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Obviously, only rough estimates can be made as to the duration of a planned treatment. This depends largely on the individual circumstances and your requirements.
The following figure that reports on expected treatment times only describes average values. Under certain circumstances, these times can be exceeded, such as when your bone needs to be built up prior to implant placement.
A number of different options are available today to build up your bone. What you and your dentist/doctor choose will depend on what suits you best. In some cases, bone material is taken from a suitable site in your body (jaw, pelvis) before it is transplanted into your jaw where it will perfectly integrate over time. In other cases, bone substitute material is more adequate. Combinations are also feasible. Bone substitute material is placed on the existing bone and grows together to form a stable foundation for the implant. In the upper jaw, one can slightly elevate the mucosa of the maxillary sinus and fill the cavity with bone (substitute) material. This procedure is known as sinus floor elevation or sinus lifting.
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The timetable for a CAMLOG® dental implant treatment might look like this:
1 month:
Planning and preparation
--> Insertion of the implant
3 to 6 months:
Healing time of the implant
--> Beginning of the prosthetic treatment
1 month:
Fabrication of the restoration in the dental laboratory
--> Insertion of the final prosthetic restoration.
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