Don’t Want Dentures? Central London Dentist Offers Dental Implants.
For a lifetime of strong teeth dental implants may be your best option. You may have lost your teeth through tooth decay, physical damage or just old age, but dental implants may be able to help you get back a full set of teeth. Implants can be used to replace one or many teeth, a whole new set of teeth can even be created if need be.
Dental implants are a serious undertaking and you should carefully talk through all your options with your Central London dentist, they will be able to answer all your questions and provide a full range of treatment possibilities. Because the process involves the implanting of metal, often titanium, rods directly into the jaw bone they will become a permanent feature your mouth. While the rods cannot easily be swapped out because the bone will fuse with it, implants have the great advantage of having interchangeable heads. Your dentist will be able to custom design the perfect tooth shape, depending on the positioning in your mouth, which then screws onto the top of the metal rod. If for any reason this head gets damaged or discoloured it is a very straight forward procedure to remove it and attach a new artificial tooth.
There are some situations for which dental implants are not appropriate. For instance if you are a sufferer of gum disease you must wait for this to be completely treated before having implants installed, otherwise there is a risk the infection could spread to your jaw. Smokers are often not allowed to have dental implants due to high probability of infection. Your dentist will be able to discuss with you about the benefits and risks of having implants.
