Dental implants provide a durable solution for replacing dentures, decayed, loose, or missing teeth, effectively restoring both function and confidence.
Why Would You Need an Implant?
Dental implants are often considered the gold standard for replacing missing teeth, whether you’ve lost a single tooth, multiple teeth, or need to replace a full arch of teeth (upper or lower).
The implant consists of titanium screws placed within the jawbone, providing stability and security to firmly hold your new teeth in place.
Are Implants Safe?
Yes, dental implants are perfectly safe for use in the body.
Titanium is widely recognised as the most biocompatible metal due to its resistance to corrosion from bodily fluids, bio-inert properties, ability to integrate with bone (osseointegration), and high fatigue threshold.
What Are the Benefits of Implants?
Dental implants provide numerous advantages, making them a highly effective and popular solution for replacing missing teeth. Here are some key benefits:
1. Improved Appearance
Dental implants look and feel like natural teeth. They are designed to fuse with bone, making them a permanent part of your mouth, enhancing your overall appearance.
2. Enhanced Comfort
Unlike removable dentures, implants become a part of you, eliminating the discomfort of removable prosthetics.
3. Better Speech
Dentures can slip within the mouth, causing you to mumble or slur your words. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that teeth might slip.
4. Ease of Eating
Chewing can be difficult with sliding dentures. Dental implants function like your own teeth, allowing you to eat your favorite foods with confidence and without pain.
5. Improved Oral Health
Dental implants do not require reducing other teeth, as a tooth-supported bridge does. Because nearby teeth are not altered to support the implant, more of your own teeth are left intact, improving long-term oral health. Individual implants also allow easier access between teeth, improving oral hygiene.
6. Durability
Implants are very durable and will last many years. With good care, many implants last a lifetime.
7. Convenience
Removable dentures are just that; removable. Dental implants eliminate the inconvenience of removing dentures, as well as the need for messy adhesives to keep them in place.
8. Prevention of Bone Loss
When a tooth is lost, the jawbone in the empty space deteriorates due to lack of stimulation. Dental implants are the only tooth replacement option that also replaces the jaw bone stimulation, helping to prevent bone loss.
9. Preservation of Adjacent Teeth
Unlike bridges, implants do not rely on neighboring teeth for support, thereby preserving the health of adjacent teeth.
10. Long-term Oral Health
By integrating with the jawbone, dental implants help maintain the structure of the jawbone and gums, preventing the sunken face appearance that often accompanies tooth loss.
If you would like to find out how we can help you with dental implants, please do not hesitate to call us today and book your consultation.
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