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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 Kettering

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Kettering Hospitals *

Kettering Medical Center
3535 Southern Blvd
Kettering, OH 45429
(937)298-4331

Miami Valley Hospital
One Wyoming St
Dayton, OH 45409
(937)208-8000

Dayton Heart Hospital
707 S Edwin C Moses Blvd
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)221-8000

Miami Valley Hospital South
2400 Miami Valley Dr
Centerville, OH 45459
(937)438-2400

Kindred Hospital Dayton
One Elizabeth Place
Dayton, OH 45408
(937)222-5963

Southview Hospital
1997 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
(937)439-6000

Kettering Medical Center Sycamore
4000 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)866-0551

Children's Medical Center
One Children's Plz
Dayton, OH 45404
(937)641-3000

Grandview Medical Center
405 Grand Ave
Dayton, OH 45405
(937)226-3200

Dayton VA Medical Center
4100 W 3rd St
Dayton, OH 45428
(937)268-6511

LifeCare Hospitals of Dayton
2150 Leiter Rd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937)384-8300

Good Samaritan Hospital
2222 Philadelphia Dr
Dayton, OH 45406
(937)278-2612

Greene Memorial Hospital
1141 N Monroe Dr
Xenia, OH 45385
(937)352-2000

Atrium Medical Center
One Medical Center Dr
Franklin, OH 45005
(513)424-2111

Clinton Memorial Hospital
610 W Main St
Wilmington, OH 45177
(937)382-6611

Springfield Regional Medical Center Fountain Campus
1343 N Fountain Blvd
Springfield, OH 45504
(937)390-5000

West Chester Medical Center
7700 University Dr
West Chester, OH 45069
(513)298-3000

Springfield Regional Medical Center
2615 E High St
Springfield, OH 45505
(937)325-0531

Upper Valley Medical Center
3130 N Dixie Hwy
Troy, OH 45373
(937)440-4000

Butler County Medical Center
3125 Hamilton Mason Rd
Hamilton, OH 45011
(513)894-8888

Fort Hamilton Hospital
630 Eaton Ave
Hamilton, OH 45013
(513)867-2000

Bethesda North Hospital
10500 Montgomery Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45242
(513)745-1111

Mercy Hospital Fairfield
3000 Mack Rd
Fairfield, OH 45014
(513)870-7000

McCullough Hyde Memorial Hospital
110 N Poplar St
Oxford, OH 45056
(513)523-2111

Evendale Medical Center
3155 Glendale Milford Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(513)454-2222

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