When teeth are lost due to disease or accident, dental implants might be a good option of replacing the missing tooth. Missing tooth make it hard to chew, affect speech, cause neighboring teeth to shift and make you look older. In such cases dental implants can help bring back that youthful smile while providing the much needed support. Dental implants are also an effective permanent replacement for uncomfortable removable partial dentures. Implants are posts placed surgically into the upper or lower jaw bones in place of one or more missing teeth. Being anchored to the jawbones, they offer strong support artificial teeth, dentures or bridges so that they don’t slip or shift within your mouth, making for a more natural secure feeling. The procedure is a very custom process where our expert dentists at East Texas Dental use imaging to carefully locate where the implants need to be placed, this is followed by surgery. What makes these implants so strong is that the jawbone grows around the implant slowly over time and holds it firmly in place. Once the implant is firmly in place, custom made artificial teeth, dental bridges or dentures are attached to provide a completely natural looking profile.
