Dental Implants Consultation

00:00:08.424 --> 00:00:11.468 When a patient comes in for a dental implant consultation, 00:00:11.968 --> 00:00:14.804 we sit down and decide 00:00:16.097 --> 00:00:18.766 whether the bone will support the dental implant. 00:00:19.141 --> 00:00:21.435 That's why we take the cone beam or the CT scan 00:00:21.518 --> 00:00:24.312 to find out how wide the bone is, 00:00:25.396 --> 00:00:30.651 are there any structures like the mental foramen might be involved 00:00:30.942 --> 00:00:34.362 or the inferior alveolar nerve might be involved or the sinus. 00:00:34.946 --> 00:00:36.489 Once we eliminate those, 00:00:37.198 --> 00:00:40.450 we talk to the patient about the need for an implant 00:00:41.034 --> 00:00:46.414 and give them other options rather than having implant placed. 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.083 Those options might be a bridge, might be a partial, 00:00:50.643 --> 00:00:53.962 but most patients, I'd say 90% of the patients, 00:00:54.323 --> 00:00:57.089 maybe even more, actually go for the dental implant 00:00:57.631 --> 00:01:02.636 because it's more permanent than a fixed bridge for one. 00:01:03.261 --> 00:01:07.056 It doesn't involve cutting down two teeth for another. 00:01:08.390 --> 00:01:10.559 It's very cost-efficient. 00:01:11.101 --> 00:01:14.312 In our office, we have one cost for dental implants. 00:01:14.937 --> 00:01:16.939 Maybe we might have to do a bone graft 00:01:17.481 --> 00:01:20.984 to build up the bone in order to place a dental implant. 00:01:21.276 --> 00:01:22.833 As far as the sinus goes, 00:01:23.033 --> 00:01:27.406 if they don't have enough room between the sinus and the alveolar crest, 00:01:28.949 --> 00:01:30.367 we have to lift the sinus. 00:01:30.617 --> 00:01:32.035 That increases the cost.