General Dentistry
Dental Implants
Expert Collaborative Care for Your Perfect Smile
At Dr. Eric Wiitala’s Scottsdale practice, we understand that dental implant treatment requires precision, expertise, and seamless coordination. That’s why Dr. Wiitala works exclusively with a carefully selected team of specialists to ensure your implant journey is as smooth and successful as possible. Our collaborative approach means you receive the highest level of care at every step, with all professionals working together toward your optimal outcome.
Why Choose Our Collaborative Implant Approach?
Comprehensive Team Care: Dr. Wiitala partners with hand-selected oral surgeons, periodontists, and lab technicians who share our commitment to excellence. This collaborative network ensures every aspect of your treatment is handled by an expert in that specific field.
Streamlined Process: Our coordinated approach eliminates the confusion of managing multiple appointments with different offices. Dr. Wiitala oversees your entire treatment plan, ensuring seamless communication between all specialists involved in your care.
Personalized Treatment Planning: Working together, our team develops a customized treatment plan that addresses your unique needs, from initial consultation through final crown placement.
Understanding Dental Implants
A dental implant is the premier solution for replacing missing teeth. With over 178 million Americans missing at least one tooth and more than 35 million missing all their teeth, dental implants offer the most natural and permanent replacement option available.
The implant itself is a titanium or zirconia screw that’s placed into your jawbone, where it integrates naturally through a process called osseointegration. Once healed, a custom crown is attached, creating a replacement tooth that looks, feels, and functions exactly like your natural teeth.
Why Replace Missing Teeth?
Missing teeth create problems beyond appearance. Adjacent teeth shift into empty spaces, causing bite alignment issues. More critically, your jawbone begins to deteriorate without the stimulation that tooth roots provide. This bone loss can affect facial structure and make future tooth replacement more challenging.
Our Collaborative Treatment Process
Initial Consultation with Dr. Wiitala: Your journey begins with a comprehensive examination and detailed treatment planning. Dr. Wiitala evaluates your oral health, takes necessary imaging, and coordinates with our specialist network to design your optimal treatment plan.
Specialist Coordination: If bone grafting or complex surgical procedures are needed, Dr. Wiitala works with our trusted oral surgeons and periodontists. All specialists are carefully selected for their expertise and commitment to patient comfort.
Implant Placement: The titanium or zirconia implant is precisely placed using advanced techniques. Our team ensures optimal positioning for both function and aesthetics.
Healing and Integration: During the 3-6 month healing period, Dr. Wiitala monitors your progress, ensuring proper integration and addressing any concerns promptly.
Crown Creation and Placement: Working with our skilled laboratory partners, Dr. Wiitala creates your custom crown for a perfect match to your natural teeth.
Exceptional Patient Experience
Our collaborative approach focuses on making your implant treatment as comfortable as possible. Contrary to what many expect, implant placement is typically less painful than a tooth extraction. The jawbone has no pain-sensing nerves, and our team uses the latest techniques to minimize discomfort.
1. Placement
Dr. Wiitala places the titanium implant, which is shaped like a screw, into the socket of the former tooth root. A small amount of drilling may be required, but otherwise, the implant is screwed down into place.
2. Osseointegration
Now we simply wait to let your jawbone grow around and accept the implant. This is called osseointegration and takes from three to six months.
3. Abutment
When the jawbone has fully accepted the implant, you return and a small metal post called an abutment is attached to the implant. Your gum tissue is then allowed to heal around the abutment for approximately six more weeks.
4. Crown
The final step is to attach the custom-made false tooth (crown) onto the abutment. Once this is placed the procedure is complete and you are ready to go. No recovery is needed.
Candidacy and Success
Nearly anyone with adequate jawbone density can receive dental implants. Our team evaluates each case thoroughly, and when bone grafting is needed, our specialist partners ensure you have the foundation necessary for implant success.
Dental implants have the highest success rate of any dental prosthetic—over 95%—and with proper care, they can last a lifetime.
Investment in Your Smile
Implant costs vary based on individual needs, including whether bone grafting is required and how many implants you need. Dr. Wiitala works with you to understand all treatment options and associated costs, helping you make an informed decision about your oral health investment.
Alternative Solutions
While Dr. Wiitala believes implants are the gold standard for tooth replacement, our team also offers bridges and partial dentures when implants aren’t suitable or when budget considerations require alternative approaches.
Schedule Your Consultation
Experience the difference that collaborative, specialist-coordinated care can make in your dental implant journey. Dr. Wiitala and his team of hand-selected specialists are ready to restore your smile with precision, comfort, and lasting results.
Experience the difference that collaborative, specialist-coordinated care can make in your dental implant journey. Dr. Wiitala and his team of hand-selected specialists are ready to restore your smile with precision, comfort, and lasting results.
