Dental Implants
Living with missing teeth can affect your comfort, confidence, and ability to chew the nutritious foods you need to maintain overall health. At Surrey Hills Dental, we offer dental implants to restore your smile with a tooth replacement that looks, functions, and feels like the real thing. With Dr. Brandon Onley's training in implant dentistry, he can handle the entire process—from comfortable placement to seamless restoration—here at our comfortable Yukon, OK, dental office.
Dental Implants: Innovative Tooth Replacement
Dental implants are a long-term replacement for the root of your natural tooth. They are unique among tooth replacements because they mimic a natural tooth's look, function, and feel. Implants have been used for decades with a very high success rate and can replace one tooth, multiple teeth, or even an entire arch of missing teeth.
The implant is a tiny titanium post placed in the jaw where the tooth used to be. Over several months, a natural healing process called osseointegration occurs, where bone and tissue grow around the implant.
After healing, the implant root will have the same stability as a natural tooth root to securely support the restoration—crown, bridge, or denture—we attach to it. You can be confident the replacement tooth or teeth will blend seamlessly to complement your smile.
Why Choose a Dental Implant?
With their innovative approach to tooth replacement, dental implants offer numerous oral health and aesthetic benefits.
- An implant is a permanent tooth replacement that can last a lifetime with proper care.
- Because an implant replaces a missing tooth root, it stabilizes neighboring teeth and prevents them from moving and shifting.
- With an artificial tooth root, implants prevent jawbone loss after tooth loss.
- Dental implants function like natural teeth, allowing you to eat your favorite foods comfortably and speak clearly.
- We can replace a single tooth or multiple teeth to stabilize a bridge or full or partial dentures.
- With a natural-looking, seamless restoration, no one will ever know you have a dental implant.
- Implants help support your facial features to eliminate the sunken or aged appearance that often accompanies tooth loss.
If you currently wear ill-fitting dentures, you will truly appreciate the peace of mind knowing your implant dentures will stay in place no matter what you eat or how hard you laugh or sneeze!
The Dental Implant Process
Getting a dental implant is a process requiring several appointments over several months. Our dental team will provide all the details you need, but the process typically involves the following steps:
- Initial consultation to determine if you're a good implant candidate.
- Planning implant placement using leading-edge technology
- Placing the implant post under local anesthesia
- A healing period of several months takes place while your implant fully integrates
- Placement of an abutment to connect the restoration to the implant
- Fabricating and placing a natural-looking restoration for a seamless appearance
Getting Started with Dental Implants
Dr. Onley would be happy to meet with you to evaluate your needs and see if an implant is right for you. Please call our Yukon, OK, dental office to schedule a consultation to get started!
