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Surrey Implant Team at BigSmiles Dental Care is experienced in implant dentistry. BigSmiles Dental Care is located in Surrey, BC, where we offer world-class dentistry in a warm and friendly environment and strive to provide outstanding service and the very best in patient care. We believe a strong connection between you and everyone in our office is vital to your dental care. Please feel free to call us today.
Sliding dentures make chewing more difficult. Dental implants function like your own permanent teeth, which allows you to eat your favourite foods with confidence and without pain or discomfort.
A dental implant is nothing more than a metal screw that is placed into the jaw bone. It acts as an anchor for a false tooth or a set of false teeth. The picture above shows the replacement of a central incisor with a dental implant retained restoration. When a dental implant restoration is perfectly constructed, neither the patient or anyone else should have any hint that an implant is there... All people should see is the “tooth”!
Who is a candidate for dental implants?
Anyone in reasonable health who wants to replace missing teeth. You must have enough bone in the area of the missing teeth to provide for the anchorage of the implants. Some people are missing all their teeth and most of those are excellent candidates for dental implants, but today, we use implants to replace small bridges, removable partial dentures and even missing single teeth. If a patient does not have enough bone to support a dental implant, bone grafts can be placed.
