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Implants, when the root needs replacement.
A way to replace a missing tooth from the root up, not just patch the gap. A small post is placed in the jaw, the bone grows around it, and a new tooth is built on top. The result behaves like the original.
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About this treatment
A new tooth, from the root.
An implant doesn't replace a tooth, exactly. It replaces a root. A small titanium post is placed into the jaw, the bone grows around it over the following months, and a new visible tooth is built on top. From that point on, you have something that behaves the way your own teeth always did: it bites, it chews, it stays put. You stop noticing it.
The technique was developed almost by accident in the 1950s, when a Swedish orthopaedic surgeon noticed that titanium had a habit of fusing permanently to bone. Sixty years later, that quiet biological fact is the basis of one of dentistry's most reliable procedures. Implants are now the conventional answer when a tooth has gone, not the bold one.
People come to implants from different routes. Some lost a tooth years ago and have been working around the gap with a bridge that's started to feel its age. Others had a sudden break, a sports injury, or an old root canal that finally gave up. A few are at the end of decades of patchwork dentistry and want one definitive piece of work that holds. The treatment doesn't care which of these you are. The same approach handles all of them.
What to expect
A patient process, with quiet months in between.
Implants are not a single procedure. They unfold over months, mostly because the bone needs time. The first visit places the post into the jaw, a short procedure under local anaesthetic. From there, you wait. Three to six months, usually. During that time the bone integrates with the surface of the titanium, anchoring it the way it once anchored your own tooth. It happens silently, while you carry on with your life.
When the bone is ready, a second visit fits the new tooth itself, made in a laboratory to match the shade and shape of the teeth around it. From the day it's bonded, you eat, speak, and brush as you always did. A six-week check confirms everything has settled, and after that the rhythm is the same as for any tooth: a hygienist twice a year, and a dentist who knows the work.
Information shown is for general guidance only and not medical advice. Any treatment plan, suitability, and final cost are determined by the licensed dentist after consultation.