The healing process can vary widely from person to person. Whether it's a minor cut or recovering from surgery, factors like a person's age, immune health, and general well-being influence how long recovery may take. This is also true for dental implants.
After Dr. Schillinger has placed your implant's titanium root, your jawbone and gums will need several weeks to heal before we perform any further work. This gives your jaw and the implant screw time to fuse. During this process, the titanium structure, which is known as osseointegration, integrates into your bone structure to provide a robust and stable base for your final restoration.
The total time from the implant surgery to complete healing may range from three to six months.
How Do You Confirm Healing Is Complete?
At Innovation Dental, we can take advantage of leading-edge technology to assess your level of healing. With our Osstell handheld device, we can scan your implant site, and the tool translates your healing status into a single number. When that number is appropriate, Dr. Schillinger will place your final restoration, whether it be one crown for a single tooth replacement or an implant bridge where you need multiple teeth replaced.