Implants

It is important to replace a missing tooth or several teeth not only for cosmetic reasons but also for your dental and overall health. A missing tooth or teeth can adversely affect your dental health and further cause or spread the damage to adjacent teeth and gums. It can also affect your overall health by influencing your food intake, nutritional value of what you eat and how you chew and ingest your food. An implant is often the closest thing to natural teeth in terms of functionality.

An implant typically consists of a titanium screw or frame which is attached to your jawbone. It forms the anchor or base onto which a ceramic or metal alloy crown is affixed to complete the surgical procedure. The time taken to complete the procedure may vary from a few weeks to a few months depending on the extent of the replacement work. Implants are a long-term solution and can last a lifetime with proper dental care and hygeine.

When you are missing a tooth or several teeth, an implant can be the ideal solution. Cosmetically, an implant provides an ideal foundation for the crown of the teeth or a bridge to be fitted on depending on the extent of the damage caused. To find out if implants are the suitable solution for you, visit our Merrylands dental professional facility. After a professional examination of your dental health, the dentist will be able to determine if your gums and jawbones are in good condition to undergo and accept an implant.

An implant is a long-term and medically sound solution for replacement teeth. Unlike dentures, an implant combined with a crown or bridge cannot be removed and is the closest a form of prosthetic replacement teeth can come to natural teeth in look and function. Implants are broadly classified into two types; fitted in the bone (endosteal) or fitted on the bone (subperiosteal). The type of implant recommended may depend on various factors such as the reason for the tooth loss which could be either due to a cavity, decay or a physical accident as well as the state of the patient’s dental health.

Implants are a near-permanent and long-term solution to restore functionality of damaged tooth and are built-in to the connecting bone. In the rare event that an implant becomes defective or is a source of infection, pain or discomfort, the dentist will recommend removing the implant and replacing it.

At your Merrylands dental facility, we employ the latest in laser technology and a combination of SimPlant and BioHorizon methods to ensure best results in removing the implant.

When there is not enough natural bone to support an implant to replace a missing tooth, your dentist will perform a surgical procedure to repair or augment your bone in order to provide structural support for the implant. This procedure may involve grafting natural bone material from your body or supplementing the necessary structural support required for the implant with a synthetic bone substitute material.

Damaged or weak gums due to gingivitis can progressively lead to an exposed tooth. The condition can deteriorate and cause serious complications if not remedied.

Your dentist can restore missing or damaged gum tissue by soft tissue grafting. This procedure is a highly advanced form of restorative surgical procedure which can be successfully performed at the Merrylands dental facility.

In order to arrest bone atrophy or reabsorption caused by a missing tooth, your dentist may recommend performing bone surgery to supplement and fortify or widen and broaden the underlying base support required for a dental implant.

Bone surgery is also performed to reshape and restore the shape of the jaw.