Implants

Dental Implants are titanium fixtures, placed into the jaw, that permanently replace one or more missing teeth, or act as an anchor for crowns, bridges, or dentures.

As a result, Dental Implants fuse to your jawbone, and therefore they provide stable support for an artificial tooth, unlike dentures. Furthermore, implants mimic the way that your natural tooth roots secure your teeth to your gum line and the crown which is placed on top is designed to look like your other teeth. Therefore, nobody will know that you have implants, they will look totally natural and will make you smile with confidence!

In short, the success rate for Dental Implant therapy is up to 98% with age, length of the implant, the diameter of the implant, bone quality, and region of the implant being the factors that determine this rate.

Implants are a two-stage procedure.

A good way to think about an implant is a small titanium screw that is placed by a specialist surgeon.

This is left to heal and integrate with the surrounding jaw.

Two or three months later we build the tooth or denture on top of this titanium bolt.

Properly planned and in a healthy mouth implants are generally hugely successful. Honestly, it is fantastic that implants exist.

They are wonderful get-out-of-jail cards, and ideally would never be needed because we look after our existing teeth.