Who is a good candidate for dental implants?
My name is Dr. Sunny Patel here at Briarcliff Dental Group, and I wanted to go over one of the most common questions we get from patients. Dental implants are a great solution to replace missing teeth, and there are a couple of things to consider when determining if you're a great candidate. Number one is children do not make great candidates for dental implants. We need a patient to be fully grown before we discuss dental implants. Two, a patient should be in really, really great health or have very well-managed health. That's really important for the healing post-operatively from dental implant therapy. The last thing that we really think about is whether or not and how soon we can do a dental implant from the time a tooth is going to be missing. The sooner we can act, the better the patient is as a candidate for dental implants. If you have any further questions about dental implants or whether or not you may be a great candidate for dental implants, please give us a call at (252) 651-4419.