Implant dentistry provides sustained support for prosthetic teeth by mimicking the kind of hold our natural teeth enjoy from their roots. The implant itself is a small titanium appliance that is set in the space where your roots were previously housed. After placement, you are given time to recover, during which your surrounding bone tissues will fuse to the implant. When you have recovered to the point of returning for treatment, we will place an abutment that allows for the permanent attachment of a prosthesis.
Beyond serving as individual roots for individual replacement teeth, dental implants can be used to address more significant tooth loss issues. They even allow us to provide hybrid dentures, a type of denture that stays in place with the support of just four to six dental implants.
Am I A Good Candidate For Treatment With Dental Implants?
Implant dentistry provides a tooth loss solution for patients who want to enjoy support that benefits their prosthesis as well as their neighboring teeth and even their jaw health. You may be a good candidate for this kind of treatment if:
- You want to permanently secure your replacement tooth
- You want to protect yourself against the loss of jawbone density
- You are concerned about neighboring teeth shifting and loosening
- You hope to enjoy the most bite support possible after tooth loss
Planning Your Smile Restoration
With our extensive background and education on matters of prosthetic dentistry, we are able to help many patients who wish for a secure answer to tooth loss. Your care will be affected by whether you need to replace a single tooth with a permanent restoration, or if you need the support of more than one dental implant to hold a larger dental bridge, partial denture, or full denture. To plan any of these treatment approaches, we will use advanced digital imaging technology to evaluate your jaw health and density and determine the precise location and angle for your implant or implants.
Your treatment will involve both dental implant placement and the restoration of your smile with your custom dental prosthesis. A successful implant placement is followed by a period where your jaw heals and fuses to the titanium material to create a permanent hold.
Once your recovery period has passed, you will return to our office to have your custom restoration set in position. As with your implant placement planning, we use advanced preparatory work and digital models to make sure you have a restoration that is the precise shape, size, and look needed to restore your smile.
Talk To Your Shrewsbury, MA, Area Dentist About Implant Dentistry!
Through implant dentistry, our practice is able to provide restorations secured with dental implants, which can offer long-term value and greater comfort from your treatment. If you would like to find out more, please call Modern Dentistry Of Shrewsbury at (508) 842-8838.
