Single & Multiple Dental Implants - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

Before recommending dental implants, Dr. Olson will determine if they’re the right choice for you during your consultation. He’ll have you come to our office to discuss your functional goals and smile preferences. He’ll also perform an examination of your oral health and discuss your medical history. We’re fortunate to have an extensive range of advanced imaging equipment that allows us to get panoramic, x-ray views of your dental health. With our intraoral camera, we can even show you problem areas in real time to help you understand your treatment.

If you’ve lost jawbone mass as a result of tooth loss, we can arrange a bone grafting procedure for you. This is where Dr. Olson, or another dental specialist, takes a small amount of bone material and adds it to areas where bone has receded. Eventually that bone material will solidify and join with your jawbone, making it strong enough to support dental implants. He can provide a number of sedation options such as IV sedation, oral sedation, and nitrous oxide to keep you relaxed and pain-free throughout. Your comfort is always our top priority! Following your exam and any preparatory procedures, Dr. Olson will send you to your implant specialist to have your dental implants placed.

The foundation of each dental implant is a screw-like post. This post is precisely inserted into your jawbone for maximum stability. Each implant post acts as an artificial tooth root, anchoring your new tooth or crown to your jawbone and stimulating healthy bone growth. After surgery, you may qualify for a temporary restoration that allows you to eat and speak comfortably during healing, which may take as few as three months. During that process, your dental implants will fuse permanently with your jawbone until they’re ready to secure your final, natural-looking, and long-lasting new teeth.

Once your implant sites have fully healed, you’ll return to see Dr. Olson for your final restorations. Depending on how many teeth you’re missing and the solution you’ve chosen, this may include a single crown, bridges, partial dentures or a full arch of new teeth. All of Dr. Olson’s restorations are custom-made to the highest standards of quality in collaboration with a trusted and specialized dental lab. He’ll choose a tooth shade that matches your existing healthy teeth for a seamless appearance. Your new restorations will provide reliable performance while chewing and speaking and also restore the beauty and confidence to your smile for many years to come.