Dental implant technology has made replacing teeth and restoring your smile easier than ever – whether it’s a single tooth or multiple teeth. When a dentist determines that a dental implant is your best option to replace missing teeth, he or she will insert a small titanium post in the socket of a missing tooth. Due to the unique properties of titanium, your bone tissue forms a strong bond with the post and accepts it as a substitute tooth root. Finally, your dentist will position one or more replacement teeth placed atop the post, giving you a strong, stable, and secure tooth in its place.
Because implants fuse to your jawbone, they provide stable support for artificial teeth. Dentures and bridges mounted to implants won't slip or shift in your mouth — an especially important benefit when eating and speaking. This secure fit helps the dentures and bridges — as well as individual crowns placed over implants — feel more natural than conventional bridges or dentures.
For some people, ordinary bridges and dentures are simply not comfortable or even possible, due to sore spots, poor ridges or gagging. In addition, ordinary bridges must be attached to teeth on either side of the space left by the missing tooth. An advantage of implants is that no adjacent teeth need to be prepared or ground down to hold your new replacement tooth/teeth in place.
To receive implants, you need to have healthy gums and adequate bone to support the implant. You must also commit to keeping these structures healthy. Meticulous oral hygiene and regular dental visits are critical to the long-term success of dental implants.
Dental implants provide a lasting solution to restore an incomplete smile and eliminate the problems caused by an ill-fitting denture. With dental implants, there is no damage to existing teeth, as there is when placing old-fashioned crown and bridgework. (More) Dental implants stop the bone loss that occurs when teeth are missing and deliver all of the benefits of your own teeth in the way they look, feel, and function. You’ll experience a return of full chewing capacity, and you won’t need to use denture paste to keep your teeth in place.
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