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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 Harrisburg

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Harrisburg Hospitals *

Harrisburg Hospital
111 S Front St
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717)782-3131

Polyclinic Hospital
2501 N 3rd St
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717)782-4141

Holy Spirit Hospital
503 N 21st St
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717)763-2100

Select Specialty Hospital Camp Hill
503 N 21st St
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717)972-4575

Community General Osteopathic Hospital Pinnacle Health
4300 Londonderry Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717)652-3000

Helen M Simpson Rehabilitation Hospital
4300 Londonderry Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717)920-4300

HEALTHSOUTH Mechanicsburg Rehabilitation Hospital
175 Lancaster Blvd
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717)691-3700

HEALTHSOUTH Regional Specialty Hospital
4950 Wilson Ln
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
(717)697-7706

Penn State Hershey Medical Center
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA 17033
(717)531-8521

Penn State Children's Hospital
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA 17033
(717)531-8521

Carlisle Regional Medical Center
361 Alexander Spring Rd
Carlisle, PA 17015
(717)249-1212

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of York
1850 Normandie Dr
York, PA 17408
(717)767-6941

Philhaven
283 S Butler Rd
Mount Gretna, PA 17064
(717)273-8871

Memorial Hospital
325 S Belmont St
York, PA 17403
(717)843-8623

York Hospital
1001 S George St
York, PA 17403
(717)851-2345

The Good Samaritan Hospital
4th & Walnut Sts
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717)270-7500

Lebanon VA Medical Center
1700 S Lincoln Ave
Lebanon, PA 17042
(717)272-6621

Lancaster General Women & Babies Hospital
690 Good Dr
Lancaster, PA 17604
(717)544-3700

Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital
675 Good Dr
Lancaster, PA 17604
(717)394-7500

Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center
1500 Highlands Dr
Lititz, PA 17543
(717)625-5000

Hanover Hospital
300 Highland Ave
Hanover, PA 17331
(717)637-3711

Lancaster Regional Medical Center
250 College Ave
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717)291-8211

Lancaster General Hospital
555 N Duke St
Lancaster, PA 17604
(717)544-5511

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