Dental Implants

Dental Implants are used to replace one tooth, a number of teeth , or to support an entire fixed or removable bridge.

Most common is the osseintegrated implant. This implant is placed in a hole drilled into bone. Depending on the number of teeth being replaced, one or more may be required. If neccessary, a substrucure is fabricated and then the crown, bridge or denture is securely fastened to the substructure or implant.

Implants are useful in a wide variety of circumstances:

• Patients who have tried but can't wear conventional dentures
• Patients who have lost a tooth
• Patients who have two teeth with no or small fillings adjacent to the hole and don't want to cut the teeth down to make a bridge