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Dental Implants

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. Implants provide a strong foundation for fixed (permanent) or removable replacement teeth that are made to match your natural teeth.

What Are the Advantages of Dental Implants?

There are many advantages to dental implants, including:

  • Improved appearance. Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth. And because they are designed to fuse with bone, they become permanent.
  • Improved speech. With poor-fitting dentures, the teeth can slip within the mouth causing you to mumble or slur your words. Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your teeth might slip.
  • Improved comfort. Because they become part of you, implants eliminate the discomfort of removable dentures.
  • Easier eating. Sliding dentures can make chewing difficult. Dental implants function like your own teeth, allowing you to eat your favorite foods with confidence and without pain.
  • Improved self-esteem. Dental implants can give you back your smile, and help you feel better about yourself.
  • Improved oral health. Dental implants don't require reducing other teeth, as a tooth-supported bridge does. Because nearby teeth are not altered to support the implant, more of your own teeth are left intact, improving your long-term oral health. Individual implants also allow easier access between teeth, improving oral hygiene.
  • Durability. Implants are very durable and will last many years. With good care, many implants last a lifetime.
  • Convenience. Removable dentures are just that; removable. Dental implants eliminate the embarrassing inconvenience of removing your dentures, as well as the need for messy adhesives to keep your dentures in place.

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Dental X-Rays: When to Get Them »

What Types of Problems Can X-Rays Detect?

In adults, X-ray films can be used to:

  • Show areas of decay that may not be visible with an oral examination, especially small areas of decay between teeth
  • Identify decay occurring beneath an existing filling
  • Reveal bone loss that accompanies gum disease
  • Reveal changes in the bone or in the root canal resulting from infection
  • Assist in the preparation of tooth implants, braces, dentures, or other dental procedures
  • Reveal abscesses (an infection at the root of a tooth or between the gum and a tooth)
  • Reveal other developmental abnormalities, such as cysts and some types of tumors

In children, dental X-ray films are used to:

  • Watch for decay
  • Determine if there is enough space in the mouth to fit all incoming teeth
  • Determine if p...

Emergency Contact for Athens

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Athens Hospitals *

Athens Regional Medical Center
1199 Prince Ave
Athens, GA 30606
(706)475-7000

St Mary's Health Care System
1230 Baxter St
Athens, GA 30606
(706)548-7581

BJC Medical Center
70 Medical Center Dr
Commerce, GA 30529
(706)335-1000

Barrow Regional Medical Center
316 N Broad St
Winder, GA 30680
(770)867-3400

Walton Regional Medical Center
330 Alcovy St
Monroe, GA 30655
(770)267-8461

Morgan Memorial Hospital
1077 S Main St
Madison, GA 30650
(706)342-1667

Ty Cobb Healthcare System
521 Franklin Springs St
Royston, GA 30662
(706)245-5034

Saint Joseph at East Georgia
1201 Siloam Rd
Greensboro, GA 30642
(706)453-7331

Elbert Memorial Hospital
4 Medical Dr
Elberton, GA 30635
(706)283-3151

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lanier Park Campus
675 White Sulphur Rd
Gainesville, GA 30501
(678)343-4000

Northeast Georgia Medical Center
743 Spring St NE
Gainesville, GA 30501
(770)535-3553

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