Dental Implants

As the name suggest, a dental implant is a titanium cylinder screw inserted into the jaw bone to act as an anchor for a crown or a set of replacement teeth. Dental Implants feel and function just like natural teeth on biting.

Dental implants can be used to support a number of dental prostheses, including crowns, bridges or dentures.

Prior to commencement of surgery, very careful and meticulous planning is required to identify vital structures such as the inferior alveolar nerve or the sinus, as well as the sharp and dimensions of the bone to properly orient the implants for the most predictable result. A CT scan will also be obtained prior to the surgery.

Dental Implant success is generally related to the surgeon's skill, experience, quality and quantity of the bone available at the site, as well as the patient's oral hygiene. The consensus is that implants carry a success rate of around 95%.

Advantages of dental implant

• Preserves healthy adjacent teeth
• Preserves jaw bone
• Replaced tooth is "fixed"
  (stability – overdenture)
• Standalone (i.e. does not need to sacrifice adjacent teeth as in bridgework)

We will be glad to have a discussion with you on how you can use Dental Implants to achieve an aesthetically endowed smile as well as a functional bite.

Dental Implants - the tooth replacement solution

Are missing teeth causing you to miss out on life?
Missing teeth and loose dentures make too many people sit on the sidelines and let life pass them by. However, today’s modern treatment plans can replace everything from a single missing tooth to a completely missing arch. Ask your dentist or dental specialist about the different dental implant options that are available to you. Don’t let another day go by without taking this important first step to restoring your confidence and your smile!

Stop the bone loss that can lead to premature aging.

Losing one or more of your teeth starts a chain of events that can have dire physical and cosmetic consequences. The most obvious result is a gap in your smile. Less obvious is the loss of chewing function and the inability to eat a complete diet that can result from tooth loss. While these are certainly serious issues, a potentially bigger problem lies hidden beneath the surface: bone loss.

Your jawbone needs the chewing action of the teeth to stimulate it and keep it strong. Otherwise it will begin to disappear (atrophy) in the same manner that the unused muscles beneath a cast supporting a broken bone get smaller. Without the support of your teeth and facial bones, your face will begin to look prematurely aged. The good news is that tooth replacement with dental implants offers a solution to help prevent bone loss.

Tooth replacement options

Traditional treatment options for tooth replacement, Crown & Bridge and full or partial dentures, address the short-term cosmetic problem of missing teeth, but do nothing to stop bone loss. Crown & Bridge also requires that two or more healthy teeth be ground down to serve as abutments (posts) for a bridge, leaving them at a much greater risk for cavities and endodontic failure. If the original abutment teeth fail, more healthy teeth must be sacrificed to serve as posts, while you continue to lose bone beneath the bridge.

With implants, however, the healthy teeth are left alone. Dental implants, like natural teeth, also transmit chewing forces to the jawbone, which reduces bone loss. This is why many leading dental organizations now recognize dental implants as the standard of care for tooth replacement.

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