Dental Implants
At DiMichaelangelo Family Dentistry, we offer comprehensive dental implant services tailored to your needs. Our goal is to provide a solution that not only restores your smile but also enhances your oral health for the long term.
What Are Dental Implants?
Dental implants are a permanent solution for missing teeth, designed to look, feel, and function like natural teeth. Whether you’re missing one tooth or multiple, dental implants can restore your smile and improve your overall oral health. Made from durable titanium, implants are surgically placed in the jawbone to act as artificial roots, providing a strong foundation for replacement teeth such as crowns, bridges, or dentures.
Single Implants
When you lose even a single tooth, it can affect how you eat and speak – as well as how confident you feel about your smile. It can also result in neighboring teeth shifting into the empty space, causing your bite to become misaligned. But a single dental implant can help prevent all these problems and restore the full function of your smile, allowing you to live a full and joyful life once again!
Dental implants are indeed the best way to replace your lost tooth. They’re more comfortable, look better, and last longer than other restorative options that simply rest on the gum tissue. They provide an excellent foundation for replacement teeth that function just like natural ones. When replacing a single tooth, the below process is followed:
- The implant post is embedded in the bone and given time to heal.
- The post is topped with an abutment, a connecting piece that attaches the post to the dental crown.
The custom-made dental crown is placed on top of the abutment and cemented into place.
Implant-Supported Bridges
Implant-supported bridges are constructed similarly to traditional bridges, with the exception that no natural tooth alteration is required since the implants serve as a foundation for the construction. Instead of reshaping healthy teeth, you may utilize implant-supported bridges and connect them to implants on either side of the gap.
This procedure allows you to combine three or more crowns to form the bridge appliance and replace one or more missing teeth in a sequence. The device will be cemented onto an implant on either side of the smile gap, restoring appearance, confidence, health, and function!
- How It Works:
Instead of relying on adjacent teeth for support, this bridge is secured to dental implants placed on either side of the gap. The bridge is then custom-made to restore both function and appearance. - Benefits:
Implant-supported bridges provide better stability compared to traditional bridges and help maintain jawbone health by stimulating the bone where the teeth are missing.
Full Arch Restoration with Hybrid Dentures
For patients who have lost most or all of their teeth, hybrid dentures offer a fixed, more permanent solution compared to traditional removable dentures.
- How It Works:
Hybrid dentures are securely attached to dental implants, providing a full arch of replacement teeth. This creates a sturdy and natural-feeling result, allowing you to eat, speak, and smile with confidence. - Benefits:
Unlike traditional dentures, hybrid dentures do not slip or require adhesives, and they feel more like natural teeth, offering greater comfort and stability.
Our Locations
Entire Implant Procedure Completed In-House
At our office, you can complete the entire implant procedure in one place with one trusted care team. Rather than being referred to other doctors or traveling to other facilities, everything is done in office.
There are two steps that are involved when it comes to getting dental implants; these steps are known as placement and restoration.
- The placement process encompasses the planning and surgical placement of the implant.
- The restoration process of the implant involves the addition of the abutment and your custom dental crown.
Get Started with Your Dental Implant Journey Today!
If you’re ready to restore your smile and confidence with dental implants, schedule a consultation at DiMichaelangelo Family Dentistry today. We proudly serve patients across Ohio and are committed to providing top-quality care throughout the dental implant process.
