Seattle Implant Dentists
If you've got a missing tooth that you'd like to replace, a dental implant can offer a natural-looking solution. Dental implants are permanently fixed to your jawbone, just like your natural teeth, by Seattle dentists. As such, they offer none of the compromises--like clicking and wobbling--that come with dentures.
In some cases, placing implants can be challenging. Each implant is attached to the jaw by your Seattle dentist via the bone, and sometimes there is insufficient bone available to support the implant. This can be an issue when placing implants in the back of the mouth, or when gum disease or infections have had an adverse effect on your jaw's bone volume.
Finding the Best Seattle Implant Dentists
In cases like these, bone grafting is used to build up the bone structure of your jaw, thus providing a means with which to anchor each implant. Seattle dentists are quite familiar with bone grafting, as it's a fairly common procedure in implant dentistry.
Seattle-based Lance Timmerman DMD PS is one of the region's leading implant dentists and has extensive experience in handling all the various ins and out of implant surgery. If you're evaluating implant dentists, make sure to ask if they have experience performing the procedure. They more implants they've performed, the more likely they are to be adept at generating a result you'll be happy with. You'll have to live with your implants for a long time, and it's important to choose a dentist with the skill and experience to meet your needs.
Lance Timmerman DMD - Providing cosmetic dentistry and CEREC restorations to the Renton and Seattle, Washington areas.
Seattle Cosmetic Dentist
7100 Fort Dent Way, Suite 270 Seattle, WA 98188
Ph. 206.241.5533 | Fx. 206.241.5538
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