Dental Implants
When you loose a tooth you often loose a lot more. Maybe its your natural smile, your ability to eat certain foods or even your confidence. You may also experience pain, muscle strain, headaches and find it difficult to speak clearly. The effects of tooth loss are individual and dependent on exactly what you have lost.
If you have lost the crown, you have lost the visible part of your tooth, however will still be able to have a new artificial crown fixed to your natural root. If you have lost the roots as well, you have also lost the unseen part of your tooth.
A dental implant replaces the natural tooth root to provide support for crowns, bridges or dentures to replace your natural smile.
Dental Implants:
- Look, feel and function like natural teeth
- Mean lifelong tooth replacement for many people
- Replace your tooth roots
- Preserve the bone
- Do not damage adjacent teeth
- Are stable as the crown is firmly attached to the implant
- Restore your natural chewing capacity
- Allow you to enjoy eating your food
At the practice we use Nobel Biocare Implants. This company has a history of over forty years of successful implant treatment and works constantly to improve treatment for patients. More information can be obtained from www.nobelsmile.com
Trudie Baker has had extensive training in restorative dentistry and dental implants, both in this country and in America. She has an M.MedSci qualification in dental implantology from the University of Sheffield and takes referrals from both inside and outside the practice.