“Dedicated to Enhancing Your Smile with Exceptional Care and Expertise”.
“Dedicated to Enhancing Your Smile with Exceptional Care and Expertise”.
“Dedicated to Enhancing Your Smile with Exceptional Care and Expertise”.
“Dedicated to Enhancing Your Smile with Exceptional Care and Expertise”.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Angela Leung, DDS – Last reviewed August 19, 2026
If you’re investing in dental implants, the riskiest mistakes often happen after placement: loading too soon, pushing a fixed calendar, or missing overload signs in a strong bite. Osstell Implant Technology adds a missing safeguard objective stability measurements so the next step is based on data, not guesswork. (RFA creates an ISQ value that tracks implant stability.)
Angela Leung DDS PC – The Endodontics Implant Center — 1131 Mission Road, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (serving San Francisco and nearby Bay Area communities).
Implant treatment shouldn’t be “place it and hope the healing matches the calendar.” Osstell gives a stability reading that helps guide:
If you’ve had dentistry that “didn’t last,” or you know you have a heavy bite, this matters because overload can create setbacks that are expensive and frustrating to fix.
Osstell uses Resonance Frequency Analysis (RFA) to generate an Implant Stability Quotient (ISQ) value. The important part isn’t the gadget—it’s the decision clarity it adds.
A small sensor is used to take a non-invasive measurement and produce an ISQ number. That number helps your clinician judge stability at placement and monitor change during healing.
One number is a snapshot. A trend over time helps answer:
You don’t need to memorize ISQ values. You do deserve a plan that shows where you are now and what must be true before the next step.
We use Osstell as a checkpoint inside a bigger, risk-based implant plan—built around your anatomy, bite forces, and restoration design.
When clinically appropriate, we capture a baseline stability reading after placement to document initial conditions.
Follow-up stability checks are scheduled based on factors like bone density, grafting, bite force, and whether the case is single-tooth, multi-unit, or full-arch.
Osstell supports practical decisions such as:
Want clarity on timing? Call 415-681-2697 and request a stability-based implant timeline.
Replacing missing teeth with durable artificial implants.
Specialized care for complex dental procedures.
Specialized dental care treating tooth pulp and roots.
Specialized care for gums and supporting structures.
Repairing teeth for function, health, aesthetics.
Enhance smiles with aesthetic and dental treatments.
Precise evaluation of bite alignment and jaw function.
Clear, precise guidance for safe and effective surgery.
If you clench or grind, your plan must include force control. That can change:
Healing can be less predictable in grafted areas or low-density bone (often posterior upper jaw). Stability tracking helps avoid “too soon” restoration decisions.
If you’ve had loosening, repeated breakage, or disappointing outcomes, measurable checkpoints help separate:
Full-arch and complex reconstructions succeed when sequencing is disciplined. Stability checkpoints help decide when to convert temporaries and when to finalize.
You’re not just getting instructions—you’re getting a practice that’s set up for precise diagnosis and careful surgical planning when needed.
We emphasize:
We’ll give you a written plan with costs before treatment begins, then help you choose a realistic path forward.
Often yes—if we identify why things are breaking (bite forces, unstable foundations, compromised teeth, missing posterior support) and rebuild with a force-controlled plan. Osstell helps by preventing rushed loading when stability is not ready.
Many cases are safer staged. Stability checkpoints support staging decisions so you move forward when conditions support it.
We plan around force: occlusion design, restoration materials, implant distribution, and a night-guard strategy. Temporaries may be modified to reduce load during integration.
In many cases, yes—using a temporary plan that protects healing. The temporary must match your stability and force profile; that’s where measured checkpoints help.
Bone volume, density, anatomy (sinus/nerve position), and restorative space. Imaging and exam determine whether grafting increases predictability.
Yes. A stability-based plan is designed for that: proceed only when the checkpoint supports it.
It’s quick and non-invasive. The bigger value is the clarity it adds to timing and next-step decisions.
Yes. We can coordinate documentation and stability checkpoints so surgical and restorative steps stay aligned.
Angela Leung DDS PC – The Endodontics Implant Center
1131 Mission Road, South San Francisco, CA 94080
Phone: 415-681-2697
Hours: Monday–Friday 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (Saturday & Sunday closed)
If you’re dealing with missing teeth, failing dental work, or full-mouth breakdown, the fastest relief is clarity.
