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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 Wilson

  • In case of Emergency, call 911

Nearby Wilson Hospitals *

Wilson Medical Center
1705 Tarboro St SW
Wilson, NC 27893
(252)399-8040

Coastal Plain Hospital
2301 Medpark Dr
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
(252)443-9500

Nash General Hospital
2460 Curtis Ellis Dr
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
(252)443-8012

LifeCare Hospitals of North Carolina
1051 Noell Ln
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
(252)451-2300

Wayne Memorial Hospital
2700 Wayne Memorial Dr
Goldsboro, NC 27534
(919)736-1110

Cherry Hospital
201 Stevens Mill Rd
Goldsboro, NC 27530
(919)731-3200

Heritage Hospital
111 Hospital Dr
Tarboro, NC 27886
(252)641-7700

Johnston Memorial Hospital
509 N Bright Leaf Blvd
Smithfield, NC 27577
(919)934-8171

Pitt County Memorial Hospital
2100 Stantonsburg Rd
Greenville, NC 27835
(252)847-4100

Franklin Regional Medical Center
100 Hospital Dr
Louisburg, NC 27549
(919)496-5131

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