After they are installed, dental implants take the next three to six months to fuse directly with your jaw bone. In doing this, they become permanent replacement teeth that cannot be damaged from infection – lasting up to an entire lifetime.
Once placed, your dentist will put a dental crown over the top portion of the implant to shape it like a natural tooth. This allows it to function cosmetically, while its stability and permanency allows it to perform daily functions (like chewing).
Don’t give up just yet – often times, if your gum tissue or bone density isn’t quite healthy enough to qualify for dental implants immediately, your dentist can recommend treatments or procedures to help re-build your mouth. Surgeries like bone or tissue grafts and guided tissue regeneration (GTR) are just a couple that your dentist may recommend in these cases.
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