A single tooth dental implant could effortlessly solve your problem if you are missing one tooth. Commonly topped with a dental crown, these implants look and function just like your natural tooth root.

At Institute for Oral Health, we offer immediate implant placement, where Dr. Glen-Spyron is able to place a dental implant instantly after a tooth is extracted. This includes the socket-shield technique, where only partial extraction of the tooth root is done to ensure a more biological outcome.

Watch the YouTube video for more info on the socket-shield technique.

An implant-supported bridge is a replacement for several teeth that is secured permanently to dental implants. The number of implants used to secure the bridge will vary depending on your unique situation, but a common configuration is two implants supporting three teeth: two “cap” teeth on either end bridged by another tooth (pontic) in the middle.

Full-arch implants can help you get a permanent solution to achieve the smile that you’ve always wanted.

Full-arch implants use a series of 4-6 dental implants to restore an entire arch of missing teeth. Once these implants have been placed and have healed, a set of fixed or removable dentures or fixed dental-bridges can be made for you by your dentist.

Dental implants are most successful if placed in adults who are done growing and developing. The minimum age requirement is 21 years, as the bone structure of the jaw has typically matured by this age. In the meantime, your local dentist can create an interim solution for your missing tooth.

There are a number of health factors (some age-related) that rule out candidacy for dental implants.

You can however be rest assured that your individualised treatment plan will be done according to your unique health status and history.

When an adult tooth is missing, the surrounding jaw bone begins to deteriorate. Natural teeth are embedded in the jaw bone and stimulate the jaw bone through activities such as chewing and biting. When teeth are missing, the alveolar bone, or the portion of the jaw bone that anchors the teeth in the mouth, no longer receives the necessary stimulation and begins to break down, or resorb. If you have been missing a tooth for a while, there may not be enough bone to perform dental implant surgery as a certain amount of bone should be present so that the implant fixture can fuse with it.

To determine if you have sufficient bone quantity, we use a CBCT scanner from:

This state-of-the-art scanning machine is used to produce precise, detailed, high resolution 3D images of a patient’s mouth including the teeth, jaws, soft tissue and bones.