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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 Bridgeport

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Bridgeport Hospitals *

Greater Bridgeport Community Mental Health Center
1635 Central Ave
Bridgeport, CT 06610
(203)551-7400

Bridgeport Hospital
267 Grant St
Bridgeport, CT 06610
(203)384-3000

St Vincent's Medical Center
2800 Main St
Bridgeport, CT 06606
(203)576-6000

Milford Hospital
300 Seaside Ave
Milford, CT 06460
(203)876-4000

Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services
47 Long Lots Rd
Westport, CT 06880
(203)227-1251

Griffin Hospital
130 Division St
Derby, CT 06418
(203)735-7421

Norwalk Hospital
34 Maple St
Norwalk, CT 06856
(203)852-2000

VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus
950 Campbell Ave
West Haven, CT 06516
(203)932-5711

Silver Hill Hospital
208 Valley Rd
New Canaan, CT 06840
(203)966-3561

Hospital of St Raphael
1450 Chapel St
New Haven, CT 06511
(203)789-3000

Connecticut Mental Health Center
34 Park St
New Haven, CT 06519
(203)974-7300

Yale-New Haven Hospital
20 York St
New Haven, CT 06504
(203)688-4242

Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
184 Liberty St
New Haven, CT 06519
(203)688-9711

St Charles Hospital
200 Belle Terre Rd
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631)474-6000

John T Mather Memorial Hospital
75 N Country Rd
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631)473-1320

Stony Brook University Medical Center
State University of NY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
(631)689-8333

Danbury Hospital
24 Hospital Ave
Danbury, CT 06810
(203)739-7000

Northport VA Medical Center
79 Middleville Rd
Northport, NY 11768
(631)261-4400

Stamford Hospital
30 Shelburne Rd
Stamford, CT 06902
(203)325-7000

St Catherine of Siena Medical Center
50 Route 25-A
Smithtown, NY 11787
(631)862-3000

Four Winds Hospital
800 Cross River Rd
Katonah, NY 10536
(914)763-8151

Huntington Hospital
270 Park Ave
Huntington, NY 11743
(631)351-2000

Greenwich Hospital
5 Perryridge Rd
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203)863-3000

Gaylord Hospital
Gaylord Farm Rd
Wallingford, CT 06492
(203)284-2800

Masonic Healthcare Center
22 Masonic Ave
Wallingford, CT 06492
(203)679-5900

Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
998 Crooked Hill Rd
West Brentwood, NY 11717
(631)761-3500

St Mary's Hospital
56 Franklin St
Waterbury, CT 06706
(203)709-6000

Waterbury Hospital
64 Robbins St
Waterbury, CT 06721
(203)573-6000

Northern Westchester Hospital Center
400 E Main St
Mount Kisco, NY 10549
(914)666-1200

Putnam Hospital Center
670 Stoneleigh Ave
Carmel, NY 10512
(845)279-5711

Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
197 Half Hollow Rd
Dix Hills, NY 11746
(631)370-1700

New Milford Hospital
21 Elm St
New Milford, CT 06776
(860)355-2611

Rye Hospital Center
754 Boston Post Rd
Rye, NY 10580
(914)967-4567

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
101 Hospital Rd
Patchogue, NY 11772
(631)654-7100

St Vincent's Hospital Westchester
275 North St
Harrison, NY 10528
(914)967-6500

Syosset Hospital
221 Jericho Tpke
Syosset, NY 11791
(516)496-6400

Glen Cove Hospital
101 St Andrews Ln
Glen Cove, NY 11542
(516)674-7300

The Hospital of Central Connecticut Bradley Campus
81 Meriden Ave
Southington, CT 06489
(860)276-5000

New York Presbyterian Westchester
21 Bloomingdale Rd
White Plains, NY 10605
(914)682-9100

Southside Hospital
301 E Main St
Bay Shore, NY 11706
(631)968-3000

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
785 Mamaroneck Ave
White Plains, NY 10605
(914)597-2500

White Plains Hospital Center
Davis Ave at E Post Rd
White Plains, NY 10601
(914)681-0600

Peconic Bay Medical Center
1300 Roanoke Ave
Riverhead, NY 11901
(631)548-6000

Plainview Hospital
888 Old Country Rd
Plainview, NY 11803
(516)719-3000

Blythedale Children's Hospital
95 Bradhurst Ave
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914)592-7555

MidState Medical Center
435 Lewis Ave
Meriden, CT 06451
(203)694-8200

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
100 Woods Rd
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914)493-7000

Westchester Medical Center
95 Grasslands Rd
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914)493-7000

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
1000 Montauk Hwy
West Islip, NY 11795
(631)376-3000

Stony Lodge Hospital
40 Croton Dam Rd
Ossining, NY 10562
(914)941-7400

New Island Hospital
4295 Hempstead Tpke
Bethpage, NY 11714
(516)579-6000

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