Patient Guides

Your surgery, step by step

These are the same instructions we hand our surgical patients — written by Dr. Charles, available here any time you need to check a detail. Your personal instructions from Dr. Charles always come first: if anything he told you differs from this page, follow what he told you.

Before surgery

Preparing for your implant surgery

Your medications and exactly when to take them, how to prepare for IV sedation, and the mouth-rinse protocol that protects your healing.

  • The 3-days-before medication schedule
  • The morning-of-surgery rules, made simple
  • IV sedation — what to expect
Read the pre-surgery guide
After surgery

Caring for your new smile

The first 24 hours, day-by-day care, your medications after surgery, and the follow-up schedule through your final teeth.

  • Protecting the surgical site while it heals
  • Pain, swelling, diet, and activity — what’s normal
  • Your follow-up appointments, in order
Read the post-surgery guide
Eating & recovery

Recipes for Recovery — a patient’s guide

Soft-food shakes, soups, and hard-won practical wisdom for the healing weeks — written by Gretchen Targee, one of our own full-arch patients.

  • Stock-the-kitchen list for before surgery
  • Protein shakes, soups, and marinades that purée well
  • Downloadable, printable PDF
Read the nutrition guide

Questions about your instructions?

Call the office — we would rather answer a small question early than treat a problem late.

(585) 394-5910

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Please note: routine dental implants are not a Medicaid or Medicare benefit and are primarily paid out-of-pocket or through third-party financing. If you have a credit score below 650, no co-signer, and require financing, we likely cannot help. Tooth loss with a medical cause may be different — see our medical insurance page.