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With dental implants, a dentist has a permanent way to replace your missing teeth. At Victoria Road Dental Clinic in Ruislip, our skilled implant dentist can use implants combined with a bridge, crown, or denture to replace anything from one tooth knocked out by accident or injury to all of your teeth whether you have lost them through gum disease, decay, or as part of the natural ageing process.
There are numerous benefits to using dental implants when compared with traditional dentures or bridges. At our Ruislip practice we believe they are, in many cases, the best option for tooth replacement in terms of oral and general health, as well as for self-confidence.
Traditional bridges rely on your adjacent teeth to support a false tooth or teeth. Whilst modern bridges are realistic in terms of both appearance and function, they do require surrounding teeth to be strong and free from large fillings. In something of a paradox, those supporting teeth may then be weakened as healthy tooth structure might need to be removed so that your dentist can place crowns.
Implant-retained bridges need no work on surrounding teeth, because your dental implant(s) will hold them securely in place. What’s more, they can support more teeth than a standard bridge. At our Ruislip clinic we offer All-on-4 implant treatment which, in suitable cases, sees a full arch bridge supported by just four dental implants.
As with traditional bridges, traditional dentures only replace the crowns of your teeth. When the tooth roots are missing, the jaw bone starts to shrink back, which causes dentures to become loose, affecting your diet, speech, and self-esteem.
Because dental implants replace the tooth roots and encourage bone growth, they alleviate these problems. When you come to our Ruislip clinic for an implant consultation, your dentist will assess your current level of bone density.
Most people at VRDC Ruislip only require local anaesthetic for the placement of dental implants, which is carefully planned beforehand. Your dentist may fit temporary new teeth at the time of implant placement, or may leave you to heal for a few months.
