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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 Reading

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Reading Hospitals *

The Reading Hospital & Medical Center
6th Ave & Spruce St
Reading, PA 19612
(610)988-8000

HEALTHSOUTH Reading Rehabilitation Hospital
1623 Morgantown Rd
Reading, PA 19607
(610)796-6000

St Joseph Medical Center
2500 Bernville Rd
Reading, PA 19605
(610)378-2000

Wernersville State Hospital
Rte 422 & Sportsman Rd
Wernersville, PA 19565
(610)678-3411

Ephrata Community Hospital
169 Martin Ave
Ephrata, PA 17522
(717)733-0311

Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
1600 E High St
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610)327-7000

Brandywine Hospital
201 Reeceville Rd
Coatesville, PA 19320
(610)383-8000

Coatesville VA Medical Center
1400 Black Horse Hill Rd
Coatesville, PA 19320
(610)384-7711

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

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

Saint John Vianney Hospital
151 Woodbine Rd
Downingtown, PA 19335
(610)269-2600

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

KidsPeace Children's Hospital
5300 Kids Peace Dr
Orefield, PA 18069
(610)799-8800

Phoenixville Hospital
140 Nutt Rd
Phoenixville, PA 19460
(610)983-1000

Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest & I-78
Allentown, PA 18105
(610)402-8000

Schuylkill Medicall Center South Jackson Street
420 S Jackson St
Pottsville, PA 17901
(570)621-5000

Schuylkill Medical Center East Norwegian Street
700 E Norwegian St
Pottsville, PA 17901
(570)621-4000

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

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

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

St Luke's Hospital Allentown Campus
1736 Hamilton St
Allentown, PA 18104
(610)770-8300

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

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

Malvern Institute
940 King Rd
Malvern, PA 19355
(610)647-0330

Lehigh Valley Hospital 17th & Chew Streets
17th & Chew Sts
Allentown, PA 18105
(610)402-8000

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital Allentown
850 S 5th St
Allentown, PA 18103
(610)776-3120

Eagleville Hospital
100 Eagleville Rd
Eagleville, PA 19408
(610)539-6000

Paoli Hospital
255 W Lancaster Ave
Paoli, PA 19301
(610)648-1000

The Chester County Hospital
701 E Marshall St
West Chester, PA 19380
(610)431-5000

Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital
414 Paoli Pike
Malvern, PA 19355
(610)251-5400

LifeCare Hospitals of Chester County
400 E Marshall St
West Chester, PA 19380
(484)826-0400

Sacred Heart Hospital
421 Chew St
Allentown, PA 18102
(610)776-4500

St Luke's Quakertown Hospital
1021 Park Ave
Quakertown, PA 18951
(215)538-4500

Devereux Beneto Children's Behavioral Health Center
655 Sugartown Rd
Malvern, PA 19355
(610)296-6820

Grand View Hospital
700 Lawn Ave
Sellersville, PA 18960
(215)453-4000

Valley Forge Medical Center & Hospital
1033 W Germantown Pike
Norristown, PA 19403
(610)539-8500

Allentown State Hospital
1600 Hanover Ave
Allentown, PA 18109
(610)740-3200

Montgomery County Emergency Service
50 Beech Dr
Norristown, PA 19403
(610)279-6100

St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital
360 W Ruddle St
Coaldale, PA 18218
(570)645-2131

Norristown State Hospital
1001 Sterigere St
Norristown, PA 19401
(610)270-1000

St Luke's Hospital Bethlehem Campus
801 Ostrum St
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610)954-4000

Westfield Hospital
510 Delaware Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18015
(610)866-6614

Montgomery Hospital
1301 Powell St
Norristown, PA 19401
(610)270-2000

Good Shepherd Home Bethlehem
2855 Schoenersville Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610)807-5600

Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg Center
2545 Schoenersville Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610)402-8000

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