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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 Lafayette

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Lafayette Hospitals *

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center
611 St Landry St
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337)289-2000

Park Place Surgery Hospital
901 Wilson St
Lafayette, LA 70503
(337)237-8119

Lafayette General Medical Center
1214 Coolidge Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70503
(337)289-7991

Louisiana Extended Care Hospital Lafayette
1214 Coolidge Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70503
(337)289-8180

University Medical Center Lafayette
2390 W Congress St
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337)261-6000

Community Specialty Hospital Lafayette
408 SE Evangeline Trwy
Lafayette, LA 70501
(337)234-4031

Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital
204 Energy Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)232-1905

Heart Hospital of Lafayette
1105 Kaliste Saloom Rd
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)521-1000

Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
1101 Kaliste Saloom Rd
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)769-4100

Acadia Vermilion Hospital
2520 N University Ave
Lafayette, LA 70507
(337)234-5614

Southwest Medical Center
2810 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70506
(337)981-2949

LTAC of Acadiana
310 Youngsville Hwy
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)839-9880

Southpark Community Hospital
314 Youngsville Hwy
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)769-4080

Womens & Children's Hospital
4600 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337)521-9100

St Martin Hospital
210 Champagne Blvd
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
(337)332-2178

Acadia St Landry Hospital
810 S Broadway St
Church Point, LA 70525
(337)684-5435

Doctors Hospital of Opelousas
3983 I-49 S Service Rd
Opelousas, LA 70570
(337)948-2100

American Legion Hospital
1305 Crowley Rayne Hwy
Crowley, LA 70526
(337)783-3222

Dauterive Hospital
600 N Lewis St
New Iberia, LA 70563
(337)365-7311

Crowley Rehabilitation Hospital
713 N Avenue L
Crowley, LA 70526
(337)783-2859

Iberia Medical Center
2315 E Main St
New Iberia, LA 70560
(337)364-0441

Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
1310 W 7th St
Kaplan, LA 70548
(337)643-8300

Opelousas General Health System
539 E Prudhomme St
Opelousas, LA 70570
(337)948-3011

St Landry Extended Care Hospital
539 E Prudhomme Ln
Opelousas, LA 70570
(337)948-5184

Acadian Medical Center
3501 US Highway 190
Eunice, LA 70535
(337)580-7500

Abbeville General Hospital
118 N Hospital Dr
Abbeville, LA 70510
(337)893-5466

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