Immediate Load Dental Implants

Read this article to get the 411 on immediate load or “instant” dental implants.

If you’re missing some teeth and you’re searching online about getting dental implants, you will eventually discover that there are many different “brand names” of dental implants. Each type claims to have their own special dental implant that is better than all the other dental implants out there. Many of these companies advertise to implant dentists rather than consumers, but some implant dentists will promote the particular type of dental implant that they offer in their own office.

One particularly prominent kind of dental implants offered in Colorado Springs that is coming to the forefront today is the immediate load or “instant” dental implant. Doesn't that sound nice already? Wouldn't it be great if you could walk into your dentist’s office and instantly receive a dental implant in no time at all? While that isn't exactly possible yet, the instant load dental implant is as close as it gets to that Jetson’s world ideal of the dental implant.

Pioneered by a company known as Sargon Immediate Tooth Replacement System, the immediate load dental implant system allows patients to get a dental implant in exactly one procedure. You see, the “old” way of doing things was for patients to go into the implant dentist’s office for the dental implant procedure, only to receive the surgical placement of a metal rod and abutment. No crown was placed on the metal abutment during that first visit, so the patient went home with a visible metallic thing showing in the mouth. For people who need dental implants in the front of the mouth, or more than one dental implant, having a metal abutment show when they smile could be quite an embarrassment. The typical procedure was that the patient would wait for weeks or even months for a porcelain ceramic crown to be made. They would then go to a cosmetic dentist for the placement of the crown, only after waiting such a lengthy period of time. But who wants to pay all that money for a dental implant, only to have to wait up to six months for the finished product… No more family photos, social events, job interviews, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, or sales meetings until the tooth arrives for placement on the abutment. Life is on hold -- officially -- until you can relax and smile without someone looking at you and wondering what that piece of metal is hanging from your gum tissue. Okay, so maybe it would make a striking and realistic Halloween costume. You can trade your job for a gig in the haunted house.

With instant load dental implants in Colorado Springs, there is no wait time between the surgical procedure and the placement of the ceramic crown. When you leave the dentist’s office in Colorado Springs after having the metal root and abutment surgically placed, you will also leave with a prosthetic tooth that looks and feels just like a natural tooth. You can smile and relax, knowing that you’re looking your best.

The dental implant surgery for instant dental implants in Colorado Springs only takes about one hour. Theoretically, you could have the surgery done during your lunch break. Local anesthesia is provided so that you won’t feel any pain, but you will be awake during the procedure. Relax or watch TV while the procedure is being done. There may be some minimal swelling or tenderness in the area after the surgery, but you could be ready to go back to work even the next day.