Are Dental Implants Worth It?
Dental implants come with a relevant price tag, so before you let sticker shock turn you away, consider what makes dental implants worth investing in.
Dental implants are better than dentures because they are permanently anchored to the bone so they keep bone in the area alive, and they stay in place when you eat, speak and socialize.
Dental implants are better than a bridge because they preserve natural teeth.
To replace a missing tooth with a bridge, you need to cement the bridge in place. To cement a bridge in place, you have to use the two teeth beside the missing tooth site and bridge posts. This involves shaving down those healthy teeth so that the caps of the bridge can be cemented to them to place the bridge.
An implant can be placed without disturbing adjacent teeth.
We always aim to keep healthy teeth, so if we can place a single implant instead of a bridge, this is the optimal treatment plan.
Dental implants last a long time – usually 10 years or more, and often up to 25 years. Implants are made of titanium alloy and are as strong or stronger as natural teeth.
Dental implants look like natural teeth, and function naturally as well. They have a similar structure, they are permanently affixed and do not need to be removed to be cleaned, you can bush and floss them like natural teeth, and no one can tell you have implants except your dentist.
Millions of people have dental implants worldwide and hundreds of thousands more get them each year. The success rate is over 98%. When surveyed by the Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, patients who had implants for at least 8 years reported high levels of satisfaction with their smile.
Talk to Dr. Hong today about dental implant treatment to restore your smile.