Warranty Terms

Most implant practices will tell you they offer a warranty. Far fewer will tell you what it covers, what it excludes, and what makes it go away. The terms below are the same ones printed in the consent paperwork you sign before treatment — nothing here is different from what you agree to in the chair.

1. Your bridge and prosthesis

These warranties cover cracks and chips in the prosthesis itself — the visible teeth. Coverage is scaled to the material you choose. It begins the day your bridges are delivered.

2. Your implants

The implant itself — the titanium fixture placed in the bone — carries the manufacturer's lifetime warranty against defect.

Our surgical coverage on top of that works like this:

Sedation and the fabrication of a new bridge are not included in those figures. If your prosthesis warranty is still active, the bridge is covered under section 1.

3. What keeps your warranty active

A lifetime term only works if the work is maintained. These are requirements, not suggestions — missing them voids coverage:

• Your first maintenance visit, 4–6 months after surgery. There is no charge for this appointment. Failing to schedule and attend it voids the warranty.
• Annual maintenance visits after that. We radiograph the implants to check bone levels, clean the bridges, and evaluate the soft tissue. The fee is $250 per visit. You are responsible for scheduling your own maintenance appointments.
• Not using nicotine. Nicotine in any form — smoking, chewing, vaping, patches — raises the chance of implant failure by around 60% by restricting blood flow to the implants. Nicotine use voids the warranty on both the bridges and the implants, and we may ask you to take a nicotine test at any time while you are a patient here. A positive test makes replacement your cost.
• Telling us about changes to your health. If a medical condition is the suspected cause of an implant failure, we will need an examination and updated blood work before the warranty applies.

The purpose of the maintenance schedule is to catch problems while they are still small and still cheap. It is the single biggest factor in how long your result lasts.

4. What is not covered

• Ordinary wear and tear.
• Biological complications and implant integration failure — these are handled under section 2, not the prosthesis warranty.
• Your night guard. One is included in your initial fee, but it is not a warranty item. Replacement is $500.
• Damage caused by not wearing a prescribed night guard, or by accident or trauma.

5. If a bridge needs replacing

What a replacement costs depends on two things: whether your warranty is still running, and whether you have kept your maintenance current. Keeping maintenance current is worth real money even after a warranty term ends.

Nanoceramic figures apply to patients who chose nanoceramic as their bridge material at the initial surgery. Upgrading to nanoceramic later is $4,000 per single arch or $8,000 full mouth.

The Malo Bridge sits outside this table. Because its crowns are individually mounted, a damaged crown is replaced on its own — there is no arch to remake, and under the lifetime term there is nothing to pay.

6. Questions worth asking anyone else

If you are comparing us against another practice, these are the questions that separate a real warranty from a marketing line:

• Does the warranty cover the implants, the prosthesis, or both — and in writing?
• If one tooth chips, is the whole arch remade — and who pays for it?
• What specifically voids it, and what does maintenance cost each year?
• Is the warranty transferable if the practice is sold?