Dental Implants in Carlsbad, NM
Riverview Dental Care provides dental implant treatment for adults who need to replace one tooth, several teeth, or a complete arch in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Dr. Kanona Felt restores implants with crowns, bridges, partial dentures, implant-supported dentures, and full-arch options.
Galileos CBCT imaging provides three-dimensional information about the jawbone to support individualized planning. Treatment happens in planned stages — immediate-load and same-day implants aren’t offered.
Dental Implant Treatment for Missing Teeth
A dental implant is a small biocompatible post placed in the jawbone to support a replacement tooth. An abutment connects the implant to the final restoration — a crown, bridge, partial, or denture.
Implant treatment can be adapted to one missing tooth, several missing teeth, an unstable removable denture, or complete tooth loss. Dr. Felt evaluates the whole mouth rather than just the missing-tooth space, including gum health, bone availability, bite forces, remaining teeth, and medical history, to restore chewing support and appearance without over-relying on adjacent teeth.
The practice does not offer immediate-load or same-day implant treatment for any of these options.
CBCT-Informed Dental Implant Planning
Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) creates three-dimensional images of the teeth, jaws, bone, and nearby anatomy. The practice uses a Galileos CBCT system to evaluate jawbone height and width, tooth roots, sinus and nerve location, and existing dental anatomy before planning implant treatment.
Dr. Felt uses these findings to assess available bone, possible implant positions, and whether bone grafting or a sinus lift may be needed. CBCT information supports planning and surgery, but it isn’t the same as fully guided implant surgery, and it doesn’t guarantee implant success.
Bone Grafting and Sinus Lifts for Selected Implant Cases
Dental implants need adequate bone for support. Tooth loss, infection, gum disease, and natural bone changes can reduce what’s available, so some patients need an additional procedure before or during implant treatment — though not every implant patient does.
Bone grafting places graft material where additional support is needed for implant planning. Recommendations depend on the location of the missing tooth, current bone dimensions, healing potential, and the planned implant size and position.
A sinus lift adds graft material beneath the sinus area when an upper back-tooth implant needs more vertical bone than the sinus position naturally allows. CBCT imaging helps Dr. Felt evaluate whether this is needed — not every upper implant requires one.
Who May Be a Candidate for Dental Implants?
Implant candidacy depends on more than having a missing tooth. Dr. Felt evaluates oral health, anatomy, medical history, and your ability to maintain the implant long-term — factors like the number and location of missing teeth, gum and periodontal health, jawbone volume, sinus or nerve position, bite pressure, existing dentures, medical conditions and medications, tobacco use, and whether you can attend follow-up visits.
Some patients can move directly to implant placement, while others need periodontal treatment, extraction, bone grafting, a sinus lift, or healing time first.
Dental Implants Near Downtown Carlsbad and Riverside Drive
Riverview Dental Care provides implant planning and restorative treatment at 114 E Riverside Dr, Carlsbad, NM 88220, near downtown Carlsbad and the Riverside Drive area. Patients from other Carlsbad neighborhoods, Artesia, and nearby Eddy County communities can explore implant crowns, bridges, dentures, and full-arch treatment close to home.
Schedule an implant evaluation if you have one missing tooth, several missing teeth, a failing bridge, an unstable partial, loose dentures, or complete tooth loss. Dr. Kanona Felt and the Riverview Dental Care team use CBCT-informed planning to build an individualized restorative option — treatment timing depends on healing and clinical needs, not a same-day promise.
