Advantages of Dental Implants

What are the advantages of dental implants?

Replacing missing teeth has always been a difficult problem. A dental implant provides a foundation for replacement teeth that retains the feel and function of natural teeth. They are also used to anchor loose dentures.

Gentle Dental Care performs this procedure hundreds of times a year.

There are many advantages to dental implants. These include:

• Improved appearance – dental implants look and feel like your own teeth and because they are designed to fuse with bone, they are aesthetically and functionally permanent.
• Improved speech – poor-fitting dentures can slip in the mouth. This can cause you to mumble or slur your words. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your teeth might slip.
• Improved comfort – implants eliminate the discomfort of removable dentures because they become part of you.
• Easier eating – sliding dentures can make chewing difficult. Dental implants function like your own teeth and allow you to eat your favourite foods with confidence and without pain.
• Improved self-esteem – dental implants can give you back your smile and help you feel better about yourself.
• Improved oral health – dental implants don't affect your other teeth as does a tooth-supported bridge. Nearby teeth need not be altered to support the implant so more of your own teeth are left intact and this improves your long-term oral health. Individual implants also allow easier access between teeth which improves oral hygiene.
• Durability – implants are very durable and will last many years. With good care, many implants last a lifetime.
• Convenience – dental implants eliminate the embarrassing inconvenience of dentures and the need for messy adhesives to keep them secure.

Better than bridges

In the past, traditional tooth supported bridges have been a primary method for replacing several missing teeth. But using a bridge has a number of disadvantages:

• The bridge must be supported by adjacent healthy teeth which must be ground down and capped. 
• The capped teeth are used to support the bridge across the space where the teeth are missing and can be weakened in the process.
• Bridges frequently fail over time, creating more dental problems (most bridges last from 5–7 years before needing replacement).
• A bridge does not address the problem of bone loss. The bone in the area where the teeth are missing will continue to deteriorate and eventually cause other problems.
• Some spans of missing teeth are too large to be treated with a bridge.

Dental implants suffer from none of these problems. They are placed directly into the bone where the teeth are missing and do not involve the adjacent healthy teeth. Dental implants prevent or reduce further bone loss and can last a lifetime.

Better than dentures

Another traditional approach to treating multiple missing teeth has been to use partial dentures. These are appliances made of plastic and metal that clip to adjacent healthy teeth in order to fill the gaps created by missing teeth. 

Partial dentures are more cosmetic than functional. And even with modern technology and materials they still often lead to embarrassment. People who wear partial dentures say they are often reluctant to smile, laugh or even speak in public because they are afraid their denture may slip or that the wires may show.

Partial dentures can also greatly impact your ability to eat what you like, especially in public. And most people do not like the feeling of metal and plastic in their mouths.

Just like bridges, dentures do nothing to prevent loss of bone in the jaw.

Dental implants – just better technology

Most people tolerate dentures because they are unaware of viable options. Dental implants are a better solution. They are fixed in place, do not move and they are the closest thing possible to natural teeth.

People with dental implants say they look better, feel better and that they have more confidence. And they can eat what they want.

It's not uncommon to hear people say I feel I got my life back!

Click here for more information on our innovative All-on-4 implant procedure.

Our payment plans are flexible and designed to make the dental treatment you want for you or your family as accessible as possible. In most cases, the application is finalized in-house while you wait.

You may also be eligible under a Medicare scheme…

Gentle Dental Care can complete the entire implant surgery in our surgery. We also offer IV sedation (for a pain free experience) and affordable payment plans.

Contact us now on 9602 3339 for Dental Implants in Sydney.