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Dental implants are perhaps the most significant dental innovation of our generation! They are designed to mimic the entire structure of our natural teeth. With the highest success rate of all tooth replacement options, implants are the best long-term solution for replacing missing teeth. When properly placed and cared for, dental implants can last a lifetime.
Benefits of Dental Implants
Implant dentistry has a wide variety of benefits, including the following:
• Improved Oral Health: If left untreated, a missing or damaged tooth can often lead to more serious oral health problems. Ignoring oral health issues can have a negative impact on your overall health and cause additional dental problems.
• Aesthetics: If you’re tired of feeling embarrassed about one or more missing teeth, a tooth implant will bridge those gaps and give you a stunning new smile that you can proudly show off.
• Durability: It is essential for patients to trust their tooth stability while chewing and speaking. Dental implants can facilitate this, as well as eliminate the bulkiness and sore gums sometimes associated with dentures.
• Versatility: Many of our Aptos Dental patients have chosen implant dentistry to replace a single tooth, several teeth, or to support partial or full dentures.
A Dental Implant may be used to support a single artificial tooth or several teeth. Because they are firmly anchored into the jawbone, artificial teeth supported by dental implants provide the look, feel, stability, and function of natural teeth.
Aptos Dentists Drs. Jason and Allyson Drew have years of experience placing various different types of Dental Implants; from standard Titanium Dental Implants to All-On-Four Dental Implants, and much more. Their experienced in these restorative dentistry techniques and can quickly give you a gorgeous and healthy new smile.
A Dental Implant may be used to support a single artificial tooth or several teeth. Because they are firmly anchored into the jawbone, artificial teeth supported by dental implants provide the look, feel, stability, and function of natural teeth.
Aptos Dentists Drs. Jason and Allyson Drew have years of experience placing various different types of Dental Implants; from standard Titanium Dental Implants to All-On-Four Dental Implants, and much more. Their experienced in these restorative dentistry techniques and can quickly give you a gorgeous and healthy new smile.
Benefits Of Dental Implants
Implant dentistry has a wide variety of benefits including the following:
• Improve Oral Health | If left untreated, a missing or damaged tooth can often lead to more serious oral health care problems. Ignoring oral health issues can have a negative impact on your overall health, and can cause additional dental problems.
• Aesthetics | If you’re tired of feeling embarrassed about one or more missing teeth, a tooth implant will bridge those gaps and give you a stunning new smile that you can show off proudly.
• Durability | It is important for patients to trust their tooth stability, especially while chewing and speaking. Dental Implants can facilitate this, as well as eliminate the bulkiness and sore gums sometimes associated with dentures.
• Versatility | Many of our Aptos Dental Patients have chosen implant dentistry to replace a single tooth, several teeth, or to support partial or full dentures.
Aptos Dentists Drs. Jason and Allyson Drew will evaluate your mouth to see if you’re a good candidate for a dental implant. Not all patients are strong candidates for dental implants. You need a certain degree of healthy bone material to place a dental implant. If you don’t have enough bone material, your dentist could recommend a smaller mini dental implant or bone grafting to improve the jawbone at the procedure site.
To improve the amount of healthy bone at the implant site, your dentist may recommend a bone graft. In most cases a graft is placed at the time the tooth that is to be replaced has been extracted, this is done to preserve the site for the coming implant. At times, this is required after a tooth has been missing for an extended period of time and some bone loss has occurred. There are different types of bone graft materials that can be placed and this will be discussed with you prior to your procedure. After placement, the bone graft will need time to heal before the implant is placed.
Next, Drs. Jason and Allyson Drew will place the dental implant and possibly a temporary crown. The procedure takes around an hour or so to complete for a single implant. Over the counter pain relievers are usually enough to manage any discomfort that you may experience during the first few days after the procedure.
During the last appointment, your dentist will remove your temporary crown, attach an abutment to the dental implant, and place a permanent crown. When this is completed, you’re finished with the procedure. Your dentist might give you additional instructions on how to best care for your new dental implant.
Dr. Jason Drew is distinguished as one of America’s Top Dentists 5 years running and voted one of California’s favorite dentists. He uses the latest technology and techniques to make dentistry gentle, easy, and even fun. His passion is creating beautiful smiles, and he is an absolute perfectionist when it comes to smile design.
Aptos Dentist Dr. Allyson Drew is a leader and educator in dentistry. Dr. Allyson Drew proudly offers comprehensive, conservative dental care at the highest standard. She takes the time to guide her patients to believe in, invest in and maintain their oral health to achieve a comfortable and confident smile for a lifetime.
We’re Dr. Allyson and Dr. Jason Drew, and we’re here to serve you and your family. Our experience and dedication, as well as our in-depth understanding of today’s technology offers you the latest, most technologically advanced procedures in the United States, with special interests in preventative dentistry and its correlation to your overall health.
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