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Dental Implants...
What are some of the benefits?

  • Talk, laugh and smile with confidence, with teeth that are firmly supported and feel just like you natural teeth.

  • Enjoy better health through renewed eating habits.

  • Return to simple oral hygiene with no soaking or adhesives.

  • Live without gum irritation or mouth pain.

  • Recover your natural smile, and all the confidence behind it.

  • Regain full function without damaging your remaining healthy teeth.

  • Help protect your jawbone from further shrinkage and deterioration.

THE IMPLANT STEPS TO SUCCESS:
Tooth loss can have a far-reaching effect on your dental health and personal appearance. When you lose one or more teeth, your remaining teeth can drift out of position. This can lead to a change in the bite, the loss of additional teeth, decay and gum disease.

Dental implants can be an effective method to replace one tooth or several teeth. Each implant consists of a metal anchor that is inserted into the jawbone, and a protruding post, which is outfitted with an artificial tooth. Implants can also support a bridge, replace a partial denture or secure a fixed denture. The process requires surgery and may take up to a year to complete.

Replace a missing tooth
Support

Support a bridge
Support

Secure a removable denture
Support

Secure a FIXED denture
Support
PROCEDURES
Several steps are usually necessary to place an implant. Depending on the type of implant, the steps may vary. The placement of a single-tooth endosteal implant is illustrated below:
Brush and floss your implant twice daily, oral hygiene will help keep your implants and your mouth healthy.



Be sure to follow the special home care instructions provided by your dental professional.

The first step is completed under local anesthesia. A metal anchor, or artificial root is placed into the jawbone. Bone grows around the anchor. This takes about three to six months

Next

Next, a "healing cap" is placed when the implant is uncovered.
Next
Then, the healing cap is removed and a metal post, or abutment, may be attached to the anchor.
When
When your gums and jawbone have healed, a crown (artificial tooth) is constructed, then screwed or cemented to the post. Fitting your new crown properly may take several appointments.
When

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Richard Mao, D.M.D.
Practice Limited to Periodontics
Implantology
E-Mail
402 Severn Bldg.
8600 La Salle Rd.
Towson, Md. 21286
Tel:(410) 321-9595
 707 N.Hickory Ave.
Bel Air, Md. 21014
Tel:(410) 879-6969