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Time and Money Saved by Immediate Implant Placement

Many patients who are considering dental implants first need a tooth extracted before the implant is placed. Very often, Dr. Bonine is able to both extract a tooth and place the implant during the same surgery. Though it may seem like a lot to have done in one day, this option actually saves you time and money. Here’s why:

Money Savings

Often, bone grafting is needed at the extraction sites, and for this reason, IV Sedation is usually recommended for the extraction as well as the implant. In other words, sedation would be recommended for both an extraction and an implant. If Dr. Bonine can place the implant on the day of your extraction, he eliminates the need to come back a second time to have an implant placed, and thereby eliminates the second sedation charge.

Furthermore, the need to fill your prescriptions for a second surgery is also eliminated. All in all, this amounts to a savings of over $400 to you.

Time Savings

After the extraction of a tooth, if bone grafting is done, a three-month healing period is necessary for the bone graft to heal and mature with your jawbone BEFORE an implant can be placed. After the implant placement, there are an additional 3 and a half months before the final restoration can be put in. However, if an implant is placed immediately, the first three-month healing period is completely eliminated. This means that your dentist can put in your final tooth three months sooner, restoring you to your normal state of mouth/aesthetic function.

Healing Savings

Put simply, why would anyone undergo another surgery if they don’t need to? Though implant surgery is minor on the scale of invasiveness (many liken its discomfort to that of getting one’s ears pierced), surgery is still surgery, and the body takes its time to recover. Immediate implant placement saves the body from having to heal itself from another surgery. In a nutshell, immediate implant placement cuts recovery and your total "down time" in half.

The Bottom Line

In a study from 2011, our office determined that Dr. Bonine has an 82% success rate with placing an implant on the same day that an extraction is done. In other words, you have an 82% chance of having an implant placed on the same day when you have surgery with Dr. Bonine, and in the end, this equals invaluable savings to your finances and health.