Dental Implants in Bellevue, TN

Are you living with missing teeth? Missing or compromised teeth can impact more than just your ability to chew and eat comfortably. If your remaining teeth begin to move and shift into the open space, they can affect your speech, bite, and dental health.  

It’s important to consider tooth replacement to protect your long-term dental health and well-being. Dental implants are considered the gold standard for tooth replacement because they restore both tooth and root.

At Poff Dental Associates, we offer comprehensive implant dentistry. Our dedicated team will guide you step by step through the process of restoring your smile with dental implants in Bellevue.

How Long Does the Dental Implant Process Take?

Dental implants typically follow this process:

• Consultation: First, your dentist evaluates you to ensure candidacy.
• Implant Placement: If you're a good candidate, we schedule pre-treatments (if necessary) and your implant surgery. Using local anesthesia and/or sedation, we place implant posts into the jawbone. After placement, there is a period of healing and integration. 
• Restoration: After integration, we cap the dental implants with custom tooth crowns or a prosthetic, such as an implant-supported denture or bridge. 

What Is Recovery Like After Implant Surgery?

Dental implant recovery is generally straightforward. You may notice a few days (or up to a week) of mild soreness and slight swelling, but this is easily treatable with an over-the-counter pain reliever. 

During recovery, follow your Bellevue dentist's aftercare instructions, and call us if you have questions. 

Getting a dental implant doesn’t have to be stressful when you’re working with a highly skilled and experienced team that can help you from start to finish. Here’s how the process works.

• Initial evaluation — At Poff Dental Associates, we rely on state-of-the-art technology, such as CBCT 3-D imaging, to help us plan and deliver precise, accurate implant placement. We’ll gather important planning information during your initial evaluation.
• Placement surgery — Dr. Poff performs computer-guided implant placement surgery here at our Nashville dental office so you can work with the team you know and trust. We also offer sedation dentistry to keep you comfortable throughout the procedure.
• Healing time—Dental implants integrate and fuse with your bone during a process called osseointegration. This allows them to replace your root, become part of your dental anatomy, and successfully support your restoration. Patients who have experienced bone loss may first need a bone grafting procedure to build sufficient bone structure before implant placement.
• Restoration — Dr. Poff will create your customized restoration, which may be a porcelain crown to restore one tooth, or a bridge or denture to replace multiple missing teeth.

We understand that choosing a suitable tooth replacement is a big decision. By understanding some of the advantages of dental implants, you can make the right choice for your smile and dental health.

• Natural look and feel — Dental implants feel, function, and look like a natural tooth.
• Excellent stability — A few carefully placed implants can stabilize and support a dental prosthetic, such as a bridge or denture.
• Jawbone protection — A dental implant keeps your jawbone from deteriorating after tooth loss.
• Impressive success rate — Dental implants boast a 95 percent success rate.
• Excellent longevity — Tooth implants can potentially last a lifetime with the right care.

Your Local Implant Dentist in Bellevue, TN

We are a local dentist who has served the community for more than four decades, and patients come to us from all locales, including Bellevue, West Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, and your neighborhood. 

Call us today at (615) 662-2400 to get started or with any questions. 

We offer financing through CareCredit and love helping our patients achieve their smile goals.