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Dental implants in Westfield, New Jersey

Westfield, four miles, and the same dentist start to finish.

Garden State Parkway exit 135 is signed for Clark and Westfield together — the two towns share the exit. That is roughly how far apart they are.

Distance
about 4 miles
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 — four miles down Raritan Road, or one exit on the Parkway. 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.

The drive

Raritan Road east, about four miles, ten to fifteen minutes. Or one exit on the Parkway: exit 135 is the Clark and Westfield exit.

What Westfield patients ask about

Cosmetic cases as often as implants — veneers, whitening and the point at which a worn front tooth becomes a crown instead. The useful part of asking an implant dentist is that you get told when the answer is "leave it alone", which is a real answer more often than it sounds.

Second opinions

If you have a full-arch quote from somewhere else, bring it. Being shown what the number covers, item by item, is more useful than being shown a lower number with the detail missing.

What "free consultation" means here

It means twenty minutes, a look, usually a scan, and a straight answer about whether implants are realistic for your jaw. It does not mean treatment starts that day, and it does not mean you leave having agreed to anything. You leave with a written plan and a price, and you decide at home.

Straight answers

What Westfield patients ask first.

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

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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.
How long do dental implants last?
The implant itself is designed to be permanent, and long-term studies of implant dentistry report high survival rates well past ten years. What wears is the part on top — the crown or the bridge — which is replaceable without touching the implant. Smoking, uncontrolled diabetes and skipped hygiene visits are the things that shorten the odds.

Next step

From Westfield, 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