Single Dental Implants

Looking for the one and only long-term and natural solution to tooth loss?

Dental implants are the answer. Implants are replacement tooth roots that restore all the functions of a natural tooth.

Single dental implants simplified

• Replacement titanium tooth roots.
• Surgical procedure to have them placed within the jaw under local anaesthetic.
• Sedation is offered for nervous patients.
• Implants can last for 20+ years.
• A crown is placed over the top to provide aesthetic and chewing function.
• Implants fuse with the jawbone to become a natural entity in the jaw.

Benefits of implants

Dental implants have a positive knock-on effect in so many ways. Our patients love them for the following reasons (and something we hear the most often is that they regret not getting them sooner!

• Natural and biocompatible: Implants sit in the jaw in exactly the same way as a real tooth. The jawbone grows around the biocompatible titanium implant, which it recognises as a real tooth root.
• Preserve: Dental implants preserve the health of surrounding teeth, helping to maintain overall oral wellbeing without causing disruption or damage.
• Stability: Dental Implants are significantly more stable than dental bridges or dentures.
• Aesthetic: They look identical to your natural teeth, sitting in the jaw just as your natural teeth do.
• Refresh: Implants can give your whole facial aesthetic a refreshed appearance. They preserve the health of the jawbone, preventing atrophy. This can reduce sagging skin and stop the lower half of the face from becoming angular as a result of tooth loss.
• 95%+ success rate: Our success rate for implant surgeries is higher than 95%.

Your treatment journey

• Step 1: Consultation – We will examine your suitability for implants and create a plan to address your current oral hygiene status (if you are suffering from decay or gum disease, we will need to address this first). We will create a fully costed treatment plan for you to review.
• Step 2: Implant surgery – We will book you in for implant surgery and provide instructions to help you prepare (depending on whether you have opted for IV sedation to help you relax). Your implant is placed under local anaesthetic.
• Step 3: Healing – Your jaw will heal in 3-9 months (depending on various factors; please see our FAQs).
• Step 4: Impressions – We will ask you to pop in to have some digital impressions taken. These will be the basis for your bespoke crown.
• Step 5: Fitting your crown – Principal Dentist Dr Hiten Patel has decades of experience in placing implants and a postgraduate qualification in implantology. He trained with some of the world’s great cosmetic and implant dental surgeons and has been a Foundation Dentist Trainer for over 15 years. He loves sharing his knowledge with aspiring implant dentists and focuses on delivering work of the highest quality for his patients.