Our Periodontist has completed extensive training in the placement of dental implants. An implant is a man-made tooth root placed in an edentulous (toothless) area of the jaw to be used as an anchor to hold crowns of stabilized removable dentures.

The best way to describe an implant is to compare it to a real tooth. A natural tooth consists of a root and a crown. (Example A) The part of the tooth that you see and eat with is called the crown. Beneath the crown is the root, which anchors the tooth through the gum tissue to the jawbone. (Example B)

When you lose a tooth, you lose both the root and the crown. To replace the tooth, we first have to replace the root. This titanium root is fitted into a socket that we create in your jaw (Example C), replacing the lost root of your natural tooth.