Get Your Natural Smile Back with Natural-looking and Functional Dental Implants

If you have had enough of missing teeth, or wear dentures that don’t fit well and dental bridges aren’t an option, talk to Distinctive Dentistry about dental implants. Dental implants in Eugene, Oregon, are popular because they look, feel, and function like natural teeth. Once placed in the jawbone, dental implants are virtually indistinguishable from other teeth, whether smiling, eating, or cleaning teeth. 

The procedure for dental implant placement

Our office can restore a single tooth or full mouth with dental implants using crowns or dentures. However, whether you are replacing one or more teeth, the dental implant procedure typically involves the four phases below. 

• Initial consultation: We will use dental X-rays and other diagnostic tools to examine your oral health and jawbone. Potential dental implant candidates should be free from cavities, and the jawbone should have adequate volume and density to support an implant. Where necessary, some patients may require bone grafting or extraction to prep the bone for implantology
• Implant surgery: After administering anesthesia and possible sedation dentistry, the dentist surgically places a titanium post in the jawbone to act as the tooth root
• Healing and fusion: After implant surgery, we’ll leave the implant for four to six months to allow healing and integration with the jawbone. This process is what makes the implant strong and stable as bone cells grow around the implant to hold it in place
• Tooth restoration: After healing, the dentist will attach an abutment to link the implant with one or more prosthetic teeth. The final step is to cover your implant with a crown or denture to restore its function and aesthetics

Benefits of implant-supported restorations

One of the biggest perks of implants is their permanence once placed in the mouth. After the titanium post fuses with the bone, it doesn’t require replacement in the future. 

Besides durability, the other benefits of implants include:

• Natural look and feel
• Restored chewing and biting ability
• Stabilizes other teeth
• Prevent jawbone loss
• Restored natural speech
• Renewed confidence
• A high success rate of over 95%
• Unlike bridges or dentures, dental implants don’t require the support of nearby teeth
• Flexibility to replace one, several, or all missing teeth

Natural-looking dental implants near me

If you have lost teeth, you no longer have to settle for a smile you don’t like. 

Instead, call (541) 255-1287 to schedule an appointment with Drs. Ty Jaros, Robert Gemmell, and Jacob Gubrud to breathe life into your “gappy” smile with dental implants.