SUWON IMPLANT GUIDE
You cannot tell which clinic is good from advertising. Ask these five things at the consultation and the answers will come out.
Why Diagnosis Matters
What separates implant results is not advertising copy but the precision of diagnosis, the criteria for reducing surgery, and the response when problems occur. There are five things to check at the consultation: who diagnoses and places the implant, whether they tell you the CT measurements (2 mm of cheek-side bone, 7 mm of remaining bone in upper molars) in numbers, why a bone graft or sinus lift is added, what the anesthesia and drilling methods are, and whether the failure criteria and check-up interval are set. Yeonhap Dental Clinic explains these five in numbers at the consultation and writes them as line items on the estimate. Any clinic should be able to answer these questions, and
Consultation Checklist
At the first consultation, we first check the five items below for you.
Treatment Options
We answer with numbers and criteria instead of saying we are good. We set them in advance: for diagnosis, CT measurements; for procedures, the criteria for leaving out unnecessary surgery; and for maintenance, the criteria for revision and check-ups.
On the CT screen, we look together at whether a position that leaves 2 mm on the cheek side and 1.5 mm on the tongue side exists after the implant is placed, and for upper molars whether there is 7 mm to the sinus. These numbers decide whether a bone graft or sinus lift is done.
If 2 mm is achieved, no bone graft is done, and if it exceeds 7 mm, no sinus lift is done. Anesthesia basically uses a gargle, ointment, and an automatic anesthesia device, with pressure added at the palate for four steps, and the bone is cut with a low-speed drill at around 200 rpm with water flowing to cool it.
For peri-implantitis, we first look at whether it can be resolved while keeping the implant body, and decide on removal by judging bone loss, changes in the stability value (ISQ), and response to treatment together. If removed, we place again after 2-3 months, and the director personally adjusts the bite of the prosthesis and checks it every 6 months. We give you these criteria in writing at the consultation.
Planning Points
The five items below are questions you can ask at any clinic. Just look at whether the answers come as numbers.
① Who places it? ② How many millimeters of my bone remain? ③ Why is a bone graft needed? ④ How are anesthesia and drilling done? ⑤ What are the criteria if it fails? If all five answers come as numbers, it is a consultation you can trust.
Words like “best,” “painless,” and “guaranteed” cannot be used under Korea's medical advertising law. Instead, look at whether the estimate is divided into items and whether the materials and warranty criteria are written down. Those two things are connected to the result.
Before Visit
If you prepare the items below, we can give you all five answers at the first consultation.
Implants look similar everywhere, but the differences in results come from what you cannot see: whether a position that leaves 2 mm of cheek-side bone was found, whether an unnecessary bone graft was left out, whether the bone was cut with less heat, and whether there are criteria for when to place again if it fails. These four things do not appear in advertising and come out only if you ask at the consultation. Yeonhap Dental Clinic answers these questions with numbers and shows you those numbers on the estimate and the CT screen. Treatment results may vary depending on each person's oral condition. What we check on the first day of a consultation is in Three Things We Check at an Implant Consultation, the design that reduces pain is in Implant Pain: What Decides It?, and the criteria for minimizing bone grafts are in Implant Bone Grafts: When and How Are They Done?. Reference: Howe 2019, systematic review of 10-year implant survival
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