Dental Implants

Giving You Natural-Looking Teeth 

A dental implant replaces a missing tooth or teeth. The implant is made of titanium metal and acts as a substitute for the root of your natural tooth. Over 3 to 4 months, your jawbone fuses to the implant. The fusing process, called “osseointegration”, which is the reason implants are able to act like a natural tooth root or an anchor device for retention of mobile dentures. 

Dental implants are composed of two stages - the placement of the implant by your surgeon and the placement of the tooth crown by your dentist.

Benefits of a Dental Implant

  • Increases chewing function
  • Anchorage for loose dentures
  • Increased cosmetics
  • No damage to adjacent teeth
  • Replaces missing tooth or teeth
Dental bone grafting

Are You a Candidate for a Dental Implant?

  • Do you have good oral health?
  • Do you have enough bone or need bone grafting prior to implant placement?
  • What are your dental goals?

Bone Graftting for Dental Implants

Dental implants need to have bone surrounding the entire dental implant. After a dental extraction you can sometimes loose bone and have a defect or sometimes your maxillary sinus is too large that you do not have enough bone height for a dental implant. In these situations bone grafting would need to be performed. Bone grafting takes 3 to 5 months to heal and sometimes dental implants can be placed at the same time as the bone grafting.
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If you are interested in dental implants, please schedule your consultation with us today. We would be happy to discuss if you are a good candidate for dental implant rehabilitation. Contact Southwest Oral Surgery today!