Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes. This page covers the implant revision appointment itself — what is prepared beforehand, what happens in the chair, and what the first hours afterwards feel like. Plan for 1-3 visits depending on diagnosis and 7-10 days for the surgical stage.
Chair time runs roughly 20-30 minutes per fixture once the flap is open, so a single implant is a short appointment while a full arch typically occupies two to three hours including the temporary. Implant placement is done under local anaesthetic infiltrated around the ridge; you stay awake, feel pressure and drilling vibration but no pain. IV sedation is offered for longer arch cases and for patients with a strong gag reflex. Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes.
Your scan or photographs are reviewed in person against the remote plan. Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes.
The gum is reflected and the osteotomy is drilled in graduated steps under saline irrigation to keep the bone below 47°C — overheating is the classic cause of early failure.
Each implant is driven to a recorded insertion torque. That number decides whether a temporary can be loaded immediately or whether the site is left to integrate submerged.
Sutures go in, and a healing abutment or an immediate temporary is fitted depending on the torque reading and where the implant sits in the smile line.
Assessment and correction of a failed, loose or previously poorly placed implant.
You leave with written aftercare and the follow-up schedule fixed — for this option that means 7-10 days for the surgical stage, with 1-3 visits depending on diagnosis in total.
Implant placement is done under local anaesthetic infiltrated around the ridge; you stay awake, feel pressure and drilling vibration but no pain. IV sedation is offered for longer arch cases and for patients with a strong gag reflex.
Chair time runs roughly 20-30 minutes per fixture once the flap is open, so a single implant is a short appointment while a full arch typically occupies two to three hours including the temporary.
An oral surgeon or an implantologist places the fixtures; the prosthetic stage — abutment, scan, crown or arch — is usually handled by a prosthodontist working with the same in-house laboratory.
Expect gauze pressure for 30-45 minutes, a numb lip for two to four hours and a small amount of oozing on the first evening. You walk out unaided, but you should not fly the same day if a graft or sinus lift was involved.
Cost and alternatives for Implant Revision.
Compare vs alternatives → See full cost breakdown →If bone loss is limited and the fixture is well positioned, decontamination and grafting can stabilise it. Mobile fixtures cannot be saved.
Often, but only after the site has healed or been grafted — usually 4-6 months after removal.
Ask for the figure in Ncm. Above roughly 35 Ncm supports an immediate temporary; below that, the fixture is normally left to integrate before anything is loaded on it.
Get the brand and reference in writing. A globally distributed system can be serviced by any dentist at home; an unbranded fixture often cannot.
Only the CBCT answers this. If a graft is likely, ask whether it is quoted separately and how many extra months it adds before the final restoration.
1-3 visits depending on diagnosis — and 7-10 days for the surgical stage. Any quote that compresses that materially is worth a second read, because laboratory and healing time set the schedule, not the clinic diary.
Sometimes maintenance and decontamination save the fixture; sometimes removal, grafting and replacement is the only durable answer.
Bleeding around an implant is not normal and is the earliest warning of peri-implantitis.
Repeat loosening usually points at a mechanical or positional problem, not just a loose screw.
Visible metal means bone loss has already begun.
Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes.
| Sessions | 1-3 visits depending on diagnosis |
|---|---|
| Time in Turkey | 7-10 days for the surgical stage |
| Recovery | 2-4 weeks; grafted sites need 4-6 months before reloading |
| Expected lifespan | Depends entirely on the cause and how much bone remains |
Sometimes maintenance and decontamination save the fixture; sometimes removal, grafting and replacement is the only durable answer.
Timeline, aftercare and what to watch for, day by day.
Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes. Chair time runs roughly 20-30 minutes per fixture once the flap is open, so a single implant is a short appointment while a full arch typically occupies two to three hours including the temporary.
Revision starts with a diagnosis: peri-implantitis, mechanical overload, or a fixture placed in the wrong position — the three call for very different fixes. Implant placement is done under local anaesthetic infiltrated around the ridge; you stay awake, feel pressure and drilling vibration but no pain. IV sedation is offered for longer arch cases and for patients with a strong gag reflex. Chair time runs roughly 20-30 minutes per fixture once the flap is open, so a single implant is a short appointment while a full arch typically occupies two to three hours including the temporary.
An oral surgeon or an implantologist places the fixtures; the prosthetic stage — abutment, scan, crown or arch — is usually handled by a prosthodontist working with the same in-house laboratory. Expect gauze pressure for 30-45 minutes, a numb lip for two to four hours and a small amount of oozing on the first evening. You walk out unaided, but you should not fly the same day if a graft or sinus lift was involved.
1-3 visits depending on diagnosis and 7-10 days for the surgical stage are what the plan is built around. Sometimes maintenance and decontamination save the fixture; sometimes removal, grafting and replacement is the only durable answer.