You might have heard about dental implants as a replacement for missing teeth but you may not have heard about the many advantages they offer over other types of treatment.
Having a knocked out tooth or losing a tooth to decay is not a pleasant experience. Firstly, you have all the pain and discomfort but then comes the anxiety that your teeth will never be the same and that a lifetime of dental repair and sacrifice awaits. This may be the case with some other forms of dental prosthetics such as dental bridges, which have an average life span of between ten and twenty years and are prone to breaking, but a dental implant offers the most realistic alternative to a real tooth.
Dental implants are the only kind of dental replacement that offer a complete substitute for the whole tooth from the root to the crown. The implant itself is anchored into the jawbone to simulate a real tooth root. This is then allowed time to fuse with the bone and gum tissue, again like a real tooth would be, before the artificial crown is attached. The results of dental implants are very successful and they are one of the most reliable dental procedures available. With the right care and cleaning, an implant can last a whole lifetime leaving you free from the worry of replacing it or having to adjust your lifestyle around it.
Implants may cost slightly more than other replacements but because they last a lifetime the one-off payment now will probably end up saving you money in the future, and can you really put a price on having healthy teeth. It would seem not as more and more patients at Central Leeds dentists opt for dental implants to replace their missing teeth
Tags: dental bridge, dental implant, jaw bone, missing teeth
