Dental implants are a tiny dental prosthetic device that is used as a foundation upon which we can build your new fake teeth. Tooth loss is a very traumatic experience for a lot of people. The idea of losing a tooth is bad enough, and it immediately impacts things like your smile. Tooth loss also impacts your ability to speak clearly, forcing many people to have to relearn enunciation and word formation. The worst of these is that with tooth loss comes the inability to eat certain foods, which results in an instant need for a lifestyle change for most people. Dental implants can change all of this.

Dental implants are designed to replicate one of the most important parts of the tooth, the root. The root acts as a support system for the tooth, as well as having a constant symbiotic relationship with the jawbone. When the tooth is no longer in place, the root has no function. The means it also stops providing support for the jawbone, which can face imminent resorption without this support. The dental implant we place in your mouth will provide you with the strong, steady base your new fake teeth need, as well as re-engaging the jawbone in that symbiotic relationship. For you this means that you no longer have to worry about loose fake teeth, speaking issues, or concerns with what food you can and cannot eat.

Before dental implants, there has never been a product or a procedure that matches implants for the sheer perfection with which they replace lost teeth. As more people become conscious about the fact that tooth loss is not a permanent problem, the popularity of solutions like dental implants has been steadily growing. With popularity comes a lot of noise and information about these procedures, which is both good and bad. It is bad when the information out there confuses or scares a patient with a lot of technical information that only a dentist needs to know. It is good when we have educated patients coming in, seeking more clarification and allowing us to focus on their needs, goals, and how dental implants can help to accomplish those.

A good example of misinformation is the fact that most people do not know that there are actually two kinds if implants available.  Which one you get will depend on the amount of bone density in your jaw bone. In order for an implant to work well, the jaw has to be able to sustain the implant once it is in. If your jaw has enough bone mass, we will perform what is known as an Endosteal implant. An Endosteal implant is simply a cone-shaped, usually a screw, titanium implant that is inserted directly into the bone for added support. If however, your jaw cannot withstand the implant we have the option of using a Subperiosteal implant, which is inserted into the gum but directly above or resting on top of the jawbone. This implant is equally secure but does not put added stress on the jawbone.  We can discuss which type is right for you during a consultation.

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