Your first consultation is free, including the 3D scan. Our Walla Walla office on South 2nd Avenue is a specialist implant practice, in network with Delta Dental, with IV sedation for anyone who'd rather not be awake for it. Serving Walla Walla, College Place, Milton-Freewater and the valley.
No referral needed. If you'd rather talk now, call 509-783-5722, Monday to Friday, 7am to 3pm.
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She was referred to us by her own dentist at 70, needing a tooth removed and an implant to replace it. She had sedation, and she came back for the rest.
Angela is a real patient of Dr. Alkanan and gave permission to share her story. Every mouth is different, and your plan will be based on your own exam.
Implants here are placed by Dr. Abdullah Alkanan and Dr. Muhammad Saleh, both periodontists, the dental specialists trained in the gum and bone an implant has to live in. Dr. Alkanan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology.
An implant is only as good as the bone and gum around it. That is the part a periodontist is trained to assess, build and protect.
It's free, and it's a conversation and a scan, not a sales pitch. We look at the gap or the failing tooth, check the bone and gum, and plan the implant on a 3D scan. You leave with a written plan that spells out what's included, so there are no surprises later. If you'd like to understand what drives the cost first, we've written that up plainly.
The 3D CBCT scan and digital intraoral scan are both here in Walla Walla, so your consultation, scan and planning happen in one visit without a trip to the Tri-Cities.
Placing an implant is usually easier than the extraction that came before it. You're fully numb, so you feel pressure, not pain, and most people describe a few days of soreness managed with ibuprofen. If nerves are what's kept you away, ask about IV sedation.
The surgery takes 45 minutes to an hour and a half for a single implant, and you go home the same day. The bone then needs three to four months to bond to the implant before your dentist places the crown. Sometimes the implant can go in the same day the tooth comes out, which saves months. Your exam tells us whether that's safe for you.
Our Walla Walla office is in network with Delta Dental. Other plans are welcome and we'll file the claim for you as an out of network provider. Monthly payment plans are available. See insurance and financing.
Board certification is the highest credential in periodontics, and both of our doctors hold it. Complex cases here are reviewed by both: the surgeon who will do the work, and the specialist who helped write the research it rests on. A second opinion is built in, with no extra step for you.
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology · Faculty, PNWU School of Dental Medicine
Founder of the practice. Trained in the UK and the United States, teaches periodontics at the dental school in Yakima and lectures internationally. Conservative planning, honest advice, and no corners cut.
Read his full bio
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology · Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
More than 140 published papers and a lead author of the national guidelines on disease around implants. Other surgeons travel to learn implant surgery from him. Calm, thorough, and clear about what he is doing and why.
Read his full bioWhen your dentist wants a specialist involved, this is where they send you.
We can't put a real number on a webpage, because the honest answer depends on what your exam and 3D scan show. What we can promise is that you'll get a written treatment plan with an exact figure on it before you commit to anything. No surprises added later.
Most patients have some insurance coverage, and we'll check yours and tell you what it will and won't pay. For the balance, we work with three financing companies so you can spread the cost over time — many patients qualify for plans with no interest if paid within the promotional period.
Ask us at your consultation and we'll walk you through the options and the monthly numbers.
"Past trauma left me anxious about the dentist. Dr. Alkanan helped me overcome my fear."
"I have never felt more cared for by a dentist than I do with Dr. Alkanan."
"I couldn't eat properly. Dental implants offered me the permanent solution that I needed."
Dr. Alkanan founded Eastern Washington Implants and Periodontics on a simple idea: patients in Eastern Washington deserve board-certified specialists, 3D-planned surgery and sedation done properly, close to home.
Take two minutes and hear it in his own words.
Call any of our three offices, or send us a request and we'll get back to you. Phone hours are Monday to Friday, 7am to 3pm.