Wednesday, October 31, 2007

With dental implants people have the confidence to smile again

Dental implants are designed to replace the root of a tooth and most refer as a substitutes for natural tooth and help people with better eating and increased thier chewing capacity. Beside with dental implants people have the confidence to smile again as it improved a person appearence and their speech. Dental implants is now aceppted by all walks of people even though failures do occur. People with adequate bone level and density who are not prone to infection and can maintain the best oral hygiene would be good candidates for dental implants.


Dental implants start with titanium screw that is inserted into the jaw bone. The procedure is that the gums is cut open to expose the bone. The dentist will drills a hole into the bone which allows to insert titanium screw into our jaw bone. Titanium is the metal of choice because it allows the surrounding bone to grow into and around it. When the screw has been inserted, the gums are stitched together. The patient will be under anesthesia at the time to relieve discomfort and pain.

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