Dental Implants Help Save Healthy Garden City Smiles
No Need for Drilling on Healthy Teeth!
Crowns • Implants • Bridges • Abutments • False Teeth
No need for drilling on healthy teeth
In the case shown here, the adjacent teeth are healthy and have no reason to be crowned, so dental implants have been used to replace the missing tooth. The anchor of the implant is visible on the x-ray.
Implants effortless insertion
Here, the implant abutments, or artificial roots, can be seen fixed into position. The final step is to cement the crowns into place.
Replace weak bridges with sturdy implants
In this photo, the patient has lost their lateral incisor. A removable bridge has been created to fill the space as a temporary measure, but it is not a reasonable long-term solution, nor is a permanent bridge. In this case, the two front teeth already have porcelain crowns on them. In order to use a resin bonded bridge, one of the crowns would need to be removed and the healthy canine tooth behind the space would need to be ground down. Even if a bridge supported by the adjacent teeth was chosen, it would not have worked predictably. Also, there would have been difficulty matching the shade of the crown with the other front tooth.
Implants blend in with your smile
This x-ray shows the implant abutment in place, protruding through the gum tissue so that a crown can be affixed to the end. in the photo, the finished result is a natural looking smile and a very satisfied patient. The right lateral incisor is the implant, but clearly one would not be able to tell by looking at it.
Use implants to replace false teeth
This patient lost six lower front teeth in a car accident. At the time of the accident, a removable bridge was the only treatment choice available. Due to the number of teeth missing, a fixed bridge will not work, even with grinding. There is simply nothing to support it with. With the patient's lip pulled back, the partial denture that holds the false teeth is visible, along with part of the empty gum below. Ten years after the accident, dental implants allowed this patient to have the missing teeth effectively replaced.
