Dental Implants
Dental implants are titanium anchors used to permanently replace teeth that are missing , cannot, or should not be saved. Implants themselves serve as tooth root replacements to support caps, bridges, or dentures. Developed in the 1960’s, modern dental implants revolutionized dentistry and have become the standard of care for replacement of missing or soon to be missing teeth. Our doctors have vast experience in the placement of dental implants. They have lectured nationally and internationally on implants, taught and mentored other doctors, and published numerous articles on implants.
Long Term Success
Modern implants are highly reliable and exponentially stronger than the tooth roots they are replacing. Recently, the development of stronger titanium alloys
(titanium) and implant-surface technology has dramatically improved implant success. Today, dental implants have become
the single most successful implantable device in dentistry or medicine.
The success of dental implants has been extensively reported to be in the high 90% range (96-98%). Numerous studies of modern dental implants, which have existed in their current form since the 1990's, have shown similar success rates at 15 years.