Dental implants vs bridges and dentures

Dental implants versus traditional dentures and bridges

The traditional solutions offered by conventional dentistry such as bridges, removable partial dentures and full dentures can cause new problems to the patient who is already suffering with their teeth.

For example, as bridges usually involve filing down healthy teeth to provide a stable foundation for supporting the replacement teeth, this can cause problems with the ground-down teeth over time. Some patients find that partial and full dentures are uncomfortable and can be unstable which may cause difficulty with speech and eating. With implants, there are none of these concerns and the problem of bone loss is also addressed.

The growing popularity of dental implants

Dental implants were first used successfully in Europe in the mid 1960's and grew in popularity when the advantages over conventiional replacements for missing teeth rapidly became clear. The market in Europe is now enormous and continues to grow at over 15% per annum.

The advantages

There are several advantages of dental implants. Here are just a few of the main reasons why implants are the best solution for so many people:

1. Our dental implants can be inserted not just to replace a single tooth but a few or all your teeth on one or both arches of your mouth.

2. Dental implants mean that you are not restricted to certain foods – you can eat everything you like, just as with natural teeth!

3. With dental implants because they are rooted in the bone, there is no possibility that your teeth may slip or fall out and therefore no reason to avoid certain activities. Moreover, many patients say that they have a better lifestyle since having their implants than when they had dentures.

4. By improving your bite with the new implants, there will also be a visible improvement in your looks. Implants give you a healthy and beautiful white smile which not only gives you back your confidence but can also make you look younger too!

Excellent success rate

Dental implantology is now a well proven procedure and recent studies have shown success rates greater than 96%. Whilst no medical procedure is 100% certain, we are confident that we can remedy most cases of missing teeth quickly and stress-free.