Dental Implants – Warsaw, IN

Day-to-Day Benefits

Dental implants should feel perfectly natural when they have completely healed. At this point, you should be able to enjoy all of the same things that you did before losing your teeth. Here are some of the benefits that you can experience every day:

• Easy Maintenance: You take care of your dental implants the same way you care for your natural teeth. Brush, floss, rinse, and attend regular cleanings and checkups every six months.
• Increases Confidence: The way that you feel about yourself is very important. However, tooth loss can lower self-esteem. By replacing your teeth with dental implants, you can show off your smile with pride again!
• Restore Bite Force: Your bite force can be replenished by 90% or more! This is a lot more than what you can expect with dentures or dental bridges.

Health Benefits

Your health will be positively influenced when you get dental implants. Here are a few of those benefits:

• Prevents Bone Loss: Jawbone loss will eventually occur after tooth loss. Dental implants stimulate the jawbone, therefore allowing it to remain strong and healthy.
• Better General Health: Excellent dental health will have an impact on your overall health. It can even lower your risk of serious medical conditions, like diabetes and heart disease.
• Improved Dental Health: With dental implants, you are less likely to get cavities, gum disease, infections, and lose additional teeth.

Long-Term Benefits

Dental implants are a great investment for your future! Here are some of the benefits that you can experience numerous years down the road:

• Success: Dental implants have a very high success rate of over 95%. Your chances of experiencing dental implant failure are very low.
• Save Money: You don’t need to stock up on adhesives or soaking solutions. You don’t have to worry about routine repairs or replacements either!
• Long-Lasting: Dental implants can last upwards of three decades or even the rest of your life with proper maintenance.

Preliminary Treatments & Dental Implant Surgery

You may need preliminary treatments before implant surgery. (For example, Dr. Rudolph may suggest gum disease therapy, tooth extraction, or bone grafts.) If so, these services would add to your overall expense. That said, these extra procedures would ensure your new smile’s long-term success. Furthermore, many dental plans partially cover them.

At the same time, surgery incurs its own cost. Your final bill will depend on where the implants are placed, what kind of sedation or anesthesia you need, etc. Fortunately, our team performs the placement in-office — you won’t have to worry about paying an outside surgeon.

The Parts of Your Dental Implant

Even the implants themselves will impact your treatment estimate. As such, you’ll want to take the following into account:

• Implant Brand: Different manufacturers make implants differently. Therefore, how much you pay depends on which brand you get.
• Implant Number: The more implants you get, the higher the treatment cost.
• Implants’ Size or Material: Longer implants are more expensive than shorter ones. Similarly, zirconia implants are pricier than titanium models.

How Dental Implants Can Save You Money

True enough, dentures and bridges have a lower initial price. However, dental implants’ one-time cost saves you more money in the long run. After all, implants don’t need replacing or adjusting every 5-10 years as dentures and bridges do. They also don’t require that you buy special pastes, cleaning solutions, or adhesives. Best of all, implants are easy to clean and don’t irritate your mouth, preventing costly problems like gum disease, tooth decay, and jawbone loss. Studies even show that good oral health lowers your risk of systemic issues and the costs of addressing them.

Does My Dental Insurance Cover Dental Implants?

In general, dental insurance doesn’t cover dental implants. Most providers consider them purely cosmetic and thus not medically necessary.

On the other hand, there are exceptions. For example, a policy might offer partial coverage for implants or preliminary treatments. For that reason, our team will review your dental plan to ensure you maximize your benefits. You can trust that we’ll deliver, as we have years of experience in this field.

Making Dental Implants Affordable

Even without insurance, there are ways to make implants affordable. Consider the following options from us at East Center Dental:

• In-House Membership Plan: For a low monthly fee, our office offers discounts on a variety of procedures — including dental implants!
• CareCredit Financing: With the third-party service CareCredit, you can pay for dental treatment with monthly, low-interest installments. That way, you could cover the cost over time instead of all at once.

Make Oral Hygiene a Priority

True, dental implants themselves can’t get cavities. They’re artificial, made of titanium and porcelain. Even so, they still require that you maintain good oral hygiene.

 

You see, the teeth and gums around your implants are still at risk. Should they suffer from a tooth infection or gum disease, your prosthetics could loosen or fail to fuse. From there, you’d have to replace them with new ones – an expensive and involved process.

 

Given these facts, it’s crucial that you clean your implants often. More specifically, remember to brush them twice daily, floss them once daily, and rinse them with mouthwash.

 

Eat a Healthy Diet

Implants let you eat a wide range of foods. After all, they restore your bite force and act similarly to natural teeth. That said, you’re better off maintaining a healthier diet.

 

The simple fact is that some foods don’t go well with implants. Hard items –pretzels, nuts, jawbreakers, etc. – can chip or crack them. On the other hand, sticky or sugary stuff can decay surrounding teeth and wedge between implants.

 

Meanwhile, a “mouth-healthy” diet benefits your implants. Dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese have calcium, strengthening your jawbone. Similarly, leafy green veggies have folic acid and other vitamins that help to prevent gum disease.

 

Break Bad Habits

If you’re not careful, bad oral habits can cause your implants to fail. Therefore, try to stop as many of them as you can.

 

For instance, refrain from using tobacco products. These items slow recovery from implant placement and encourage gum disease. As those effects occur, your implants are less likely to fuse correctly.

 

Chewing on hard objects – ice, fingernails, packaging, etc. – is also a bad idea. If you do, you’ll end up damaging your implants.

 

Protect Your Dental Implants

Yes, implants are durable – their titanium bases and porcelain surfaces ensure that. However, they aren’t indestructible or unbreakable. So, you’ll need to protect them from forces that might cause chips or cracks.

 

Your best bet is to wear a custom mouthguard. In sporting events, this tool would prevent dental injuries. As for nightly tooth-grinding, a special mouthguard for sleep could keep your implants safe.

Schedule Regular Dental Checkups

Lastly, good implant care involves regular dental checkups. Attending these visits every six months ensures your restorations work consistently.

 

At any given checkup, a dentist can monitor your oral health and spot issues early. Therefore, frequent ones allow a dental practice to treat problems before they threaten your implants.