Discover how dental implants in Windsor could restore your smile
Making patients happy
Our main goal above all else, here at Old Windsor Dental, is to make each of our patients smile from the dental services that we provide. Restoring the smile of a patient who has lost the ability to do so, is one of the most rewarding and positively impactful dental procedures which we provide.
Through the use of innovative technologies and methods that have been refined for centuries, the dental implants in Windsor of today now restore the patient’s ability not only to smile but to speak and chew with ease in such a way that the implants both look and feel almost completely identical to natural teeth.
Who would need dental implants?
Anyone who has lost a tooth – or teeth – ought to seek out dental implants in Windsor as a way of permanently solving the issues, before it can do damage to the surrounding teeth in their mouths. If a space left by a lost tooth is not treated for some time, it can lead to seriously detrimental problems arising for the patient.
One such problem is the loss of bone density around their jaw and facial shape. This takes place as the unused bone around the tooth is redistributed around their bodies, and results in the patient’s entire facial structure being altered. Thankfully, dental implants in Windsor can permanently reverse this and restore the structure to a patient’s jaw shape.
How do they work?
Unlike other, similar treatments to replace a lost tooth – such as dentures or crowns – implants are a permanent solution. Crowns and bridges both work by sitting on the patient’s gum line, and cover the gap in their teeth in a prosthetic way. Implants however, replace the tooth in a way which is almost identical to the mechanics of a natural tooth. By creating an artificial tooth root, and deeply embedding it within the bone structure of the patient, it can act as a sturdy and permanent point on which to attach a replica denture.
The idea of replacing lost teeth in such a way has existed for thousands of years, but it was only recently that medical and dental science reached the point of success as it is now today. Anyone who is looking to bridge a lost space within their teeth should seriously consider dental implants, as these are a permanent and comfortable solution.
What does the procedure involve?
In order to have dental implants, a small dental operation must be carried out to embed the false root into the patient’s jawbone. The root is made from titanium-alloy metal, as it has the unique ability to bond itself within the human bone. Initially, a small portion of the patient’s gum is stripped back and a hole is made surgically. Then the root is embedded and left to heal.
Over a short while that follows, the titanium root and the patient’s jawbone will fuse themselves together. After this fusion has taken place, the root can then be used as a socket into which a replacement denture is fixed into.
