


Dental implant surgery is usually an outpatient surgery performed in stages:
The entire process can take many months from start to finish — three to nine months and sometimes longer. Much of that time is devoted to healing and waiting for the growth of new bone in your jaw.
When bone grafting is required
If your jawbone isn't thick enough or is too soft, you may need bone grafting before you can have dental implant surgery. That's because the powerful chewing action of your mouth exerts great pressure on your bone, and if it can't support the implant, the surgery likely would fail. A bone graft can create a more solid base for the dental implant.
With bone grafting, a piece of bone is removed from another part of your jaw or your body — your hip, for example — and transplanted to your jawbone. It may take up to nine months for the transplanted bone to grow enough new bone to support a dental implant. In some cases, you may need only minor bone grafting, which can be done at the same time as the implant surgery. The condition of your jawbone determines how you proceed.
offers a team of dental professionals well trained in dental implant rehabilitation. Its director, Dr. Rafael Lorenzana is a prosthodontist certified by the American Board of Prosthodontics (the only certified prosthodontist practicing in Latin America), He is a fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, and former professor at Baylor College of Dentistry at the Medical University of South Carolina, and he has established successful private practices of dental implant rehabilitation in both Dallas, TX and San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Lo que puede esperar. La cirugía de implante dental es generalmente una cirugía ambulatoria realizada en etapas: