Patients who have lost one, several, or all of their teeth may be concerned that they will never regain the ability to chew, speak, and smile with complete confidence. Fortunately, dental implants can give your smile a healthy, functional, and beautiful new lease on life. About Dental Implants Dental Implants are titanium posts that are surgically placed into the jawbone. …
Tooth Replacement That Lasts
Dental implants have been successfully replacing missing teeth for more than 40 years. In that time, they have been proven to be a long-lasting, effective, and safe option, giving patients something that previously has not been available, a truly complete tooth replacement. No other tooth replacement option simultaneously replaces the root and the crown of the tooth. Dentures, partials, and …
Treatment Options that are Cost Efficient
Dental implants have become more predictable, enduring and cost effective than other dental solutions and are now stronger, more permanent and possible for virtually almost any patient. Dental Implants And Their Construction The anatomy of dental implants consists of two important features, a titanium post and an artificial crown. The titanium post is incredibly durable and will eventually function like …
Dental Implants Advantages over Dentures
If you have lost one or more teeth because of decay, gum disease or injury, you not alone. It is a problem that millions of people deal with every day. Unfortunately, the situation can affect the way you speak, eat and smile, and even the way you feel about yourself. For many years, removable dentures or permanent dental bridges were …
Improve Your Appearance By Dental Implants
If you are unhappy with your facial appearance, you may have considered plastic surgery procedures that could lift, tuck, and reshape problem areas. However, for those that need to take care of missing or damaged teeth, dental implants may provide a solution for both areas. Not only do they serve as great way to enhance a beautiful smile and oral …
Will Dental Implants Harm My Teeth?
Dental implants offer patients a solution for tooth loss that will not compromise the integrity of the surrounding teeth. Because the surrounding bone is able to form a bond with dental implants, which are made of titanium, the implant can stand alone to support a prosthetic crown. Alternatives To Dental Implants An alternative to dental implants would be a dental …
Dealing Dental Implant After Having Facial Trauma
Traumatic injuries can affect our bones, muscles, skin, and teeth. Injuries to teeth most often happen as a result of sports injuries or similar accidents. Severe dental injuries include dislodged or knocked out teeth. Treatment and prognosis of the dental injury depends on several factors, such as the severity and type of the injury, and the location of the injury …
Should I Have Dental Implants After an Extraction?
Dental Implants After an Extraction If you have a missing tooth, you have many choices for tooth replacement. Dental implants are the most stable and efficient of all the dental prosthetic options. Dental implants are a remarkable advancement in dental technology. Replacing missing teeth with dental implants depends on multiple factors. Immediate Placement If there is sufficient bone around the …
Causes of Pericoronitis
For many people, getting their wisdom teeth removed is a pretty painless, simple process. But, there are a few cases when wisdom teeth removal is performed not as a preventative measure, but because of a severe, unpleasant infection. A condition called Pericoronitis can develop when the gum tissue around the wisdom teeth become infected and inflamed. Although treatable, the condition …
Do Your Wisdom Teeth Need to be Removed?
Do Your Wisdom Teeth Need to be Removed? Wisdom teeth are usually are removed between the ages of 17-25. Some people put off this procedure or do not have it done at all because of fear, or they think it is not necessary. What Are Wisdom Teeth, And Why Remove Them? Wisdom teeth are referred to as third molars that …