While the aesthetic effects of tooth loss are very evident, do you know it can take a severe toll on your oral health? Even when you lose a single tooth, your bite becomes out of balance, and the rest of your teeth shift and tilt. Over time, you start losing your jawbone density, leading to structural facial changes.

You can preserve jawbone density and prevent these issues with dental implants. So, the implants can give your smile back, help maintain your jawbone integrity, and improve your oral health.

How Do Dental Implants Work?

Dental implants are constructed to mimic the natural structure of your teeth. Like your natural tooth, an implant has a titanium post, acting as a root to anchor the artificial tooth to the jawbone and an artificial crown on top.

Our experienced oral surgeons will insert the titanium post into your jawbone by drilling a small hole during dental implant surgery. As you heal from this process, the post fuses with the bone through osseointegration. The post integrates with the jawbone a few months post-surgery.

Once this happens and the surrounding tissues heal, our dentists fit an artificial dental crown on top of the post to complete the tooth. As the implant becomes a part of your anatomy, it is permanent and feels like your natural tooth.

You can expect the implant to last a lifetime with proper care, giving you a beautiful, natural-looking, and functional smile.

Advantages Of Dental Implants

Dental implants are considered a superior solution for restoring your smile after tooth loss compared to bridges or dentures for the following reasons-

• Implants feel more like your natural teeth than dentures or bridges.
• As they are permanent, implants offer a much more natural chewing experience as they don’t slip out of place like dentures.
• There is no pain or irritation with implants like with dentures.
• It is more convenient to care for your implants, and they last a long time.

Please schedule an appointment at Family Dental of Georgetown to learn how dental implants can replace missing teeth and transform your smile.