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placed into your jawbone. And, as you’ve probably already read, we pride ourselves on making sure that all of our patients at Village Green Dental walk out with teeth.
NOTE: if you would like to be unconscious during treatment, your dental implant procedure may stretch to two appointments.
This is because we’ll need time to arrange for an anesthetic crew to come in and monitor your well-being while you’re sedated – which allows us to focus our undivided attention on placing your implant(s).
Once the process is complete – and you get your teeth back! – you become the most important person in the life of your dental implants.
To stay healthy, strong and functional, they need you to take care of them!
This is no different than any other kind of oral hygiene: dental implants require maintenance every day (if you want them to “last a lifetime”).
2. TAKING CARE OF YOUR DENTAL IMPLANTS