• Understanding Dental Implants
• The ClearChoice Advantage
• How to Choose a Dentist
• Dentures vs Dental Implants
• Patient Information

Understanding Dental Implants

What are dental implants?

Dental implants are a long-lasting solution for one or more missing teeth, failing teeth or severe periodontal disease. An oral surgeon affixes implants into the jawbone to simulate the root of a pre-existing tooth. Unlike dentures or bridges, they can last a lifetime. More important, the use of dental implants does not impact healthy, adjacent teeth. In fact, current implant restorative techniques are the best alternative to your original teeth.

Why choose dental implants?

Unlike dentures, dental implants look and perform more like natural teeth because they’re rooted to the bone—no artificial plastic on the roof of the mouth and no need for adhesives or denture creams. Furthermore, dental implants:

• have proven reliability, with a 95 percent or higher success rate
• provide a long-term solution to dental problems, often lasting a lifetime
• remove the potential pain and embarrassment of dentures

Perhaps the most convincing argument for choosing dental implants, however, is that they prevent the bone loss and atrophy that often result from missing teeth. When a tooth is lost, the bone around the missing tooth begins to erode and weaken. Over time, this can result in the loss of other teeth and the overall deterioration of health. When teeth are missing, the jawbone can experience significant atrophy, resulting in a facial features that look “sunken.”

Why replace missing teeth?

When missing teeth aren’t replaced, eating and chewing are difficult. But missing teeth also can have a significant impact on one’s appearance, self-confidence and overall health. People with missing teeth often express feelings of loss—loss of youthfulness and attractiveness, loss of their ability to speak in public or be active. Many miss out on important life experiences. It is important to remember that each tooth is important to the health of other teeth, the gums and the entire jaw.

How will I benefit?

Getting dental implants can be life changing. Not only can they improve your overall long-term health, but they can restore your active lifestyle, give you the confidence to speak publicly, improve your appearance, eliminate the discomfort caused by dentures and make chewing easy and pain-free again.

Dental implants are durable enough to last a lifetime and as convenient to care for as your natural teeth. Deciding to get dental implants is one of the best investments you can make in yourself.

Am I a candidate?

If you have periodontal disease, or have lost one, several or all your teeth, you’re a candidate for dental implants. Because each person has unique needs, the doctors at ClearChoice will fully evaluate each candidate to determine the most appropriate plan of dental treatment to achieve the best long-term functional and aesthetic results.

Rest assured that ClearChoice also is experienced at providing dental implants for patients who take multiple medications or for those who suffer from diabetes, cancer, heart disease and other serious health conditions.