Emergency Same-Day Dental Implants

Losing a tooth can be distressing, especially when something happens unexpectedly, such breaking a tooth that cannot be restored. It is even more traumatic when this happens with a front tooth and impacts the natural appearance of the smile. Fortunately, many patients who experience unanticipated tooth loss can have their smile restored quickly with emergency, same-day dental implants.

Patients’ who are candidates for this procedure experience several benefits with immediate tooth replacement. Most importantly, the tooth can be replaced with a dental implant and a temporary crown the same day the tooth is removed. There is less overall treatment time and this leads to a quicker result for patients.

Dental implants can be used to replace a single missing tooth, multiple missing teeth, or all of the teeth.

Whether you are facing impending tooth loss, or already missing a tooth, the ideal treatment option is an implant-supported crown. This will provide the most natural tooth replacement possible, with the best lWhen a tooth cannot be restored, it must be removed. Most patients have the tooth removed by an oral surgeon, who is able to perform a special surgical procedure to remove the tooth, while preserving the surrounding bone. Maintaining as much bone as possible is important for establishing the best possible foundation for dental implants.

Once the tooth is removed, a dental implant can be placed directly into the socket that surrounded the tooth root. The surgeon will then place bone grafting material to fill in the socket around the implant, aid the regrowth of natural bone, maintain healthy gum tissue, and improve the final result. The final step in this first phase of treatment is attaching a temporary crown and connector post (abutment) to the implant. The temporary crown is usually slightly smaller than the final crown to prevent pressure that could be transferred to the implant when biting or chewing (see illustration below).

It generally takes several weeks for the bone to remodel around the implant, create a strong biological bond with the implant, and fill in the socket. Once the bone has fused to the implant, the final crown can be fabricated and attached to the abutment connected to the implant. This final phase of treatment is completed by the patient’s dentist and the dental laboratory technician.ong-term esthetics and the best long-term success. This will also provide you with the most cost effective solution.