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Dental implants in Clark, New Jersey

The implant office in Clark is the one you drive past.

Most people in Clark have been past 1093 Raritan Road a hundred times without noticing it. It is the office where the surgery and the final teeth happen in the same chair, with one dentist accountable for both.

Distance
You are here
To 1093 Raritan Rd, Clark
Implants per arch
4
Two angled to catch dense bone
Teeth on the day
Yes
Fixed provisional bridge, screwed in
Consultation
Free
No treatment happens that day

Lukenda Dental is at 1093 Raritan Road, Suite 1, Clark, New Jersey 07066 — The office is on Raritan Road, a minute from Garden State Parkway exit 135. Dr. Richard Lukenda, DMD, a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, places the implants and makes the teeth that go on them in the same office. Call 732-428-4080.

Where it is

Ground floor at 1093 Raritan Road, Suite 1, a minute from Garden State Parkway exit 135. Parking is at the door and there are no stairs to the entrance — which matters more than it sounds on the day of full-arch surgery, when you are not driving yourself home.

Why Clark patients stay in Clark

The usual implant route sends you to a general dentist for the exam, an oral surgeon in another town for the placement, and back again for the crown. Three offices, three sets of notes, and nobody owning the outcome. Here the 3D scan, the surgery and the bridge happen under one roof.

Who does the work

Dr. Richard Lukenda, DMD — Rutgers 2000, UMDNJ 2004, and a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists since 2014. He has been placing implants in Clark since 2004.

The 07066 question

People search "dentist near me 07066" and get a list with no way of telling which of those offices actually place implants and which refer them out. The short answer for this one: the implants are placed here, the bridge is made here, and the person who did the surgery is the person who checks the bite afterwards.

Straight answers

What Clark patients ask first.

Four questions that come up in nearly every implant consultation, answered before you book one.

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What is All-on-4?
All-on-4 replaces a whole jaw of teeth with one fixed bridge carried on four implants. The two back implants go in at an angle to catch bone that is still dense, which often avoids a graft. Extractions, implants and a fixed provisional bridge usually happen in a single appointment.
Does getting a dental implant hurt?
Placement is done under local anesthetic, and most patients report it was less eventful than the extraction that came before it. Expect soreness and some swelling for a few days; for most people that is handled with over-the-counter painkillers and an ice pack. If the real problem is fear rather than pain, say so when you book — anxious patients get a longer slot and a slower pace.
I've been told I don't have enough bone for implants. Is that the end of it?
Frequently it is not. All-on-4 exists for exactly this situation: the back implants go in at an angle to catch bone that is still dense, which often removes the need for the graft a conventional plan would demand. Nobody can settle it by looking in your mouth — it takes a 3D scan.
Do I go home without teeth while the implants heal?
No. A fixed provisional bridge is screwed on the same day the implants go in, so you leave with teeth in place. It is temporary in the sense that it will be replaced by the definitive bridge once the implants have fused — not in the sense that it comes out at night.

Next step

From Clark, it is one phone call.

The consultation is free, takes about twenty minutes, and you leave with a written plan and a price.

Book a consultation 732-428-4080