At Smile Doctor, we help you restore your smile with dental implants that look and feel natural. Our friendly team works with you every step of the way, creating a personalised plan to ensure your implants are comfortable, durable, and give you confidence to smile again.
Dental implants are a permanent, stable alternative to natural teeth, allowing normal biting and taking up only the space of the replaced tooth.
Smile Doctor in Mona Vale offers the highest-quality implants for any number of missing teeth, including denture replacements, often completed the same day.
Implants are suitable for almost anyone over the age of 21, can last a lifetime with care, and are designed to integrate naturally with the body. Procedures are carefully planned and generally less painful than tooth extractions.
Implants replace the root part of the tooth. They are made up of different parts.
The first is a titanium screw with internal and external fitting surfaces that are treated to allow your jaw bone the grow around the screw.
This healing process is called osseo integration and it ensures that your implants are able to be permanent.
We then top the implant with a crown to create a natural-looking tooth. We use Straumann implants and Neodent Zirconia implants.
As implant dentistry requires surgery, it comes with common surgery risks such as infection, post operative pain and trauma.
There is also the risk of damage to the anatomical structure or the implant can fail to integrate with the body.
Your choice of implant surgeon is critical. Even the best surgeons worldwide get failures but experienced and skilled ones have drastically better outcomes.
At Smile Doctor we use precision guided implant surgery which significantly reduces these risks.
Guided surgery enhances safety and accuracy.
Investing in your long-term oral health with dental implants offers a variety of benefits, both functional and aesthetic. Some of the key advantages include:
Dental implants in Australia, on average, cost between $4,500 and $10,000 per tooth. Fluctuates based on quality of the implant, skill of the dentist and whether or not bone grafting is required. Below are the average costs for each type.
In Australia, dental implants are not fully covered by health insurance. However, some private health funds may help cover a portion of the cost of dental implants. You will have to check with your specific policy and level of cover to be completely sure. It is always best to contact your health fund and enquire whether dental implants are included or not. You can expect to be left with out-of-pocket expenses when you get implants performed.
Are dental implants painful? On average, it isn’t considered a particularly painful procedure and is minimally invasive. Local anaesthesia is typically used during the procedure. This ensures the area where the implant will be placed is numb, and you should not feel any pain.
In the days after the procedure, it is a common experience to have mild discomfort due to swelling and bruising in the area of the implant. Over-the-counter medications should be enough to manage the pain; however, if it persists or becomes debilitating, it is important to contact your dentist.
The general timeline for getting dental implants varies depending on your individual circumstances. Below are the general timeframes.
The total timeline will take between 4 and 9 months from the start to finish. This process will be longer though if bone grafting or healing complications are involved.
Not everyone is a suitable candidate for dental implants. There are several different cases where dental implants are not the best dental treatment option.
Get in touch with the Smile Doctor team today to chat with our dental professionals to ensure that you are a good candidate for dental implants and get you one step closer to your dream smile.
