Category: Dental implants

If you have lost one or more of your natural teeth, you should ask your dentist about dental implants, which are the only permanent way to replace missing teeth. Here at Aura Dental in North London, our experienced dental implant team have helped many patients to replace one, some or even all of their natural teeth using implants.

What are dental implants?

Dental implants are, in essence, permanent artificial tooth roots. Your natural teeth comprise a crown you can see and a root you can’t. The implants placed by your dentist replace this root and support new teeth in the form of crowns, bridges or dentures.

How does the implant process work?

At Aura Dental in North London we offer two options for treatment with dental implants: a single implant and crown to replace one missing tooth, or an implant-secured bridge to replace several adjacent teeth.

Your dentist will see you for an implant consultation and, so long as you are suitable for implant treatment, will arrange an appointment for your implants to be placed. This involves a minor operation, which is carried out here at our North London dental practice and in most cases requires just a local anaesthetic.

After a healing period of a couple of months, your dentist will call you back into the practice to check your dental implants have integrated properly with your bone. Your replacement teeth – crowns or bridges – will be securely attached on top.

Dental implants will prevent your new teeth from becoming loose and will also help to stop the common problem of bone loss that can occur when natural teeth are lost.

With proper care and regular visits to your dentist, your implants and attached restorations will last you many years – maybe even a lifetime. To book an implant consultation at our North London practice, contact us today.

More and more people who have missing teeth are choosing dental implants to replace them. At Aura Dental in North London our skilled and experienced dentists have helped many patients to get their smiles back with the aid of implants.

Dental implants can be used to replace one, several or even all your missing teeth. They are small titanium screws that are placed directly in the jaw bone, where they integrate with the bone and provide a firm anchor for replacement teeth – a crown, bridges or dentures.

Why have dental implants?

Dental implants are the only permanent way to replace your missing teeth. Unlike unsecured dentures, your restorations will never become loose and uncomfortable, meaning that you can both smile with confidence and enjoy a healthy, varied diet. There’s also no danger of your teeth falling out at inappropriate moments.

Dentists always recommend missing teeth. As well as problems with eating and with your confidence in your smile, gaps in your mouth can lead any remaining teeth to move, becoming crooked and harder to clean – thus increasing your chance of further dental health problems.

At Aura Dental in North London, our implant dentists offer two dental implant treatment options: 1) Single implant, (£2300.00+) and 2) Implant-retained bridges (£2750.00+). The first option is ideal for one missing tooth, while implant-retained bridges are ideal for patients with more than one missing tooth.

All our implant work is carried out by our skilled dentists here in the comfort of our North London practice. The implants are placed in a minor surgical procedure, which is usually carried out under a local anaesthetic.

We will leave your implants to heal for a period of a few months, during which you may have temporary restorations fitted, before your permanent new teeth are attached. This is to allow the implants to integrate with the bone.

Dental implants are an increasingly popular solution for patients who have lost their teeth. At Aura Dental in North London, we see patients who have suffered tooth loss for many reasons – decay, gum disease, injury or accident. Whatever the reason, as dentists we always advise patients to replace their missing teeth, and believe that implants are often the best way to do so.

Why is it important to replace missing teeth?

When we lose a tooth, we often lose confidence in our smile. This can have a negative effect on our self-esteem and our interactions with others. There are further health reasons to replace missing teeth, as other teeth may move into any gaps and your diet may be restricted to soft foods. Over time, your jaw bone beneath any gaps also starts to resorb or deteriorate. Dental implants are the only tooth replacement that integrate with the bone and prevent this from happening.

At Aura Dental in North London our dentists are experienced in placing dental implants. If you are interested in this treatment, we invite you to speak to our team at an implant consultation.

At an implant consultation, your dentist will discuss the benefits of dental implants and will talk you through the procedure. They will also examine your mouth and jaw, taking x-rays as necessary to establish your suitability for treatment with implants.

Aura Dental has two options for implant treatment at our North London practice: a single implant with a crown for patients who have lost one tooth, and implant-retained bridges, which use more than one implant and suits patients who have several missing teeth.

To find out more about dental implants in North London, please get in touch with one of our dentists today.