teeth inplants

[Jay]

Hallo

I lost my front two top teeth last year in an accident and my dentist made me a plate for the past few months. I have decided that I want teeth inplants instead of a dental plate, because the plate keeps coming out all the time.

Can you tell me how many teeth inplants i would need and how many months is the whole procedure likely to take?

[Dr Mohsen J. Esfahani]

Thank you for your post. To give you an accurate answer, we will need to see you as its impossible to give specific advice without seeing you first.

Broadly speaking, if possible its better to replace 2 missing teeth with 2 implants as bridges with cantilevers put more force on the single implant holding them. However sometimes due to space considerations or lack of sufficient bone, it may not be possible to have 2 implants.

The whole process is likely to take a minimum of 3 months and up to 10 months depending on the need for bone grafting, temporary abutment and crown, soft tissue sculpting ...