Dental Implants – Bloomfield Hills, MI
Restore Your Beautiful Smile with Durable Dental Implants
Even missing just one permanent tooth can take its toll on your oral and emotional health. Restorations like traditional dentures and bridges may solve the problem of restoring your smile, but these solutions don’t protect your gums and jawbones or permanently benefit your self-esteem. With dental implants, you can restore your teeth as well as the root structure which supports them, helping to protect your gums and jaw and strengthening your smile, restoring your confidence. To learn more about how dental implants can help you in Bloomfield Hills, schedule a consultation with Cranbrook Dental Care today, or visit our dental implant website for more information.
Why Choose Cranbrook Dental Care for Dental Implants?
- Entire procedure can be completed in-house
- Over 25 years of dental implant experience
- Dental insurance and in-house financing proudly accepted
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants are durable, natural-looking permanent tooth replacements. Each implant is comprised of three main parts: the implant, the abutment (where the crown sits), and the crown (the tooth). To get dental implants, your dentist surgically inserts the implant post into your jaw, where it fuses with the bone in a process known as osseointegration. Once secure, your dental implant acts as a replacement tooth, providing necessary stimulation to keep your jaw strong and healthy and protect any remaining natural teeth. Best of all, unlike dentures or dental bridges you won’t need to replace your dental implants, and unlike dentures they don’t need to be removed for cleaning or soaking, ensuring that you’ll never suffer embarrassing slips or denture sores. Plus, because they’re permanent, you’ll save money over time on replacement costs.
The 4 Step Dental Implant Process
Getting dental implants is a four-step process. First, you’ll need to attend a consultation with your dentist to determine if you’re a good candidate for treatment. If you are a good candidate, we can perform your procedure right here in our office, so there’s no need to find a new dental practice or travel out of town.
Following your initial surgery, your dental implants must fuse with the bone via a process called osseointegration. Once this is completed, you can receive the dental implant abutments, which is what attaches your crowns (teeth) to the implant posts. This is a minor procedure. Following healing, you’ll be ready for the delivery of your dental crowns. Your dentist will attach them to the abutments, and you’ll be free to go and enjoy your brand-new smile!
The Benefits of Dental Implants
There are many benefits to getting dental implants, especially when you compare them to other restoration options like dentures and dental bridges. These benefits include:
- The ability to eat a full, nutritious diet.
- Permanent restorations mean no recurring replacement costs.
- Easier to clean and maintain; just brush and floss as you would your real teeth.
- No worries or insecurities about your prosthetic slipping while you eat or speak.
- Beautiful, natural looking appearance.
- No more denture sores.
Who Dental Implants Can Help
Whether you’re missing just one tooth or all of them, dental implants can help. To be a good candidate, you’ll need a strong jawbone, healthy gum tissue, and to be committed to caring for your smile. Once you qualify, we can plan what type of implant you need, depending on how many teeth you want to replace.
Missing a Single Tooth
If you’re missing just one tooth, there’s no need to alter your permanent teeth to get a dental bridge. Single dental implants can replace just one tooth and are much healthier than traditional bridges, both because they don’t require removing enamel from healthy abutment teeth to work, and because they provide important jawbone stimulation that bridges can’t.
Missing Multiple Teeth
If you’re missing multiple teeth, implant dentures and implant bridges can help. These prosthetics look like their removable counterparts, but secure in place permanently via dental implant posts. They offer many advantages over traditional restorations, such as a more secure hold, important jawbone stimulation, and easier care and maintenance.
Missing All Teeth
It used to be that if you were missing all your natural teeth, your only replacement option was dentures. Unfortunately, however, traditional dentures often leave a lot to be desired. Removable dentures can slip, become misshapen, become easily damaged, cause denture sores, are difficult to clean, and must be soaked overnight to prevent them from drying out. With implant dentures, you needn’t worry about any of those things. While there are some varieties that are removable for cleaning, these prosthetics still stay secure in your mouth while in use, and because they won’t dry out, you can keep them in your mouth even when you’re asleep.
Understanding the Cost of Dental Implants
The cost of your dental implant treatment is highly individualized because it depends on many factors, including if you need any preliminary procedures, how many teeth you’re replacing, the location of the dental implants within your mouth, the type of implants and prosthetic you need, etc. Dental implants are an amazing investment in your oral and overall health, and with proper care can potentially last for a lifetime. To learn more about how this procedure can benefit your smile and determine your final cost of treatment, please schedule a consultation with Cranbrook Dental Care today.
