What Are Dental Implants?
Implants are small, screw-shaped titanium posts we place in the jawbone to take the place of the missing tooth roots. As the area heals, the implants integrate with the bone, providing a secure and permanent base for replacement teeth made to match your smile. For appropriate candidates, implant dentistry is today's premier choice for replacing missing teeth. They offer a secure and stable solution for replacing one, some, or a full arch of missing teeth, delivering stability, function, and aesthetics comparable to healthy, natural teeth.
The following are your implant restoration options:
- Implant Crowns and Bridges: Ideal for replacing one or several adjacent teeth, implant crowns or bridges are attached to dental implants, providing a secure tooth restoration solution.
- Implant-Retained Dentures: Implant-retained dentures, also known as overdentures, are secured to several implants, offering a significantly more stable and functional alternative to traditional dentures, which often slip or shift when you eat, speak, or smile.
- All-on-Xs: This superior implant technique relies on as few as four implants strategically placed in the jawbone to secure a complete arch of replacement teeth, delivering unmatched stability and a beautifully natural appearance.
What Are the Benefits of Dental Implants?
- Providing a Natural Look and Feel: Implantscrowns are meticulously crafted to look, feel, and function like your natural teeth.
- Preventing Bone Loss: Dental implants act like natural tooth roots, reducing the bone deterioration and loss that otherwise takes place after tooth loss.
- Supporting Facial Structure: Dental implants support your facial structure and help prevent bone loss, maintaining your naturally youthful contours.
- Making Eating Easier: Dental implants behave like your natural teeth, restoring your ability to enjoy all your favorite foods.
- Improving Speech: Dental implants help you to speak clearly without mumbling, slurring your words, or worrying that your replacement teeth may slip or shift.
- Stabilizing Adjacent Teeth: Implants preserve the gap left by missing teeth, helping to prevent the neighboring teeth from shifting out of place.
- Preserving Tooth Structure: Unlike tooth-supported bridges, implants do not require any altering of the adjacent teeth, preserving more of your natural tooth structure.
- Unmatched Strength and Durability: Implants are incredibly durable and can often last for decades with good care and proper maintenance.
What Can You Expect During Your Dental Implant Procedure?
- Planning: We start by capturing 3D images of your teeth and the surrounding structures using our cutting-edge CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography) unit. The highly detailed images provide a clear view of your nerves, sinuses, and tooth roots and help us evaluate your jawbone density and quality. CBCT 3D scans also help with fabrication of surgical guides that allow for implant placement with exceptional precision.
- Bone Graft:If you have bone loss in the area that would interfere with the success of your implants, we may recommend a bone graft to rebuild your jawbone. We are also proactive in protecting your bone quality by offering ridge preservation at the time of extracting any teeth, striving to preserve the width, height, and quality of your bone for future implant placement.
- Implant Placement: We will place one or several dental implants depending on the extent of tooth loss and your unique needs. After the area heals and the implant integrates with your jawbone, which usually takes about three to four months, we will take digital impressions of the area to create your final implant restoration. Your new implant restorations will look, feel, and function like natural teeth.
Dental Implants Near Me in Mesa, AZ
Contact Lake Vista Dentistry to learn more about restoring your complete smile with dental implants. Your smile deserves the tooth replacement option that most closely resembles nature's design.
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Why Choose Lake Vista Dentistry?
At Lake Vista Dentistry, we believe in more than caring for your smile. We are dedicated to treating the whole person. As a patient-centered practice, we strive to elevate the dental experience, providing our patients with positive experiences they'll enjoy again and again. Our integrated psychology training helps address dental phobia and anxiety rooted in past traumatic dental experiences, helping build positive associations with the dentist.
Our team at Lake Vista Dentistry strives to create a warm and caring environment where you can always expect exceptional care. Our cutting-edge technology, modern techniques, sedation dentistry options, and gentle approach help even the most anxious patients relax in the dentist's chair. At Lake Vista Dentistry, your comfort and well-being are always at the forefront of everything we do.
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