3 Stage Dental Implant Procedure
Stage 1: surgically inserting the dental implant
The reason why our teeth are so strong is due to the part of the tooth that is not visible; the tooth root. Surgically inserting a titanium dental implant into the patients jawbone is thus the most important step in the overall tooth restoration process.
Stage 2: attaching an abutment to the dental implant
When the dentist determines that the implant has fully fused with the surrounding bone, a second minor surgical procedure is required. In this stage, the dentist will once again cut open the gum tissue surrounding the implant so that an abutment can be placed on the implant.