What are Dental Implants? - Dahlquist Dental

Dental implants are strong and light weight screw like structures that are composed predominately of titanium. Titanium is a biologically friendly material that allows implants to integrate with the surrounding bone. Implants can be placed in the upper and lower jaws that offer a more natural solution to tooth loss. Replacing a tooth consist of three parts: the crown (tooth), the abutment (connects the crown to the implant), and the titanium implant.

Dental implants are a solution for:

those missing a single tooth
missing multiple teeth
a great option to secure dentures in the mouth

Dental implants offer plenty of benefits:

implants maintain bone levels; once a tooth is lost, the body starts to reabsorb the bone in that area
implants are generally self sustained and do not require the assistant of adjacent teeth, which allows them to remain untouched
implants remain secure and will not move in your mouth
implants look and feel more natural than dentures
implants offer dentures to be secured in the mouth so that they do not shift or move while eating or speaking

We would love to set up a consultation if implants are of interest to you.