Dental Implants in Bowen

A dental implant replaces the root of a missing tooth with a titanium post, and once it has fused to the bone it carries a crown that behaves like the tooth you lost. Bowen is a long way from anywhere with a hospital dental unit, so having implant surgery available in town is the point.

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What We Have Here

This clinic has a cone beam CT scanner (a Vatech A9 RC) and a Medit i700 intra-oral scanner. Implants placed here are Osstem. Carrying more than one system matters more than it sounds: the right fixture for a narrow ridge is not always the right one for a molar site.

Every implant starts with a 3D scan rather than a guess. The scan shows where the bone actually is, how much of it there is, and where the nerve and the sinus sit. The placement is planned on that scan before anyone picks up an instrument, which is what guided surgery means in practice.

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What We Can Do at Bowen

• Single implants for one missing tooth.
• Multiple implants where several teeth are gone.
• Implant-retained dentures, so a denture clips onto implants instead of moving around.
• All-on-4 and full-arch work, covered on our All-on-4 page.
• Bone grafting and sinus lifts where the bone needs building up first.
• Immediate or same-day implants where the case allows it.
• Gum grafting and crown lengthening where the gum needs work alongside.

If your case turns out to need zygomatic or pterygoid implants, which are the options when there is very little bone to work with, that work is done at our Bohle Plains and Kirwan clinics. We would plan it here and tell you plainly what the trip involves. There is more on our complex cases page.

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Getting It Done Without the Drive

Implant treatment takes several appointments spread over months, so where you have it done matters. Doing it at Bowen means the scan, the surgery and the final tooth all happen in Bowen, instead of a run of long drives at each stage.

A visiting anaesthetist attends this clinic, so if you would rather be sedated for the surgery, or the case is long enough to warrant it, that can be arranged here rather than somewhere else.

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What It Costs

The fee depends on how many implants you need, whether the bone needs building up first, and what goes on top. We give you a written quote after the consultation and the scan, so you have the figure before anything is booked. Interest-free payment plans are available, and if your health fund covers any of it we claim through HICAPS at the desk. There is more on our payment options page.