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Dental implants are surgically placed in your jawbone, where they serve as the roots of missing teeth. Because the titanium in the implants fuses with your jawbone, the implants won't slip, make noise or cause bone damage the way fixed bridgework or dentures might. And the materials used can't decay like your own teeth that support regular bridgework can.
In general, dental implants may be right for you if you:
- Have one or more missing teeth
- Have a jawbone that's reached full growth
- Have adequate bone to secure the implants, or are able to have a bone graft
- Have healthy oral tissues
- Don't have health conditions that will affect bone healing
- Are unable or unwilling to wear dentures
- Want to improve your speech
- Are willing to commit several months to the process
- Dental implants and dental implant surgery. American College of Prosthodontists. http://www.prosthodontics.org/patients/implants.asp?print=yes. Accessed April 27, 2010.
- Dental implants. American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. http://www.aaoms.org/dental_implants.php. Accessed April 27, 2010.
- Dental implant placement options. American Academy of Periodontology. http://www.perio.org/consumer/2mb.htm. Accessed April 27, 2010.
- Levin L, et al. The effects of cigarette smoking on dental implants and related surgery. Implant Dentistry. 2005;14:357.
- Koh RU, et al. Immediate implant placement: Positives and negatives. Implant Dentistry. 2010;19:98.
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