Permanent Tooth Replacement is Possible with Dental Implants

Tooth loss is a fairly common occurrence. A slip and fall, car accident, or sports injury can result in losing one or more teeth. Sometimes a tooth needs to be extracted due to severe damage or decay. Fortunately, there are ways to replace missing teeth, one of which is dental implants. Implants offer a permanent solution to replacing lost teeth. Contact Hunt Valley Dental in Hunt Valley, Maryland, to learn more about our implant procedures if you’re interested in implant treatment.

Benefits of Choosing Implants to Replace Lost Teeth

Replacing missing teeth is never easy. However, the long-term benefits of implants make them a smart choice as a tooth replacement treatment. With dental implants, you benefit from:

• Permanent replacement teeth
• Natural-looking replacement teeth as implants closely resemble real teeth
• Durable, stable replacement teeth that don’t shift when eating, laughing, or speaking
• No food restrictions as implants function like real teeth
• Greater comfort as implants feel like natural teeth
• No bone loss as implants stimulate bone growth like natural teeth to maintain bone structure
• Tooth stability as implants keep remaining teeth from shifting

Whether you want to replace one missing tooth or many, Dr. Thomas Rhodes can reconstruct your smile with dental implants.

What to Expect from Implant Treatment

Replacing missing teeth with implants is a process that may take up to six months to complete. Dr. Thomas Rhodes will evaluate your teeth, gums, and jaw to verify you’re a good candidate for this treatment. If so, we’ll proceed with the first step of embedding a titanium post into the gap of your missing tooth to permanently fuse with your jawbone, a process that may take three to four months to complete. Once the post is firmly in place, we’ll place an abutment on top of it, which will eventually hold a dental crown to complete your implant procedure.

At Hunt Valley Dental, you work with a skilled dental implant dentist and a team of dental implant specialists to ensure you receive safe, successful implant treatment. To schedule a consultation for dental implants, contact Hunt Valley Dental in Hunt Valley, MD, at (410) 705-2111.