Am I a Good Candidate for Dental Implants?

If you’re missing multiple teeth or even just one tooth, you might wonder what your tooth replacement options are. Dental implants are quickly becoming a top choice when replacing missing teeth. They look and act like your natural teeth, not to mention that they’re comfortable and convenient. 

However, the important thing to note about dental implants is that they’re not the best solution for everyone. While dental implants can help you reach your smile goals, there are some requirements that you need to meet beforehand. 

At Beaches Dentistry in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Nodesh Shyamsunder, BDS, Jasleen Raina, DDS, and the rest of our team offer many options for dental implants. Here, we want to review more about our dental implant options and the requirements to get them.

Explaining dental implants

Dental implants are artificial tooth roots anchored into your jawbone. Over a few months, these new tooth roots fuse with your jawbone. An artificial tooth, or crown, is then placed on top. Dental implants have the look and function of natural teeth.

Dental implants often replace a single missing tooth. However, it’s possible to replace a whole row of missing teeth, whether for your top or bottom set of teeth or both. These are known as All-on-4® dental implants. In this case, four posts get placed before a prosthetic denture is securely attached to them.

Dental implants have many benefits, including that they’re durable and long-lasting; they act just like your natural teeth, which enable you to eat a regular diet, brush, and floss as usual, and improve your appearance and self-esteem.

Who qualifies for dental implants?

Most of the time, if you’re in generally good health and can undergo the necessary procedures for dental implants, you can consider getting dental implants. Some of the other requirements you may need to have include:

• One or more missing teeth
• A fully developed jawbone
• Sufficient jawbone to anchor the implants to
• Healthy oral tissue
• No underlying health conditions that affect bone healing

Committing to good oral hygiene and caring for your implants is also beneficial.

If you don’t have sufficient jawbone to anchor the implants to, you may need to undergo a bone graft or sinus lift before starting the dental implant process.

Next steps

Don’t hesitate to contact our team for a consultation if you’d like to be a candidate for dental implants. To schedule an appointment, call us at 904-246-6714 or use our online booking tool today.