Dental Implants Brenham
Moving Beyond the Gumline to Restore Oral Health
While traditional forms of tooth replacement only rebuild the visible portions of missing teeth, dental implants move beyond the gumline to fully restore a person’s oral health. At Smile Keepers, we believe in the effectiveness and benefits of these permanent prosthetics, offering both traditional dental implants and All-On-X. Our team performs the placement and restoration process in-house for added convenience, so if you are ready to find out whether you are a good candidate for treatment, don’t hesitate to call our office to schedule a consultation.
Why Choose Smile Keepers for Dental Implants?
- Traditional Dental Implants & All-On-X Available
- Start-to-Finish Dental Implants in One Convenient Location
- Flexible Dental Financing to Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs
What are Dental Implants?
A dental implant has three parts – the titanium post, a metal abutment, and the custom restoration (i.e., crown, bridge, or denture). The post is placed into a designated area of the jawbone and fuses over time to the surrounding tissues, creating a strong base for the rest of your smile. The metal abutment is then attached to the post before your artificial tooth (or teeth) are secured on top. With dental implants, you never need to worry about your teeth slipping or following certain food restrictions. They look and function just like natural teeth and minimize the potential for facial sagging because of the continuous stimulation they deliver to your jawbone over time.
The 4-Step Dental Implant Process
Dental implant placement is a multi-step process that cannot be completed overnight. It requires time and patience to rebuild a smile with missing teeth, and each phase must be successful before moving on. As you will see below, we have provided a more thorough explanation of what you can expect along the way, but if you have any questions, make sure to call our office.
- Initial Dental Implant Consultation: You will be scheduled to meet with one of our esteemed implant dentists who will take enhanced images of your mouth and head before conducting a visual examination of your oral anatomy. Using this information, we will decide if additional treatment is necessary before moving forward with dental implant surgery.
- Dental Implant Surgery: Once you are cleared for this procedure, you will remain with our dental team while we administer local anesthesia and begin to place each implant post into the corresponding spot along your jawbone. When finished, we’ll close the gum tissue and attach healing caps over the posts to ensure greater protection during recovery.
- Dental Implant Osseointegration/Abutment: Over 4-6 months, your implants will fuse with the jawbone tissues through a process known as osseointegration. It’s important to follow all necessary instructions during this time so that no complications occur. You will then come back to our office to have your metal abutments placed over your posts.
- Delivery of Dental Implant Restoration(s): Once your mouth is fully healed from surgery and abutment placement, you will receive your custom-made restoration. These artificial teeth will attach to the top(s) of your implants and remain securely in place so that you can begin to eat, speak, smile, and enjoy life like never before.
Benefits of Dental Implants
Of all the benefits dental implants provide, one that sets them apart from all other forms of tooth replacement is their ability to restore the roots and crowns of teeth. As a result, you can expect your new smile to last much longer. With millions of patients already living with dental implants and experiencing their many advantages, it’s time to take a look for yourself so that you, too, can prepare to enjoy a lifetime of healthy smiles.
- Dental implants can last 30 years or up to a lifetime with the right kind of care.
- Dental implants are easy to maintain, requiring no special products to keep them clean.
- There are no food restrictions with dental implants because they act like regular teeth.
- Your jawbone continues to be stimulated because of the posts fusing with the surrounding tissues after placement. This prevents facial sagging and bone resorption over time.
All-On-X Dental Implants
For traditional dental implants to succeed, they need a dense jawbone to help hold them in place. For many patients, this component is not possible, which means a bone graft is required. To avoid adding another procedure to an already complex process, we can provide an alternative that is just as effective as regular dental implants – All-On-X. With this solution, we can position 4-6 titanium posts in strategically placed areas of the jawbone and attach a custom-made denture on top. This produces a stable and long-lasting smile that looks natural and offers optimal function and durability.