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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 South San Francisco

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby South San Francisco Hospitals *

Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center
1200 El Camino Real
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(650)742-2000

Seton Medical Center
1900 Sullivan Ave
Daly City, CA 94015
(650)992-4000

Mills-Peninsula Health Services
1501 Truesdale Dr
Burlingame, CA 94010
(650)696-5400

St Luke's Hospital
3555 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415)647-8600

Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Center
375 Laguna Honda Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94116
(415)759-2300

San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415)206-8000

UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus
505 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
(415)476-1000

California Pacific Medical Center Davies Campus
45 Castro St & Duboce Ave
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415)600-6000

Mills Hospital
100 S San Mateo Dr
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650)696-4400

St Mary's Medical Center
450 Stanyan St
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415)668-1000

Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
2425 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415)833-2000

UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion
1600 Divisadero St
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415)567-6600

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital
900 Hyde St
San Francisco, CA 94109
(415)353-6000

California Pacific Medical Center California Campus
3700 California St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415)600-6000

California Pacific Medical Center East Campus
3698 California St
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415)600-6000

California Pacific Medical Center Pacific Campus
2333 Buchanan St
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415)600-6000

Chinese Hospital
845 Jackson St
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415)982-2400

San Francisco VA Medical Center
4150 Clement St
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415)221-4810

Seton Medical Center Coastside
600 Marine Blvd
Moss Beach, CA 94038
(650)563-7100

San Mateo Medical Center
222 W 39th Ave
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650)573-2222

Alameda Hospital
2070 Clinton Ave
Alameda, CA 94501
(510)522-3700

Alameda County Medical Center Highland Campus
1411 E 31st St
Oakland, CA 94602
(510)437-4800

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Summit Campus
350 Hawthorne Ave
Oakland, CA 94609
(510)655-4000

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center at Oakland
280 W MacArthur Blvd
Oakland, CA 94611
(510)752-1000

Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
747 52nd St
Oakland, CA 94609
(510)428-3000

Sequoia Hospital
170 Alameda de las Pulgas
Redwood City, CA 94062
(650)369-5811

San Leandro Hospital
13855 E 14th St
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510)357-6500

Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center
1150 Veterans Blvd
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650)299-2000

Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area
2800 Benedict Dr
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510)357-8300

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Campus
2450 Ashby Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510)204-4444

Alameda County Medical Center Fairmont Campus
15400 Foothill Blvd
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510)895-4200

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Herrick Campus
2001 Dwight Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510)204-4444

John George Psychiatric Pavilion
2060 Fairmont Dr
San Leandro, CA 94578
(510)346-7500

Kaiser Permanente Hayward Medical Center
27400 Hesperian Blvd
Hayward, CA 94545
(510)784-4000

St Rose Hospital
27200 Calaroga Ave
Hayward, CA 94545
(510)264-4000

Eden Medical Center
20103 Lake Chabot Rd
Castro Valley, CA 94546
(510)537-1234

Menlo Park Surgical Hospital
570 Willow Rd
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650)324-8500

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650)497-8000

Stanford Hospital & Clinics
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305
(650)723-4000

Doctor's Medical Center San Pablo
2000 Vale Rd
San Pablo, CA 94806
(510)970-5000

Marin General Hospital
250 Bon Air Rd
Greenbrae, CA 94904
(415)925-7000

Kentfield Rehabilitation & Specialty Hospital
1125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd
Kentfield, CA 94904
(415)456-9680

VA Palo Alto Health Care System
3801 Miranda Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650)493-5000

Washington Hospital
2000 Mowry Ave
Fremont, CA 94538
(510)797-1111

Fremont Hospital
39001 Sundale Dr
Fremont, CA 94538
(510)796-1100

Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center
99 Montecillo Rd
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415)444-2000

Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center
1425 S Main St
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
(925)295-4000

San Ramon Regional Medical Center
6001 Norris Canyon Rd
San Ramon, CA 94583
(925)275-9200

El Camino Hospital
2500 Grant Rd
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650)940-7000

John Muir Medical Center Walnut Creek Campus
1601 Ygnacio Valley Rd
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925)939-3000

ValleyCare Health System Pleasanton
5555 W Los Positas Blvd
Pleasanton, CA 94588
(925)847-3000

VA Northern CA Healthcare System at Martinez
150 Muir Rd
Martinez, CA 94553
(925)372-2000

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
2500 Alhambra Ave
Martinez, CA 94553
(925)370-5000

John Muir Behavioral Health Center
2740 Grant St
Concord, CA 94520
(925)674-4100

John Muir Medical Center Concord Campus
2540 East St
Concord, CA 94520
(925)682-8200

Novato Community Hospital
180 Rowland Way
Novato, CA 94945
(415)209-1300

Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center
700 Lawrence Expy
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408)851-1000

St Helena Hospital Center for Behavioral Health
525 Oregon St
Vallejo, CA 94590
(707)648-2200

Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center
975 Sereno Dr
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707)651-1000

Sutter Solano Medical Center
300 Hospital Dr
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707)554-4444

Valley Memorial Hospital
1111 E Stanley Blvd
Livermore, CA 94550
(925)447-7000

O'Connor Hospital
2105 Forest Ave
San Jose, CA 95128
(408)947-2500

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