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Dental Implants
A Dental Implant is an artificial
tooth root that is placed into your jaw bone to hold a
replacement tooth, bridge or denture. Dental Implants
are an ideal option for people in good general oral
health who have lost a tooth or teeth due to
periodontal disease, an injury, or some other
reason.
While high-tech in nature, Dental
Implants offer a more conservative approach to tooth
replacement than traditional bridgework, since implants
do not rely on neighboring teeth for support.
Dental
Implant technology advances at a very rapid pace.
Procedures that took many months only a couple of years
ago can now be completed in ONE visit and can be done
with minimal postoperative discomfort. For more
info, please read about our "Teeth-In-An-Hour"
technology.
Dental Implants can be very
natural-looking and feeling, you may forget you ever
lost a tooth. Since Dental Implants are so versatile in
nature they can be utilized for all kinds of tooth
replacements, such as single tooth replacements,
bridges,
overdentures, of even fixed full-arch
replacements. Under proper conditions, and
diligent patient maintenance, implants can last a
lifetime. Long-term studies continue to show improving
success rates for implants, in fact, Dental Implants
enjoy some of the highest success rates we have in
dentistry today.
Since
this is a rather extensive topic, we have provided many
links to several sub-topics of Implant Dentistry, as you
can see in the right-hand column. You will always
find a button that links you back to this main page,
however.
Also, please check out our Blog on Implant Dentistry, maintained by Dr. Robert Gougaloff, as well as our video feed on certain implant related surgeries. |
