Beverly Hills Dental Implants

Dental Implants

Dental implants are biocompatible metal anchors surgically positioned in the jaw bone underneath the gums to support an artificial crown where natural teeth are missing.  They are in no way cemented or connected to remaining teeth like traditional crowns or bridges.  Implants are usually made from a metal called titanium, which is readily accepted by the body.  Next, the crown is laboratory-fabricated similar to natural tooth supported crowns.  Accepted by the American Dental Association and Beverly Hills DDS, dental implants have been used for many years and hundreds of thousands of them have been placed.  How does it work?  There is a phenomenon called osseointegration, meaning that titanium is so compatible that bone actually attaches itself to the implant.  The advantages of Beverly Hills Dental implants include increased stability of dentures while also reducing long-term bone resorption, the ability to restore a missing tooth without altering the teeth on either side of the space.

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