When you’re missing a single tooth, you have the option of a conventional bridge. Alternatively, we can place an implant-supported crown.
In situations where the adjacent teeth are pristine or, conversely, unsuitable to act as bridge abutments, a dental implant-supported single crown is an ideal solution.
Benefits of Dental Implant Crown
A dental implant-supported crown replaces the whole structure of the missing tooth, from root to crown. It avoids compromising the health of the adjacent teeth to create a dental crown bridge, and has excellent survival rates.
Process for Dental Implant-Supported Crowns
Our professional team of dentists will discuss all your dental implantology treatment options, including pros, cons, risks, and costs, to help you make an informed decision. Our dentist then takes measurements of your teeth with dental impressions and your occlusion with facebow measurements. This allows our dentist to recreate an exact model of your jaws and their relationship. Along with a 3D scan, our dentist collates all the information to plan your optimal implant treatment.
Dental implant-supported crown surgery is performed under local anaesthesia in sterile surgical conditions. After the implant is placed, you will receive some stitches to help with the healing and instructions on how to care for the site. Medicines will also be prescribed to aid the healing and for pain relief.
Our dentist will review your implant site 10 days later to check on the healing and remove the stitches.
The implant will fuse to the bone in a process called osseointegration, which takes an average of 3 months. For most patients, you will now be ready for the prosthetic phase.
We work closely with our dental laboratory partners to fabricate your dental crown. When it is ready, all aspects of the fit are checked, with any necessary minor adjustments made.
You will receive instructions on how to care for your new dental crown implant. You will be reviewed frequently initially, with the intervals increasing until your implant reviews can take place as part of your regular dental check-up. Maintenance of all your teeth, including those supported by implants, remains vital as always.
Implants have an excellent survival rate; however, a small percentage do experience complications. Lifestyle factors, among many other things, can affect the success of your implant treatment. We will be with you every step of the way, and should complications occur, we will work with you to find a solution.
The Cost of A Dental Implant-Supported Crown
Implant treatment is complex and multi-phased. The choice of implant system, among other factors, will significantly impact the price.
TEETH @ Tiong Bahru is accredited by the Ministry of Health and the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board. Therefore, you may be able to use your MediSave account in Singapore to cover certain surgical procedures, such as specific implant treatments or dental implant placement. Please note that non-surgical or cosmetic dental procedures, such as non-surgical root canal treatment, crowning, dentures, and braces, as well as simple tooth extractions that do not involve surgery, are typically excluded from MediSave claims.
We encourage you to meet with our dentist for a consultation to discuss your specific needs and the costs of dental implant-supported crown treatment.
