Dental Implants

BCO Cosmetic Dentists Serving Boulder and Boulder County, CO

Boulder Canyon Dental is fully equipped for the best dental implants and service in Boulder, CO. From the moment you enter our office for your $99 implant consultation, you'll experience the difference first-hand, as Dr. Jon Smith DDS guides you through an assessment of the innermost workings of your teeth. You'll benefit from the advanced technology of the 3D Cone-beam computed tomography system (CBCT), which takes a digital scan of your mouth, rotating around your jaw and head, capturing the most comprehensive picture of your teeth available today. Along with a digital CEREC scan, and overlaid on a radiographic model, Dr. Smith can show you exactly what is happening inside your mouth, and help you understand the pain you're feeling as you find hope for relief and to restore your oral health.

If you're suffering from any of the following, a $99 implant consultation is right for you:

• missing teeth or a missing tooth
• brown or black tooth infection
• failed root canal(s)
• broken front teeth
• cracked molar or tooth
• loose dentures or loose partials
• previously placed implant that needs to be restored with a tooth

Dr. Smith offers $99 Consultations for dental implants, including the 3D digital scan and case treatment plan. Following your implant consultation you'll know the next steps to repairing or replacing your teeth, understand why you're in pain, and be given a one-of-a-kind treatment plan designed specifically for you, with total transparency about your out-of-pocket costs with and without insurance.

Why Choose Boulder Canyon Dental Implants?

At Boulder Canyon Dental, Dr. Jon Smith DDS has a Mastership in the International Dental Implant Association, with extensive and advanced training in dental implants and oral healing through stem cell application during surgery. Following your consultation, if implants are right for you, Dr. Smith performs every aspect of the dental implant procedure at our Boulder office, which saves you money and time because most Boulder dentists have to refer you out to specialists (like Dr. Smith) to either design or place your implant. Where other dentists simply do not have the technology, equipment or expertise, Dr. Smith has extensive training and experience to guide your dental implant treatment plan from consultation to implementation and completion. In short, you can get your entire dental implant procedure done inexpensively at our Boulder office.

With the advantages of in-house cutting edge technology like the 3D CBCT and CEREC Scan, Dr. Smith can design your implant and pinpoint the exact placement of your implant before surgery has even occurred. This gives you and our dentist complete control from start to finish with the minimal amount of surgery and maximum predictability for your successful implant(s). In fact, most patients report little or mild pain, and some go back to work on the same day. 

Astra EV dental implants are some of the best in the world. They're made with precision and accuracy in mind, which helps to avoid post surgical complications. At Boulder Canyon Dental, we use Astra EV implants and we 3D print all of our surgical guides in house. This allows us to control the quality of our products and ensure that our patients are getting the best possible care. Don't get an implant placed by an office without making sure it's a name brand that won't go out of business in case you ever need parts serviced in the future. Astra EV is a name you can trust. If you're ready for your $99 consultation, call 303-442-4437.

Why Replace Missing Teeth With Dental Implants?

It's essential to replace a missing tooth, not only for appearances, but because tooth loss can lead to multiple oral problems that may adversely affect your health. Some of the oral consequences of missing teeth are bone loss, shifting and drifting of the teeth around your missing tooth, alteration of your bite, jaw joint problems, difficulty or pain chewing properly and uneven stress on the remaining teeth in your mouth. Simply put, your mouth is designed to work at its best when you have all your teeth. Replacing a missing tooth with a dental implant restores your mouth to its original design and supports the other remaining teeth for maximal oral function.

Why Replace Bridges With Dental Implants?

Dental implants are also a tremendous substitute for bridges, and even dentures. Traditional bridgework allows for the remaining teeth around missing tooth or teeth to be held in place. Though bridges act as a support to the teeth around a missing tooth, they do not strengthen the bone within the gums because bridges are not implanted into the bone. As a result, the bone where the missing tooth or teeth would have been, may grow weak with osteoporosis. If the bone loss underneath the missing tooth continues it pulls away the gum, which also effects the gum around the surrounding teeth causing infection. Furthermore, bone loss can cause facial disfigurement and a look of premature aging if not reinforced with a dental implant. In other cases, the gap between the missing teeth and remaining teeth may experience bacteria leakage, causing decay around the remaining teeth and leading to future need for fillings and root canals. Though bridgework may be a good short term substitute for missing teeth, it is not ideal for the longevity of your oral health because of bone loss and the pressure put on bridges, which can open up a gap between the tooth and the bridge and expose the remaining teeth to harmful bacteria. The elegant longterm solution is a dental implant or implants that reinforces the bone as well as the remaining teeth. In short, dental implants replace bridges because they are better suited for overall longterm oral health.

How Do Dental Implants Work?

Dental Implants effectively replace the entire structure of a missing tooth with three main components:

• Dental Implant
• Abutment
• CEREC Crown

When a tooth is lost, it's roots are also lost, so a dental implant acts as the replacement roots. The dental implant is a perfectly fitted titanium rod that is embedded into the bone within your gum, where your missing tooth once lived. The dental implant fuses with your bone, securing it and anchoring your new tooth. On top of the dental implant is placed an abutment, which is a technical word for the secure platform on which your new tooth will sit. At Boulder Canyon Dental, the new tooth you'll receive is a dental crown called a CEREC crown. After your dental implant has healed, the CEREC crown is connected to the abutment to complete the dental implant procedure. Dr. Jon Smith DDS applies custom staining to your new CEREC crown, so that it looks exactly like your natural teeth.