Dental Implants – High-Tech Teeth

Dental Implants are High Tech Teeth!

Do you remember that TV show about Steve Austen, The Bionic Man? And how they were able to rebuild him because they had the technology to give him new body parts that would make him better than he was? Well in the decades since that show first aired, dentistry has come up with a replacement for missing teeth, that is positively, bionic. It’s called the dental implant and it’s arguably the most important dental technology to date. Let’s take a closer look to this remarkable innovation that unlike Steve Austen’s new legs, only requires a minor office surgical procedure.

A dental implant is a small titanium post that is designed as a replacement of the root part of a missing tooth and is positioned inside your jaw bone just as natural tooth roots are. Attached to the implant, is a connecting piece called an abutment which is capped by a life-like prosthetic crown. Working together, this precision parts form a precision tooth replacement system that offers unparalleled advantages.

Besides replacing a single tooth, dental implants can also be used to support a group of tooth or a full-set of teeth. They can even help support and stabilize removable dentures. Best of all, implants help prevent the loss of surrounding bone. This type of bone loss is inevitable when you lose even one tooth, much less multiple teeth.

As tooth loss increases, so does bone loss. Losing bone decreases support of your facial structures and can make you look older than you are. The longer a tooth is missing, the greater the deterioration. This can make placing implants more difficult though not impossible thanks to a relatively routine procedure known as bone grafting – a technique that can regenerate bone where it has been lost to ensure the success of your implant. If bone loss can be actually be halted by dental implants, that’s because the implant actually fuses to the bone, becoming one with it over a period of weeks or months.

Once fully integrated, dental implants can last a lifetime, saving you money and time in the dental chair over the long term. In fact, dental implants are the most reliable and cost effective way to replace missing teeth, achieving success rate of over 95%. You deserve today’s best tooth replacement technology. Make an appointment today to learn more about restoring your smile with dental implants.

Make an appointment today at Affinity Dental Clinics!