Missing teeth can significantly impact your life and oral health. Dr. Aaron Avery at Fairhope Bay Dental offers dental implant treatments in Fairhope, AL, to restore your smile and protect overall oral health.
With years of experience and a focus on patient comfort, Dr. Avery specializes in oral surgery and can help you achieve a permanent smile restoration.
Dental Implants are Safe and Effective
Dental implants are titanium restorations that replace lost teeth permanently. Acting as artificial tooth roots, they are meticulously positioned to emulate the original tooth root. Extensively studied for over 50 years, implant solutions offer a reliable solution for tooth replacement.
The Benefits
Protection Against Bone Loss
Dental implants preserve jawbone health by replacing lost tooth roots. They prevent bone loss and stabilize the jaw, maintaining its strength and structure.
Permanent Solution
Dental implants are considered permanent solutions. Bridges often require replacement every 8-10 years, but a titanium implant can typically last forever.
Natural Appearance
Dental implants can maintain the natural look of your gums and smile. Custom dental crowns created to seamlessly blend with your smile are securely connected to the implant once it has healed. After the entire restorative procedure is completed, your implant will be undetectable.
Maintained Lifestyle
Replacing missing teeth can improve speech and allow for eating and drinking without special restrictions. After dental implants acclimate to your mouth, they function just like natural teeth.
What To Expect
Dr. Avery tailors the dental implant procedure to each patient’s needs. Before treatment, an evaluation and custom plan are crafted. Patients can typically expect the following:
If a damaged tooth is still intact, the dentist will perform a dental extraction.
A jawbone examination assesses strength. If necessary, a bone graft strengthens and prepares it for implant placement, followed by a healing period.
Once the bone graft has fully healed, your dentist places the dental implant in the jawbone.
Following implant placement, a crucial 4-6 month healing period ensues for osseointegration, allowing the implant to fuse with the jawbone. This ensures the success and permanence of the implant.
Finally, an abutment — a connector to join the implant and crown — is placed at the gum line on top of the implant. Afterwards (or sometimes during the same procedure) the final dental crown is securely placed on the implant.
Following implant placement, a crucial 4-6 month healing period ensues for osseointegration, allowing the implant to fuse with the jawbone. This ensures the success and permanence of the implant.
Learn More
Dr. Avery and our staff at Fairhope Bay Dental look forward to helping you create the smile you desire.
Contact our Fairhope office to schedule a consultation to learn more about dental implants and other restorative dentistry services we offer.
If you are looking for a warm and friendly dentist who can treat your entire family, come check us out! You can contact us online or give us a call at (251) 928-9930. We strive to give our patients a unique dental experience by offering the on-time guarantee and comprehensive and personalized treatment plans designed to exceed your expectations. Dr. Avery is excited to serve the community of Fairhope and looks forward to meeting you soon.
