Who is a candidate for dental implants?
Whether you are missing one tooth, several teeth or all of your teeth, you may be a candidate for dental implants. Generally speaking, if you are healthy enough to have a tooth extracted, you are healthy enough to have a successful dental implant. To be able to place a dental implant, you need to have adequate width and depth of bone. Only with a dental radiograph (x-ray) can we determine if adequate depth of bone exists. A visual examination can help determine the width of bone. Dental implants come in a variety of widths and lengths so that the right one for your particular bone can be selected. Sometimes, there is not enough bone for the placement of dental implants. In these cases, we work with a variety of specialists to graft bone in order to create a site that will be ideal for a dental implant. To find out if you are a candidate for dental implants, call us to schedule your appointment. (321) 259-9429.
Anyone in reasonable health who wants to replace missing teeth is a candidate. You must have enough bone in the area of the missing teeth to provide for the anchorage of the implants. Some people are missing all of their teeth and most of those are excellent candidates for dental implants, but today we use implants to replace small bridge, removable partials, dentures and even missing single teeth.
