Dental Implants

Dental implants (tooth implants) are the 'ultimate' in dental rehabilitation.

Dental implants can replace a single missing tooth or several teeth.

The implant is made from biocompatible titanium. Dental implants are the most realistic and tooth-like method of replacing missing teeth.

An implant dentist can replace a single tooth, or many teeth. Millions of people world-wide have successfully had dental implants placed.

The literature supports a world-wide success rate in excess of 95% - an incredible success rate for any medical procedure.

What happens when you have a dental implant?

To place an implant, small incisions are made into your gum to expose the underlying jaw bone. Using special techniques and instruments, the implant is then inserted into the underlying jaw bone.

The surgical site is then closed around a healing abutment and the dental implant is allowed to heal 'osseointegrate' (bony integration) for a period of three months.

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What are Dental Implants?

A tooth implant is a small titanium fixture that functions as a replacement for the root portion of a missing natural tooth.

Ultimately the implant can act as an anchor for a dental prosthesis.

The prosthesis may be:

Crown - replacing one missing tooth
Bridge - replacing several missing teeth
Overdenture - implants used to retain dentures

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Are Dental Implants for me?

Implants can be placed so that they function totally independent of the remaining teeth.

People will often lose a tooth due to a traumatic incident. If the dentist were to use conventional bridgework to replace a missing tooth, the surrounding sound teeth would need to be prepared and shaped. This shaping process can expose these surrounding teeth to nerve damage.

The beauty of the dental implant is that it can be placed without involving (much less damaging), the surrounding sound teeth.

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I have problems with my dentures.

Talk to anyone who has had complete dentures or even a partial denture and they will tell you of the nightmares that they have had with their ‘teeth’.

They will tell you how they have suffered for so long with the fear of their teeth flying out when they laugh or smile, the embarrassment of sneezing and losing their teeth.

With implants, stable dentures become a possibility.

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