Change your life with dental implants
In Herefordshire, dental implants are improving the lives of dental patients with missing teeth who do not wish to suffer the hassle and possible embarrassment of dealing with removable false teeth.
Dental implants are a step forward from removable dentures and bridges, because they are permanently fixed into your mouth.
Here at Warrendale Dental Care in Herefordshire, dental implants are used to replace missing teeth and so avoid the oral health problems that can come from their loss.
Dental implants do things that removable dentures cannot. Permanently filling the gap between your remaining natural teeth stops them from tipping or crowding, which can lead on to other oral health issues.
Dental implants are fitted by screwing a very small, often titanium, post into the jaw to replace the root of the missing tooth. Dental implants require a surgical procedure to put them in place, and it is important that the bone and gums into which the dental implants are to be placed are dense and healthy.
Over time, the bone around the screw grows and meshes with it, making the screw a permanent fixture. Blood vessels also grow and this regrowth prevents the gum from receding. All this prevents that sunken look that comes with missing bone resulting from missing teeth.
Once the dental implants have been put in place and the patient has waited a few weeks for them to settle in, the dentist can fit an artificial tooth, teeth or even a permanent bridge onto the dental implants. These artificial teeth are custom-made to match your own natural teeth.
Fewer than five per cent of dental implants fail, so once they are there, you can expect to have them for life, whereas dentures and removable bridges need to be replaced about every five years.
Caring for dental implants is much like caring for natural teeth, brushing, flossing and getting regular check-ups.
At our clinic, Warrendale Dental Care in Herefordshire, dental implants are only fitted after a thorough consultation with our patients. Dr Christopher Brown and Dr Stuart Gamble both keep abreast of the latest dental techniques and science around dental implants through continuous professional development.