At Gainesville Family Dentistry we offer Dental Implant services.

Dental implants are fixtures of titanium which are surgically screwed into your jaw bone. The implant is an anchor for a naturally-appearing false tooth or a set of false teeth. The success rate of dental implants depends on where the implants are placed and their purpose. Implants can be rejected sometimes but are successful most of the times. Implants are great for replacing missing teeth. It is important that you have enough bone in the area of the missing teeth for the implants to be attached to. If you don't have enough bone for this purpose, a bone graft may be necessary. Implants are an alternative to a fixed bridge.

The implant will usually last a lifetime, but the crown on top of it will have to replaced periodically. The implant procedure is a surgical placement of the implant or implants in your jaw bone which requires a three to six month healing period before the implant restoration to replace the missing tooth or teeth. During this healing time, the bone grows in and around the titanium implant creating a very strong support. . After the implant has "taken" and you have sufficiently healed, a very natural looking crown is placed on the implant.


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