Experience the difference that collaborative, specialist-coordinated care can make in your dental implant journey. Dr. Wiitala and his team of hand-selected specialists are ready to restore your smile with precision, comfort, and lasting results.
All-on-Four Implant Dentures
Dr. Eric Wiitala | Teeth in a Day Solution
Transform Your Smile in Just One Day
Experience the revolutionary All-on-Four dental implant solution that gives you a full set of beautiful, functional teeth in a single appointment. Say goodbye to loose dentures and hello to confidence.
🦷 Teeth in a Day
Walk out with a complete set of functional, beautiful teeth on the same day as your implant placement. No waiting months for your new smile.
👥 Expert Specialist Team
Dr. Wiitala has carefully chosen a team of exceptional oral surgeons and specialists who share our commitment to excellence. This collaborative approach ensures that every aspect of your All-on-Four treatment is performed by experts in their respective fields, giving you the best possible outcome with the least amount of stress.
⚡ Streamlined Process
We work exclusively with hand-selected oral surgeons and periodontists to ensure you receive the highest quality care throughout your journey.
Your All-on-Four Journey
1. Initial Consultation
Comprehensive examination, 3D imaging, and treatment planning with Dr. Wiitala to determine if you’re a candidate for All-on-Four.
2. Specialist Coordination
We coordinate with our trusted oral surgeon for implant placement, ensuring seamless communication and optimal timing.
3. Surgery Day
Four strategically placed implants provide the foundation for your new teeth. Temporary teeth are attached the same day.
4. Final Restoration
After healing, your permanent, custom-crafted teeth are placed, giving you a beautiful, lasting smile.
Our Hand-Selected Specialist Network
Dr. Wiitala has carefully chosen a team of exceptional oral surgeons and specialists who share our commitment to excellence. This collaborative approach ensures that every aspect of your All-on-Four treatment is performed by experts in their respective fields, giving you the best possible outcome with the least amount of stress.
We handle all the coordination, so you don’t have to worry about anything except your new smile.
Why Choose All-on-Four?
Immediate Function
Eat, speak, and smile with confidence from day one with your temporary teeth.
Minimal Surgery
Only four implants per arch means less surgery, faster healing, and reduced discomfort.
Preserve Bone
Implants stimulate jawbone, preventing the bone loss that occurs with traditional dentures.
No Adhesives
Your teeth are securely fixed in place – no messy creams or worrying about slipping dentures.
Easy Maintenance
Care for your All-on-Four teeth just like natural teeth with regular brushing and flossing.
Cost Effective
More affordable than individual implants for each tooth, with faster treatment time.
Ready to Get Your Life Back?
Don’t let missing teeth hold you back any longer. Schedule your All-on-Four consultation with Dr. Wiitala today and discover how our streamlined process with hand-selected specialists can give you the smile you deserve.
Kind Words From Proud Patients
Love, love, love Dr Wiitala and my hygienist, Andrea. They are the best! I don’t even mind going to the dentist anymore, and that’s saying a lot. Whole staff is amazing!
Excellent service. Caring, professional, friendly and excellent skills. I travel from Portland Or to see Dr Wiitala and his team. They are the best. Highly recommend Dr Wiitala and his team.
Dr. Wiitala and his staff definitely deserve five stars or more! The friendliness and professionalism shown by everyone in this office is amazing! I would have no hesitation in recommending them for your dental needs
never thought I would say I really enjoyed a visit to the dentist but here I am. These guys are amazing‼️ Totally professional and yet friendly and accommodating. So thankful a friend recommended me to them. Now I am recommending them😃 Thank you guys, Sadie, Lindsey, Dr. Wiitala and entire team for a job well done 👍
As usual, Dr Wiitala provided superlative dental care. Should be in TOP DOCS of Phoenix! Always efficient, knowledgeable, and professional.
The dentist Eric Wiitala and the office staff are excellent. Friendly, making sure the customer is comfortable and very professional staffers. They are honest and thorough.
Dr. Wiitala, Andrea the hygienist, and staff, were all amazing! I had such a pleasant experience! After a change of insurance and a move, it took a while to find a dental office that I actually look forward to coming back to regularly. lucky to have found this gem of an office!
Great staff and Dr. Wiitala is very professional and personable
Dr Wiitala and his staff are the best – friendly, professional and knowledgeable. My family has been going to Dr Wiitala for a decade or more. It’s the best dental office ever.
Professional, excellent experience as always. Dental hygienist, Andrea thoroughly cleaned my teeth and Dr. Wiitala identified filling in need of repair before it would become a major problem down the road. This is reason I’ve been a client of Dr. Wiitala for 15+ years.