the gold standard of tooth replacement, raising their patients’ quality of life. All that said, we’d be happy to tell you more about the benefits of dental implants in Stone Mountain. Simply keep reading or contact us to learn how they’ll help your grin.
Day-to-Day Benefits
Once you’ve gotten dental implants, you’ll enjoy their everyday advantages. These are:
- Simple Oral Care – Compared to dentures or dental bridges, dental implants are much easier to clean. You can care for them like natural teeth with twice-daily brushing and once-daily flossing.
- High Confidence – Dental implants will boost your confidence by restoring your smile. To that extent, they’ll help you feel self-assured in your looks, speech, eating ability, etc.
- Gorgeous Looks – Since they use porcelain crowns, dental implants match your other teeth in shape, color, and size. That they’ll stay secure and won’t fall out also makes them lifelike.
- Easier Eating – Once dental implants fuse with your jaw, they restore most (if not all) of your bite force. That means they’ll allow you to eat your favorite tough foods again!
Health Benefits
Aside from day-to-day perks, dental implants also have health-related ones. Some notable examples include:
- A Healthier Mouth – When left untreated, smile gaps let harmful bacteria grow in your mouth and elevate your risk of oral issues. Luckily, dental implants fill those spaces and make your mouth healthier as a result.
- Support for Teeth – Smile gaps can tilt your remaining teeth when given enough time. That said, dental implants can prevent this tilting once they’re placed.
- A Sturdy Jaw – Tooth loss slowly erodes your jaw over time, leading to facial collapse and similar side effects. However, dental implants prevent and reverse this erosion.
- Better Nutrition – Since they restore your bite force (see above), dental implants give you more dietary choices. This widened range of food options boosts your nutritional health.
Long-term Benefits
Dental implants have many long-term benefits when they’re well-placed and maintained. These include the following:
- High Success Rate – Dental implants often succeed in the long run, at least when placed by a qualified dentist. It’s to the point that their ten-year success rate exceeds 98%!
- Long Treatment Lifespan – The average dental implant can last 15-20 years, and well-maintained ones have lifespans of 30+ years. These numbers would ensure your treatment results help you for a lifetime!
- Cost-Effective Care – Given their long lifespans (see above), dental implants can save you lots of money. They rarely need repairs or replacements, so they don’t involve many costly follow-up visits.
Who Dental Implants Can Help
Adults who are missing at least one tooth are considered candidates for dental implants. A scheduled consultation with Dr. Rausch must first occur, though, as this will determine how quickly you can move forward with dental implant surgery. If your oral and overall health are in good shape, and your jawbone is dense enough to support your prosthetics, you’ll be given the go-ahead. However, if any oral health problems exist, or you need to enhance your jawbone density, we’ll recommend preliminary treatments before you can receive dental implants.
Missing One Tooth
Using a titanium implant post, a metal abutment, and a customized dental crown, we can replace a single missing tooth without altering any healthy teeth nearby. This method eliminates the need to rely on abutment teeth to anchor the prosthetic and instead, keeps the focus on the vacant socket that can easily be filled.
Missing Multiple Teeth
With two dental implant posts, two metal abutments, and a custom-made bridge, our team can rebuild your smile so that it remains fully intact for decades. Unlike fixed bridges that require altering healthy teeth, an implant bridge can achieve the same goal without touching nearby structures, which is good news for the rest of your smile.
Missing All of Your Teeth
While full dentures are much more dependable these days than they were decades ago, implant dentures are preferred because of their longevity and lifelike appearance. Using between four and six dental implant posts, a customized denture is secured on top to deliver maximum bite force so that you can eat all your favorite foods once again.
Understanding the Cost of Dental Implants
Determining the cost of dental implants requires that our doctors first assess the status of your smile, your health, and your jawbone. Based on their findings, a formalized treatment plan will then be crafted. Using the details of the plan, we will construct a cost estimate that makes it easy for you to review and determine how you plan to pay for your new smile. You can trust that our team will be here to file any claims on your behalf as well as discuss other options should you need an alternative way to pay.
