Dental Implants

Dental implant is the treatment option when the tooth is lost. A dental implant is a titanium post that replaces the root of the missing tooth/teeth. It is surgically placed into the jaw bone to serve as an anchor of the missing tooth/teeth. The bone grows around the implant to form a fused bone-implant contact for better stability and support.

Dental implants help to prevent further bone loss and prevent the bone from collapsing. They can be placed and or loaded at the same time that the tooth or teeth are extracted or they can be placed after the proper bone healing occurs. It depends of the case. The time of placement varies from case to case and patient situation.

Sometimes bone graft procedures are needed prior implant placement to create the perfect host site for the future implant outcome.