Dave Asks:
I've seen some advertisements for dental implants, which claim that they are immediately loadable, everything done within a week or even a day! This seems like a 'no-brainer', just have the implant and go off smiling a week later. Intuitively it seems to good to be true and I'd assume they wouldn't last as long. Can someone advise me about this procedure? Can this be done?
Answered by: Dr. Sascha A. Jovanovic Los Angeles, CA
Website: http://www.gidedental.com/
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Hi Dave,
It's possible that what you saw advertisements for an implant loading protocol that is called "Immediate Function" or "Immediate Loading". This protocol has shown the same high success rate for dental implants as implants loaded after a standard healing period of 3 to 4
months.
But the reality is that only about 5% of patients are a good candidate for an immediate loading protocol procedure and that standard procedures are safer and more predictable.
Caution is necessary when interpreting claims for immediate loading, as the inclusion exclusion criteria are inconsistent and many subjective confounding factors are evident.
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