Dental Implants

Dental Implants Can Make You Look AND Feel AMAZING

• Dental Implants are an alternative to dentures or bridge work for replacing your damaged or missing teeth.
• The dental implant is made from strong materials like titanium and is implanted in the jaw bone.
• Dental implants function like the roots of your missing teeth.
• Implants are typically placed with only a local anesthetic.
• Generally, there is minimal post-operative pain or discomfort.

Dental implants are teeth that look and feel just like your own! When a tooth is removed, it’s best to replace it with a dental implant as promptly as possible, preferably same visit.  After you lose a tooth the load and work that each remaining tooth has to take is increased because there are fewer of them.

Dental implants are designed to provide a foundation for replacement teeth that look, feel, and function like natural teeth.  If you have missing teeth, dental implants can help you regain the ability to eat virtually anything and you can smile with confidence.

The Smile Design team will also make sure that the entire procedure is as pain free as possible so that after the entire procedure is done you will be not only happy with the result but also with the process!!

Dr. Bondar is the inventor of patented KAT Implants System, he holds three US and one EU patents for dental implants. KAT implants received FDA approval in 2009 and have been placed in most of the states in US. KAT implants are stronger than traditional hollow implants due to a unique solid body design. Superior strength allows for smaller diameter implants to be used in narrow ridges to minimize the need for costly bone grafts.

Visit www.katimplants.com for more information on KAT Implants System.

Stronger Dental Implants are Better!

Why are stronger implants good for you?
Stronger implants are less likely to fracture. The Implant Strength Diagram on the left shows the strength of KAT 3.1mm diameter implant compared to other leading manufacturer’s 3.0 – 3.5mm diameter implants.
KAT 3.1mm implant has twice the strength! That’s because of a unique solid body design of KAT implants.

Smaller diameter implants can be placed without expensive and painful ridge augmentation (cortical bone graft) if there isn’t sufficient bone width present for standard size implants. KAT implants is a logical choice for limited bone width treatments because of an added strength of a solid body design.

Dental Implant Prices at Smile design Center:

–   Single Implant in Healed Site – $2,500. Each additional implant – $2,000. Incudes Implant, Abutment and Zirconia Crown; Additional tooth (pontic) of the bridge – $1,000. So, the quote for a three-unit bridge on two implants is $5,500.                                                                                                                                              

–   Single Implant, Tooth Extraction and Bone Grafting – $2,850. Includes everything listed above plus extraction and socket bone grafting. 

–   Full Arch Fixed Bridge Treatment – $15,000. Includes extractions, socket grafting, implants, fixed temporary bridges and a final fixed zirconia bridge. Full arch treatment qualifies for 6 months CareCredit financing. Or 50% down payment at the start of treatment and balance in 5 monthly payments.

We are often asked why our fees are so low. Here is our answer – we pioneered flat implant pricing in this part of the country and have been transparent with our patients since 2009. We have more resources, have less of an overhead and accumulated more know-how than any of our competition, starting from an in-house lab, in-house implant and custom abutment manufacturing facility (7,000 sf facility at Pease Tradeport making FDA cleared implants for other dentists) and achieving high level of expertise in cosmetic and implant dentistry field.

Dr. Bondar is the only both Accredited Cosmetic and Implant dentistry provider in New England.

You can be confident in unbeatable value and excellent quality of work. We guarantee it, we take pride in what we do!

Other Fees:

Single implant to replace upper central incisor – $4,500. Includes custom abutment and zirconia crown. Extraction and socket grafting included. Upper central incisors are the most challenging teeth to restore in regards to the shape and color match. Additional appointment are frequently required to achieve pleasing result.

Sinus Grafting, side window (lateral) approach, when bone height is <5 mm – $2,200.

Sinus Grafting, vertical approach, can be done the same time with implant placement if minimum bone height is 5-6 mm – $500.

Cortical Bone Graft (bone plate attached to the side of jaw bone with screws, done when bone width is minimal) – $3,000.

Guided Bone Regeneration (placement of membrane over bone graft if outside bone plate is missing due to infection) – $500.

 All pictures are images of Dr. Bondar’s patients. All of the zirconia bridges were designed and made by Dr. Bondar. All of the implants used at Smile Design Center were designed, machined and packaged by facility owned by Dr. Bondar.

We can make a “permanent” acrylic bridge and cement it the same day on implants in most cases. We just call it a TEMPORARY. One can’t really call a bridge permanent unless it is made from metal with overlaid porcelain or a solid zirconia. Acrylic is prone to fractures, discoloration and will wear fast. Zirconia requires 8 hours of sintering time in an oven, porcelain to metal bridge requires even more in-lab time. Adding porcelain to permanent bridges to close gaps caused by shrinking gums and bone (we prefer to call it “soft and hard tissue remodeling”) would be a big project too. Our on-site lab can make bridges and crowns as fast as any commercial lab, but we recommend to get through the healing stage with the temporary bridge and not to rush into a permanent one. Usually it takes 3 – 5 months for bone and gums to settle in after extractions and implants placement. This way the spacing between the bridge and gums will be ideal (if it’s too large – food will accumulate easily, and if it’s too small – you will not be able to clean under the bridge). The  final result will be so much better!

Let us at the Smile Design Center recommend the best option for your dental implants treatment!

We are so confident that our experience (>300 implants placed and restored annually) combined with excellent customer care, flat fee schedule and complete integration of the entire process (in-house manufacturing of implants, abutments, crowns, permanent and temporary bridges and dentures) allows us to provide extremely competitive treatment pricing, that we will give you 10% off a comparable printed treatment plan/cost estimate from any other provider.