Dental implants FAQs

A dental implant is a small titanium screw which you have placed into your bone. The implant acts as a root which supports your crowns, bridges or dentures to replace one or more of your missing teeth.

With routine check ups and following home care instructions as advised by your dentist, your implants should last your lifetime.

The success rate overall is 98.4% in a healthy person.

Single implants cost approximately £2500 for a simple case and up to £4500 for a complicated case.

At Appledore if you have more than two implants placed at the same time, you , may be offered a discount on the 3rd and subsequent implants. Your treatment will be assessed and you will be given a detailed treatment proposal advising you as to how many implants you need, and the cost involved.

Providing you are a member of the Appledore Club, we are able to spread the cost of your treatment over 12 months, interest free, this is organised through our finance company.

No, it is a very gentle procedure and is carried out under local anaesthetic. You can have sedation if you are nervous.

It usually takes about 30 minutes to place an implant.

You may have some discomfort and swelling for a short period which can be relieved with painkillers which your dentist will prescribe.

Dr Teresa Day our Clinical Director has been placing dental implants since 1984 and has a vast amount of experience in this field. She places around 400 implants every year.

Dr Day also mentors other dentists, helping to train them to place implants.  She is registered as a mentor with ADI - The Association for Dental Implantology.

Dr Day also takes referral cases from other dentists who do not place implants themselves.

This technique is well established and accepted throughout the world as a method of restoration and replacement.

In the rare case of an implant not integrating with the bone, the implant will have slight movement which your dentist will be able to detect.

Depending on your circumstances as to why your implant failed, your dentist would replace your implant. This decision would be based on your dentists clinical diagnosis.

This is assessed individually and is entirely up to your dentist.

• It replaces your missing teeth in the most natural way
• Implants look and feel like your natural teeth
• Your ability to chew will improve
• You will feel more confident
• Your implant will prevent bone loss
• Your implant will be more permanent than conventional crowns and bridges
• Its your third set of teeth

If your general health is good, and you are able to undergo surgery for routine bridgework or routine extractions, then you can receive implants.
If you are taking any form of medication you must tell your dentist. There are very few medical conditions that would prevent you from having implants.

They need to be treated like your natural teeth and gums, you need a good oral hygiene programme and regular check ups with your hygienist. You will be given full instructions from your dentist on how to look after your final restoration.

3 – 9 months, or thereabouts.
Your dentist will provide a treatment proposal and a more accurate time scale.

As a general rule no.

Your dentist will advise you, this depends on each individual. We generally recommend you take the implant day off work, and unless you are having a complicated procedure you can usually work the next day.

• Removable upper and lower dentures
• Implants which secure your dentures in place
• Implants which support your crowns and bridges
• No teeth at all

• Your crowns and bridges supported by implants and/or your teeth
• Partial dentures secured by implants and/or your teeth
• Bridges supported by your teeth
• Crowns supported by a post