General patient education, not a diagnosis or individualized treatment plan. Your treating clinician’s instructions take priority. Elite Oral Surgery’s Bonney Lake practice opens January 2027.
A dental implant consultation should leave you with a clearer understanding of your options—not pressure to choose a procedure on the spot. Bring your questions, your health history and a description of what is difficult about your current teeth. The purpose is to connect your goals with a plan that is appropriate for your mouth and medical circumstances.
What should you bring to an implant consultation?
Bring a current medication list, including supplements, allergies and relevant medical conditions. Tell the team about tobacco use, diabetes, previous dental surgery and problems with anesthesia. If you have existing dental records or scans, ask how to share them securely before the visit. Do not send sensitive medical records through an ordinary website form.
Write down what you want to change: chewing, a loose denture, damaged teeth, appearance or discomfort. Note what you want to preserve, too. A consultation is not simply a discussion about replacing teeth; it should consider whether any teeth can reasonably be retained.
Twelve questions to take with you
- What is the diagnosis, and which teeth can potentially be saved?
- What alternatives are appropriate, including bridges or removable dentures?
- What does the examination or imaging show about my bone and gums?
- Is the recommendation for one tooth, one arch or both arches?
- How many implants are proposed, where will they go and why?
- Are extractions, bone grafting or a sinus lift being considered?
- What risks are relevant to my health, medications and tobacco use?
- Will I have a temporary restoration, and what is the plan for final teeth?
- Which circumstances could change the treatment stages or timing?
- What help, transportation and time away from normal activities should I arrange?
- How will I clean the restoration, and what professional maintenance will I need?
- Can I take home a written treatment plan and itemized estimate?
What should a written full-arch estimate explain?
An arch is the complete upper or lower set of teeth. One arch is not the same as both jaws. An estimate should identify the proposed care and the final restoration, rather than leave you to infer what an advertised number covers.
Elite Oral Surgery's stated full-arch offer is $15,000 per arch, including extractions, IV sedation, bone grafting if needed, sinus lifts and final zirconia teeth. Ask the team to connect these inclusions to your individual plan. Do not assume a quotation for a single implant or a different restoration uses the same price. Explore the full-arch offer before your visit.
How can you compare two recommendations?
Compare the diagnosis, alternatives, surgical steps and final restoration—not just the headline fee. Ask each clinician to explain why a different approach is being recommended. Two plans may be addressing different clinical problems or using different types of teeth.
If you are deciding between four and six implants, our All-on-4 versus All-on-6 guide offers questions about anatomy and restoration design. You do not need to choose an implant count before you have been examined.
Planning a consultation in Bonney Lake
Elite Oral Surgery's Bonney Lake practice opens January 2027. You can request consultation information or call (206) 738-2503 to discuss future availability. An online inquiry is not an examination or an emergency service.