The advantages of dental implants as tooth replacements

Dental implants are a modern, long-term solution for patients with missing teeth. Aura Dental in North West London offers dental implant treatments to people who have lost anything from one to all of their natural teeth, providing unrivalled natural-like function as well as an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

There are two key points to remember about dental implants: the first is that they are a permanent solution to tooth loss, and the second is that they are the only way your dentist can replace the root parts of lost teeth.

Tooth roots are important to keeping your jaw bone strong, dense, and healthy, as well as to keeping your teeth in your mouth. Standard dentures and dental bridges only replace the crowns of missing teeth, which can cause problems associated with bone loss. It is bone loss that can lead standard dentures to become loose, affecting your ability to eat and speak, and damaging your self-confidence.

By choosing to have dental implants placed at Aura Dental in North West London, you can avoid these common denture woes. Implants are bionic tooth roots, made out of titanium –which is highly compatible with the human body and supportive of bone growth – and placed in direct contact with the bone during a small operation.

Most patients at our North West London dental practice only need local anaesthetic for the placement of dental implants, with many reporting it to be more pleasant than having a tooth taken out.

North West London dental implants

There are two options for dental implants patients at our North West London dental practice. The first is suitable for those who have lost one tooth, and involves the placement of a single implant and a crown.

The second option is an excellent alternative to dentures for patients with all or several of their natural teeth missing. It involves the placement of a series of dental implants and an implant-retained bridge.

Bridges supported by dental implants can contain many more teeth than a standard dental bridge. Whilst traditional bridges contain one or two teeth, implant-retained bridges can support a full arch of teeth.