Your dentist tells you that you don’t need to see a dental surgeon for your implants.

Your dentist tells you that you don’t need to see a dental surgeon for your implants.
“Having your dentist perform procedures like orthodontics and replacing your implants would be like going to your internist for cardiac surgery,” says Dr. Seidel. “Generally, these specialists have gone through a minimum of three years of school (after dental school) where they focus on their particular specialty.” Additionally, some patients benefit from going under anesthesia during certain procedures—if they’re prone to nervousness or have high blood pressure which can lead to heart attack or stroke, for example––and your dentist can’t do that.


However, there are dentists who do get the necessary training for implants, so if your dentist wants to do it herself, just make sure she's been properly trained. "Ask what training your dentist has had and ask where she had her training," says Ada S. Cooper, DDS, a New York City-based dentist and consumer advisor for the American Dental Association. "Ask how many implants she has placed, how many have been successful and how many have failed."