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Your second implant

Dental Implants for Kildonan Residents

You’ve been through this once and you know the rhythm. Still, a new gap is a new site. Kildonan residents considering another implant can have it assessed on its own terms on McPhillips Street.

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Experience helps, up to a point

Why Another Implant Isn’t a Repeat Performance

Having lived with an implant, you likely understand the phases, the healing and the cleaning better than most people walking in. That knowledge is useful. What it can’t tell you is how much bone sits beneath this particular gap, what the surrounding anatomy looks like, or how your health has changed since last time.

So a fresh look is needed, whether your earlier treatment happened recently or long ago. Kildonan is an area in Winnipeg, and for anyone living there the new site would be examined at our McPhillips Street clinic. Your first implant becomes part of the story, and its condition gets a look too.

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New site, new scan

Imaging of the current gap shows what earlier records of a different spot simply cannot.

Your history counts

How your first implant healed and has been cared for is helpful background to share.

Both get considered

Bite and cleaning are looked at across the existing implant and the proposed one.

What could differ this time

Same treatment, different variables.

A tooth in another part of the mouth can raise different considerations, and time may have changed a few things as well.

The location of the gap

Bone, surrounding structures and the available room vary from site to site, even within one mouth.

  • Bone volume under this specific space.
  • Anatomy around the new position.
  • Room for a replacement tooth of useful size.
  • How gum tissue looks at this site.

What has changed in you

Health and habits aren’t frozen on the date of your last surgery, so they are reviewed afresh.

  • New diagnoses since your earlier implant.
  • Any medications added over the years.
  • Changes in smoking habits, in either direction.
  • How well your present cleaning routine is working.

One smooth experience can’t predict the next. Equally, a difficult first time doesn’t settle how a second would go. Each site gets its own assessment.

A familiar outline

The path you’ll partly recognize.

Should another implant prove suitable, the order of events will be familiar. Its duration may not be, since each site and each period of healing can behave differently.

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  1. 01

    Restorative planning again

    New records and imaging determine where this replacement tooth belongs and, from that, where its implant must go.

  2. 02

    Placement at the new site

    Surgery puts the implant into position. A graft is added only where the plan for this site calls for it.

  3. 03

    Another round of healing

    Integration proceeds at its own speed while the area is shielded from harm and kept under observation.

  4. 04

    Restoring and reviewing

    Abutment and restoration go on next. After that comes a check of your bite and a hygiene review covering both implants.

Your earlier treatment as a resource

Tell us how it went last time.

You hold information no scan can show, such as what the healing felt like and which parts of cleaning are awkward. Spend a moment recalling those details before your visit.

If your first implant was done at another office, any paperwork you have could help. Having none doesn’t stop you from asking about the new gap.

Things to recall

  • Roughly when the first implant was placed and restored.
  • Any complications or surprises during healing.
  • Anything awkward about cleaning around it today.
  • Health or medication changes since that treatment.
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What you know, what you don’t

Tell us what you’d change.

Your earlier experience is a real advantage here. If something about it bothered you, whether the surgery, the wait or the upkeep, say so and ask how it might be approached this time.

If you felt anxious before

Previous worry is worth mentioning, including what made it better or worse for you.

If healing dragged on

Describe what happened. It may prompt useful questions about your current site and health.

If you’d rethink it

A different restoration might suit this gap, and you’re free to ask about other choices.

Two sites to look after

More implants, more places to clean.

Decay won’t affect either implant, but plaque can still inflame the surrounding gums and put supporting bone at risk. Adding a second site means your routine needs to reach one more restoration, on top of everything else in your mouth.

01

Updating your routine

A technique that suits one spot might not reach another, so ask to have your method checked for the new site.

02

Watching the first one

Maintenance visits are a chance to review your established implant too, rather than focusing only on the newcomer.

03

Bite across both

A shift in how teeth meet, or tenderness under pressure at either implant, deserves a call.

Contact the clinic at (204) 338-3003 about bleeding, swelling, drainage, lingering bad taste or a component that moves.

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Getting the new gap looked at

A Further Implant for Kildonan Residents

Assessment and treatment are provided at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street in Winnipeg. You’ll find a directions link alongside this section.

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A little clarity before your visit

Your questions, answered.

Helpful details about dental implants in Kildonan.

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From Kildonan, how do I ask about a second implant?

Send a request on this page or phone (204) 338-3003, and mention that you already have an implant. Your assessment would be at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg.

My first implant went well. Will this one go the same way?

It may, but no one can promise that. Bone, position, your present health and the demands on this tooth all feed into the outcome, so the new site has to be judged by itself.

Can both implants be done together?

If you have more than one gap, ask whether treating them in one plan makes sense. That depends on where they are, your bone, your health and what the final restorations need.

Will you look at my old implant as well?

Feel free to ask for that. Knowing how the gum and restoration around it are doing is relevant, particularly when you’re planning to add another restoration to your mouth.

Does needing another implant mean something went wrong?

Not necessarily, as teeth are lost for many reasons. Still, finding out why this tooth failed is useful, since an ongoing issue such as gum disease could affect future planning.

Round two

Have the new space assessed.

Kildonan residents can use this form to request a visit, and someone from the clinic will be in touch about timing.

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