Achieve a Beautiful, Healthy Smile with Dental Implants – the Gold Standard for Teeth Replacement!
Randolph Family Dental proudly offers advanced dental technologies without the specialist’s price tag. One of our flagship dental offerings includes dental implants designed to feel and function like natural teeth.
Dental implants in Schertz, Texas, offer a reliable alternative for tooth replacement if your teeth cannot be saved with dental crowns or root canals. Dental implants are ideal for every smile, whether you have lost one or more teeth. Dr. Fortuna Vardeman and the team can replace any number of missing teeth with single or full-mouth implants.
What are dental implants?
You’ll notice minimal differences when comparing a dental implant to your natural tooth. Both have a crown, the visible outer part used for biting and chewing. Moreover, both have a root system embedded in the jawbone to hold your tooth firmly in place.
The design of a dental implant mirrors the structure of your natural tooth. What does this mean for you? You get a tooth that looks and feels natural. When a dental implant is in place, no one will tell it’s a replacement tooth!
What does dental implant treatment involve?
In contrast to other dental offices in the Schertz area, we provide comprehensive dental implant treatment in one convenient location. By managing every aspect of your dental implant treatment in-house, we ensure the highest quality of care at each stage. One doctor and one office ensure a streamlined treatment process, reducing wait times and eliminating the need to coordinate between multiple offices.
Although the procedure varies from patient to patient, the typical process includes the following steps.
- Initial consultation: We’ll examine your teeth, gums, and jawbone to ensure your implant eligibility. Potential implant candidates must have sufficient jawbone and be free from tooth decay and gum disease.
- Pre-surgery procedures: Your dental implant treatment is always a complex procedure. Sometimes, you may need supplementary procedures before the surgical implantation. For instance, if you have insufficient jawbone, you may need a bone graft to stabilize your bone. Similarly, patients with failing teeth may require extraction to create space for predictable implants.
- Implant surgery: The doctor will place a titanium post at an optimal position in the jawbone. We administer oral surgery with powerful anesthetics and possibly sedation dentistry for patients anxious about the procedure.
- Healing and fusion: After surgery, we’ll give you a 4-6 month break to allow your implant to heal and fuse with the jawbone through osseointegration. Healing times can vary and are monitored closely by our dental team to ensure successful osseointegration. After healing, the implant fixture becomes stable like the natural tooth root to support one or more replacement teeth. However, it may lack the flexibility and sensory feedback that natural teeth roots possess.
- Abutment placement: The doctor will attach a small metal connector to your implant fixture. The abutment protrudes through the gum line to connect the implant post to the final restoration.
- Final restoration: Dr. Vardeman will top off your implant with a custom-made crown to restore your smile’s function and appearance. However, we’ll attach a denture or bridge to rebuild your smile if you have lost multiple teeth.
Our services continue after successful treatment. You can count on us for post-treatment care, regular check-ups, and maintenance solutions. Our objective is to ensure your smile lasts many years.
Are you ready for dental implants today?
Randolph Family Dental is proud to be your one-stop dental implant office in Schertz, Texas. Your dental implant treatment—from start to finish—is handled by a dental team you already know and trust. For more information about our dental implant services, call (210) 791-7897 to talk to Dr. Vardeman and the team.
Dental Implants
Dental implants are titanium roots, that are replaced with in the jawbone to resemble a tooth or group of teeth. A screw is inserted through the gums and into the jawbone. A porcelain crown is then attached to the screw to become the new tooth or teeth. They can be used to support dental prosthesis including crowns, dentures, and bridges. Today’s treatments are so natural looking, no one will know you had surgery. There’s approximately a 95% success rate for all implants. With modern advances in dentistry, some implants can be restored immediately with life like all-porcelain crowns. For more details ask your dentist.
