Ridgeview Family Dental provides dental implant restorations in Jonesborough, TN. Call 423-753-9191 today to schedule your consultation.
What Are Dental Implants?
A dental implant is an advanced restoration that replaces a natural tooth's root and crown. The dentist surgically places a titanium anchor and allows it to bond with the jawbone. Over time, the jawbone grows around the anchor, providing a solid attachment point for a crown, bridge, or denture.
Types of Dental Implants
- Single Dental Implant: A single implant replaces one tooth at a time. It is an excellent choice for patients missing just one tooth or non-adjacent teeth.
- Implant-Supported Bridge: An implant-supported bridge can replace one or more adjacent missing teeth. A conventional bridge connects to dental crowns on either side of the gap, while an implant-supported bridge has sturdier attachment points.
- Fully Edentulous Solutions: Patients missing most or all of their teeth can receive implant-enhanced dentures. Implant-aided dentures are more comfortable, secure, and easier to care for than traditional removable ones.
- Implant-Supported Dentures: These dentures are not removable except by a professional. They are more comfortable than traditional dentures because they do not slip, click, or cover the roof of the mouth.
- Implant-Retained Dentures: These snap onto implants, creating a solid attachment point. They quickly come out for cleaning.
Guided Dental Implant Placement
Our expert dentists use guided implant technology to ensure a safe, efficient surgical process. The dentist uses a 3-D digital model of the patient's teeth and jaws to plan and execute the surgery for the best results.
Benefits of Dental Implants
- Complete your healthy smile
- Natural look and feel
- Improve your appearance
- Improve your oral health by eliminating gaps between teeth
- Keep teeth from moving due to missing neighbors
- Preserve jawbone strength
- Easy care and maintenance
Why Choose Ridgeview Family Dental?
We are long-standing members of the Jonesborough community who have welcomed generations of local families to our practice. Our depth of experience combines with using the newest technology to ensure a safe and effective implant surgery.
We provide compassionate, personalized care in a modern yet relaxing environment. We welcome every family member regardless of age.
Are You a Good Candidate for Implants?
Patients with the following characteristics are good candidates:
- One or more damaged or missing teeth that need replacement
- Sufficient jawbone mass or the ability to receive a bone graft from an oral surgeon
- Healthy gums
- Non-smoker or willing to permanently quit
- Absence of health conditions that cause slowed or impaired healing (uncontrolled diabetes, cancer, etc.)
Single Dental Implant
Dental implants are small anchors made of a biocompatible metal called titanium that are placed in the jawbone to replace missing teeth in the mouth. After placement, the anchors will begin to fuse with the bone over the course of a few months. After the fusing process, known as osseointegration, abutment posts are inserted into the anchors to allow for the permanent attachment of the replacement teeth.
Implant Supported Bridges
What are the advantages of an implant supported bridge?
Because of the natural look and feel and the functional stability provided by the implants, implant supported bridges are an effective solution to replace multiple missing teeth.
A traditional bridge uses teeth on either side of the missing tooth space for support, and preparing teeth for crowns can weaken them. Because these teeth serve as attachments, they are subject to additional forces that can damage both healthy and compromised teeth or bone tissues.
A dental implant supported bridge replaces missing teeth by placing two or more dental implants rather than adjacent teeth. These implants avoid putting any additional stress on your natural teeth and help preserve the health and function of the surrounding bone tissue and teeth.
Fully Edentulous (Toothless) Solutions
For patients missing many or all of their teeth, implant retained or implant supported dentures may be an alternative to traditional dentures. These solutions can simulate the look and feel of natural teeth and stay fixed in place with the implants acting as anchors. Using implants for retention or the support of dentures allows for a smaller and more comfortable base and less shifting of the prosthesis during use.
Implant Supported Dentures
An implant supported denture requires the placement of four to six dental implants as “anchors” to provide a sturdier fit and minimal mobility for your denture. With implant supported dentures, there is no plate covering the roof of the mouth, so speaking and eating are more natural and comfortable than with traditional dentures. For qualifying patients, our doctors may be able to complete the removal of all teeth and the placement of a temporary arch on the same day.
Implant Retained Dentures
Available for full or partial dentures, implant retained dentures require the placement of two or more dental implants to secure the dentures in the mouth. This type of denture will “snap” onto the implants and can be removed for cleaning at night.
Guided Dental Implant Placement
3D technology allows our doctors to more accurately place dental implants using minimally invasive techniques that improve patient comfort and healing while maintaining the highest standard of treatment and restoring your smile.
The 3D digital guidance provided by this specialized software helps our team plan the implant placement procedure. It also allows the patient to visualize the implant’s future location and its support for the final restoration. Once planning is complete, our team uses this 3D-guided implant technology to create a customized surgical guide that provides greater precision and accuracy during implant placement.
Zygoma Implants
3D technology allows our doctors to more accurately place dental implants using minimally invasive techniques that improve patient comfort and healing while maintaining the highest standard of treatment and restoring your smile.
The 3D digital guidance provided by this specialized software helps our team plan the implant placement procedure. It also allows the patient to visualize the implant’s future location and its support for the final restoration. Once planning is complete, our team uses this 3D-guided implant technology to create a customized surgical guide that provides greater precision and accuracy during implant placement.
Frequently Asked Questions
Failing to replace a missing tooth promptly can have far-reaching effects on oral health. Plaque and food particles collect in the gap, causing higher rates of tooth decay and gum disease. The other teeth will move, creating some areas with gaps and others with crowding. Since crooked teeth are more challenging to clean, you may increase your risk of decay and gum problems.
Call Ridgeview Family Dental
You don't have to live with a missing tooth any longer. Dental implants can provide a trouble-free, healthy smile. Please call our Jonesborough, TN, office at 423-753-9191 to schedule a consultation with one of our implant dentists.