Dental Implants
Dental Implants
A dental implant is an artificial tooth root, made from titanium, placed in the bone of the jaw to hold a crown, bridge or denture in place. This treatment is dependent on the amount and quality of available bone and gum in the area where the tooth is missing. Before implant therapy, your dentist may need to modify the gum or bone using techniques such as socket preservation, bone grafting or sinus lift.
Dental implants can be used to:
- Replace a missing single tooth
- Replace several missing teeth to get rid of a partial denture
- Support a full denture. Two or more implants are used to secure the denture using studs, magnets or a short bar. This is a very cost-effective way of improving a loose and troublesome denture. It also has the advantage of reducing the amount of the denture which covers the palate
- Replace a full denture. 4-6 implants are placed in the jaws to support fixed porcelain or acrylic teeth. This is the best way of replacing your full complement of natural teeth.
We also perform bone grafting procedures to increase the amount of bone present around the dental implant.
These procedures include:
- Guided bone regeneration
- Socket grafting
- Sinus lift
Sinus lift
When teeth are lost in the upper jaw, we get shrinkage of the gum and bone and expansion of the sinus. This can mean that there is insufficient bone present to place dental implants and we may need to do a sinus lift to increase the amount of available bone
Sinus lift
Where some bone is present, a full sinus lift is not required, and we can modify the sinus position and place the implants at the same time.
Socket grafting
Clinical Cases
Implants and Crowns Clinical Case
Implant Clinical Case
Sinus Lift Clinical Case
Implants, Crowns, Bonding Clinical Case
Sinus Lift Clinical Case
