Losing a tooth, a number of teeth or having loose
dentures can be quite upsetting as they alter your facial appearance
and can keep you from enjoying your favourite foods. But it’s
not a permanent setback.
With dental implants, you won’t have to worry
about being left with gaps in your teeth or unable to indulge
your appetite for very long.
Dental implants are replacement tooth roots made
of titanium. They are inserted using a simple, pain-free procedure under
local anaesthesia.
With an implant to replace a missing tooth we won’t
need to drill into your healthy teeth. And if you’re missing
several teeth, we can build a bridge supported by an implant – you’ll
have as few as three and as many as twelve fixed together. Dental
implants can even be used to replace complete dentures.
Like natural teeth, your dental implants will
need care, cleaning and attention to avoid gum disease or the
build up of bacteria.
Once located in the jaw, the implant functions just
lke a natural tooth and can support a single crown or a row of teeth.
Where many teeth are missing the careful placement of a few implants
will make an entire arch of new teeeth to be fixed in the position of
the original missing teeth permanently.
For persons with loose, uncomfortable dentures dental implants can eliminate
these irritating false teeth by fixing new teeth onto the solid base that
they provide.
Below are some images of a patient showing (l-r): abutment post, temporary crown and final result
The chart below shows the steps involved in obtaining a dental implant:
