What are dental implants?
Restorative dentistry is the branch of dentistry dedicated to replacing missing teeth. In some cases, your dentist may recommend dental implants as part of your dental restoration process. Implants, which help maintain jaw stability for prosthetic teeth by inserting posts into the jawbone, can help your prosthetic teeth look and feel like real teeth. Basically, an implant is an artificial root meant to hold your tooth replacement in position. Dental implants can either be inserted in the bone (endosseous) or designed to fit over the bone (subperiosteal). Endosseous implants are generally made of titanium, ceramics or synthetic sapphires. These implants are attached to replacement teeth by a post and they can help provide a stabilizing factor in addition to replacing missing teeth. Subperiosteal implants are cast metal and have several posts which can serve as a tooth root system for multiple teeth. For patients with severe bone loss and for those who have only a limited space available
Dental implants offer many advantages over traditional tooth replacement procedures. Gone are the days when patients were forced to simply wear unsightly or uncomfortable caps, crowns or dentures. Often insecure and artificial looking, these solutions left people unable to talk and eat with confidence. Dental implants minimize the risks associated with crowns and caps, while maximizing the rewards by producing natural looking, healthy and most of all safer teeth that let recipients smile with conviction. Dental implants are essentially artificial teeth that that are placed within the jaw. Although they are typically more aesthetically pleasing that the alternatives like crowns or dentures, the real reason many people are turning to dental implants to replace their missing teeth boils down to safety. Implants are a safer, more tooth-friendly procedure that has little to no adverse effect on neighboring teeth or gums. When a patient elects to insert a bridge in support of missing or deca
