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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 Spring Hill

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Spring Hill Hospitals *

Spring Hill Regional Hospital
10461 Quality Dr
Spring Hill, FL 34609
(352)688-8200

Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point
14000 Fivay Rd
Hudson, FL 34667
(727)819-2929

Oak Hill Hospital
11375 Cortez Blvd
Brooksville, FL 34613
(352)596-6632

HEALTHSOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital of Springhill
12440 Cortez Blvd
Brooksville, FL 34613
(352)592-4250

Spring Brook Hospital
7007 Grove Rd
Brookville, FL 34609
(352)596-4306

Brooksville Regional Hospital
17240 Cortez Blvd
Brooksville, FL 34601
(352)796-5111

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
6600 Madison St
New Port Richey, FL 34652
(727)842-8468

Community Hospital of New Port Richey
5637 Marine Pkwy
New Port Richey, FL 34652
(727)848-1733

Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital
1395 S Pinellas Ave
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
(727)942-5000

Pasco Regional Medical Center
13100 Fort King Rd
Dade City, FL 33525
(352)521-1100

University Community Hospital
3100 E Fletcher Ave
Tampa, FL 33613
(813)971-6000

James A Haley VA Medical Center
13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd
Tampa, FL 33612
(813)972-2000

Shriners Hospital for Children
12502 Pine Dr
Tampa, FL 33612
(813)972-2250

H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Dr
Tampa, FL 33612
(813)972-4673

Citrus Memorial Hospital
502 W Highland Blvd
Inverness, FL 34452
(352)726-1551

Town & Country Hospital
6001 Webb Rd
Tampa, FL 33615
(813)888-7060

Mease Countryside Hospital
3231 McMullen-Booth Rd
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
(727)725-6111

Florida Hospital Zephyrhills
7050 Gall Blvd
Zephyrhills, FL 33541
(813)788-0411

Mease Dunedin Hospital
601 Main St
Dunedin, FL 34698
(727)733-1111

University Community Hospital Carrollwood
7171 N Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, FL 33614
(813)932-2222

Kindred Hospital Central Tampa
4801 N Howard Ave
Tampa, FL 33603
(813)874-7575

St Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa
3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Tampa, FL 33607
(813)870-4000

St Joseph's Hospital
3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Tampa, FL 33607
(813)870-4000

St Joseph's Women's Hospital
3030 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Tampa, FL 33607
(813)879-4730

Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center
6201 N Suncoast Blvd
Crystal River, FL 34428
(352)795-6560

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