What is a Dental Implant?
Dental implants provide a foundation for replacement teeth that look, feel, and function just like natural teeth. With permanent dental implants, a person who has lost teeth regains the ability to eat and smile with effortless confidence. Implants also help preserve facial structure, preventing the bone loss that occurs when teeth are missing. Dental implants are artificial tooth roots that are surgically anchored to the jaw to hold a replacement for:

• One missing tooth
• Several missing teeth
• All of your teeth

They can also support a replacement tooth to stabilize a bridge or a denture.

What are the Benefits of Dental Implants?
Your mouth will be restored as closely as possible to its Natural state
Fills unsightly gaps and missing spaces
Prevents bone loss, keeping your face and jaw from appearing “sunken”
Preserves facial structure and keeps you looking younger by preventing shrinkage of jaw bone
Permanently fixed & won’t loosen
Long-lasting and Biocompatible with body tissues
Deter further tooth loss
No nightly care & adhesives
Allows you to eat all kinds of food
Don’t need to cut down adjacent teeth as done in bridges

Why do I need a dental implant?
The healthiest thing to do when you lose a tooth is to have it replaced. Otherwise, you risk problems with biting, chewing and speaking, headaches, muscle pain and an unattractive appearance. Dental implants provide a comfortable, secure, natural-looking solution for tooth replacement to retain function and aesthetics and preserve bone structure.

What is the difference between implants and dentures?
While implants are permanently fixed in the mouth, dentures are removable.
A conventional removable full denture depends upon support from the bone and soft tissues rather than being solidly fixed in place; as a result, dentures may not offer as much stability as implants. People who are currently wearing partial or full dentures can replace these with dental implants, or use implants to stabilize and secure the denture, making it much more comfortable.

Dental disease is almost entirely preventable and oral health is just as important as the health of the rest of your body. Untreated dental disease can lead to serious health problems such as infection, damage to bone or nerve, and tooth loss. Infection from tooth disease can even spread to other parts of the body and in rare cases, can lead to death.”   The American Dental Association.

Practicing Preventive Dentistry is the foundation of our commitment to treating you to the best standard of care.  Our procedures and treatments are meant to prevent oral health problems from rearing their ugly heads.