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If you have an injured or damaged tooth in your mouth, you will need a tooth extraction procedure. It is the
second stage of the dental implants procedure and requires you receive anesthesia. Tooth extraction varies
depending on the patient.
A patient with healthy bones can undergo tooth extraction and continue with the dental implant procedure
that same day. For patients suffering from a bone infection or loss, other processes are necessary. An
example is bone grafting, which repairs and strengthens the jaw bones.
After the dentist ascertains that your bones are strong enough, implant placement begins. It is a process that
involves placing a metal screw into your bones to act as the prosthesis anchor. The procedure takes 1-2
hours.
The metal screw is usually the first implant a dentist will place in your mouth. Once it’s there, healing has to
occur for you to continue to the next stage of dental implants. Healing takes seven months (upper jaw) and
five months (lower jaw).