Losing teeth can significantly affect your ability to bite and chew comfortably, straining adjacent teeth and leading to further issues. Dental implants offer a lasting solution by mimicking natural teeth in look, feel, and function. A surgically placed post fuses with the jawbone, supporting a secure restoration like a crown or bridge. This approach ensures durability, aesthetics, and long-term success. At Bright Dental, Dr. Furrukh Ashraf and her team provide expert care, delivering top-quality implant solutions.
Modern dental implants have success rates exceeding 95% and have several benefits over traditional treatments such as dental bridges. With a bridge, your dentist shaves down teeth next to your missing tooth to create space for the restoration.
In addition to removing perfectly good tooth structure, shaving teeth down for a bridge may irritate the nerves of the teeth, leading to future root canals. With dental implants, the teeth next to the missing tooth are not touched. This eliminates unnecessary trauma to the adjacent teeth and the possible need for expensive and painful root canals.
Dental implants are a versatile solution to tooth loss that can be tailored to address your needs and smile goals. The first step in creating your custom dental implant treatment plan is a consultation, where we will discuss your concerns and goals for how you hope dental implants can improve your quality of life.
We will discuss your dental concerns, smile goals, and medical history. If you’re a good candidate for dental implants, we’ll collect detailed measurements and digital diagnostic images to create the foundation of your new smile design. We will customize every detail of your smile design, from the shape and color of each tooth to how your new teeth match your facial structure and gum and lip line.
As with every Bright Dental, you’ll rest comfortably with safe and effective dental sedation. If you need tooth extractions, we may be able to place grafting material and implant posts in the same appointment. In other cases, we’ll make a small incision in the gums to access the underlying bone and place your implants into predetermined spots within your jawbone.
During the 3-6 month healing period, you’ll have a follow-up appointment to assess the integration of your implants. This appointment includes a detailed discussion, where you can discuss your healing progress and any concerns. We will examine your implants and the healing of your sutures to ensure everything is proceeding as expected. Before you leave, we’ll provide a clear timeline for when you should return to receive your final restorations.
Your dental implant posts will fuse with the surrounding bone tissue during osseointegration. Most of your healing process will be very comfortable, and most patients report tolerable discomfort for the first few days.
Once your mouth has healed, you’ll return to our office for updated scans and to have your final restorations placed. These final restorations are hand-crafted from the highest-quality material and built to last. With proper at-home care and regular checkups, your dental implants have the potential to last an entire lifetime!
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Farrukh Ashraf, DDS has joined our team and is full time here at Bright Dental. Dr. Ashraf is a graduate of Midwestern University and has a passion for treating adults and kids and addressing all their dental needs. We will continue to ensure that all of your dental needs are met with the highest standards of care.
With her devotion and commitment to this field, she is a great asset and a beautiful addition.
When she is not in the office, she is a loving mom to twin boys and enjoys Pilates and yoga.
Commander Hayder Bahrani was born in Baghdad, Iraq and immigrated to the United States in 1991. He currently resides in Libertyville, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Dentistry in 1997. He received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery in 2000 and completed one year internship residency in Oral Surgery/Exodontia from the University of Illinois School in 2003. Dr.
Bahrani is currently working as a dental provider at the Federal Health Care James A. Lovell, North Chicago, IL, providing Oral Surgery Care to the US Navy Recruits at the Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL
Commander Bahrani was Commissioned into the Naval Reserve in 2008. He was attached to Expeditionary Medical Facility Great Lakes One serving with the largest detachment in the Midwest, as the Training Officer, AOIC, and OIC. Later Commander Bahrani, served as the Command Assistant Operations Officer and Command Security Officer with EMF Great Lakes. He has participated in four Innovative Readiness Training Exercises (Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Kentucky) serving as the exercise Dental Department Head, and the Dental OIC. Commander served as the Assistant Senior Dental Executive for NMRTC Corpus Christi for two years, and is currently serving as the N9 Command Medical Director with NMRTC Corpus Christi, and the Manpower Officer with NMRTC New England.
Commander Bahrani Received Three Navy Commendation awards.
Dr. Caroline Jermanus is a board certified periodontist. She grew up in Florida and attended Nova Southeastern University for her dental training. She went on to finish specialty training in periodontics and dental implants at the University of Florida, where she received a certificate in periodontics and dental implants in addition to a master’s degree in Oral Biology.
Dr. Jermanus is proficiently trained in all aspects of periodontics including non-surgical and surgical treatment of periodontal diseases, periodontal bone regeneration and periodontal soft tissue grafting. She also has extensive training in the surgical placement of dental implants, hard tissue grafting including sinus augmentation and soft tissue grafting to enhance esthetics of dental implants. She is a member of many dental and periodontal organization including American Board of Periodontology, American Academy of Periodontology, and the International Team for implantology.
When not practicing periodontics, Dr. Jermanus enjoys cooking, swimming, reading and most of all; spending time with her family Dr. Jermanus is dedicated to delivering the highest quality dental treatment. She believes in prevention first and foremost. She strives to provide her patients with the best treatment options available focusing on what is necessary for their long term oral health.
