Why This Week Is the Best Time to Start Your Implant Journey
If you’ve been putting off dental implants because you were told you need a sinus lift first, here’s a piece of math worth sitting with: sinus lift healing typically takes 4 to 6 months. Start this week, and you could be cleared for implant placement right around Thanksgiving or the December holidays — walking into your family gatherings with a treatment plan that’s finally moving forward instead of stuck at “someday.”
At Renew Family Dentistry, Dr. Christopher Probst and Dr. Jiaying Ren have guided patients throughout Frisco, The Colony, the Frisco Lake communities, Little Elm, Richwoods, and Deerfield, TX, through this exact timeline. Here’s how the countdown actually works and why starting now puts the odds in your favor.
Ready to learn more about this procedure? Call our Frisco dental office at (460) 633-0550 to schedule your dental appointment.
The Timeline: What Starting in July Actually Looks Like
A sinus lift isn’t a single appointment—it’s a sequence, and every stage has a purpose. Here’s roughly what the calendar looks like for a patient who begins their consultation this week:
- Late July 2026 — CBCT Imaging & Consultation. Your first visit includes 3D cone beam imaging that maps your sinus anatomy and measures exact bone height. This is the single most important appointment in the entire process, because everything else is built on it.
- Early August 2026 — Surgical Planning. Dr. Probst and Dr. Ren review your imaging and build a plan specific to your bone structure and sinus position, including whether sedation makes sense for you.
- Mid-to-Late August 2026 — Sinus Augmentation Surgery. The procedure itself is typically completed in under two hours under local anesthesia, with sedation available for anxious patients. Most people are back to desk work within four to five days.
- September through December 2026 — Healing and Graft Maturation. This is the part patients tend to underestimate. Over these four to six months, your own bone cells gradually replace the graft material with real, mature bone through a process called osseointegration. We’ll check your progress with periodic imaging along the way.
- Late 2026 / Early 2027 — Cleared for Implant Placement. Once imaging confirms your new bone has matured, you’re ready for the implant post itself—the step that finally puts you on the path to a finished, permanent tooth.
Start today, and by the time the holidays roll around, you’re not just thinking about implants anymore. You’re likely cleared for the appointment that makes them possible.
Why Waiting Costs You More Than Time
Here’s the part that makes this countdown worth paying attention to: the bone you need for a sinus lift doesn’t stay put while you wait. Research on post-extraction bone loss shows that patients can lose as much as half the width of the alveolar bone in the treatment area within about a year of losing a tooth, with much of that loss happening in just the first few months. In practical terms, that means every month you delay a consultation is a month your treatment options may be narrowing—sometimes to the point where a more involved graft becomes necessary later.
Starting your evaluation now isn’t just about hitting a holiday deadline. It’s about working with the bone you have today instead of the smaller amount you might have next year.
Is Now the Right Time for You?
You may be a strong candidate to start this week if:
- You’ve lost one or more upper back teeth and haven’t replaced them yet
- A previous dentist told you that you don’t have enough bone for implants
- You’ve worn upper dentures for several years
- You simply want to know, for certain, whether you’re a candidate for implants
The only way to know for sure is a CBCT scan—not a standard flat X-ray. Every implant evaluation at our Frisco dental office includes this 3D imaging, so you leave your first visit with real answers instead of guesses.
One Team, One Location, from Sinus Lift to Final Crown
A lot of patients are surprised to learn that their sinus lift and their dental implants can happen with the same team, in the same office, without being bounced between providers. At Renew Family Dentistry, Dr. Probst and Dr. Ren manage your care from CBCT imaging through sinus lift surgery, healing, implant placement, and your final crown—no outside oral surgery referrals, no separate offices juggling your records, and no gaps in communication along the way.
Dr. Jiaying Ren also holds a Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD), a credential earned through more than 500 hours of advanced continuing education and held by fewer than 10% of U.S. dentists — training that directly informs the precision this kind of procedure requires.
For patients who feel nervous about surgery, we also offer nitrous oxide, oral conscious sedation, and IV sedation, so your comfort level never has to be the reason you put this off another year.
What It Costs to Start
A sinus lift in the Frisco area typically runs between $1,500 and $3,500 per side, depending on the technique used, the amount of graft material needed, and whether sedation is part of your plan. Some dental insurance plans provide partial coverage when the procedure is medically necessary for implant placement, and our team verifies your benefits and gives you an itemized estimate before anything begins. Flexible financing is also available, so the full journey—sinus lift through final crown—fits your budget, not just your timeline.
Start the Countdown to Your New Smile
If you want to be implant-ready before the new year, the time to start is now—not in September, not “after the holidays.” Every week you wait is a week added to your calendar and potentially a week of additional bone loss working against you.
Call Renew Family Dentistry at (469) 633-0550 to schedule your CBCT imaging and consultation with Dr. Christopher Probst or Dr. Jiaying Ren. We welcome patients from Frisco, The Colony, the Frisco Lake communities, Little Elm, Richwoods, and Deerfield, TX, at our office at 5575 Warren Parkway, Suite 324, Frisco, TX 75034.
Your new smile has a timeline. Let’s start the countdown today.
