What are "dental implants"?

What are "dental implants"?

Ronald Rosenblatt, DDS (General and Cosmetic Dentistry) gives expert video advice on: What is the procedure to get a dental implant?; How long will my dental implants last? and more...

Dental implants are usually made from titanium, just as other metal inserts in the rest of your body are made out of titanium. Dental implants are used to replace the roots of the teeth that are missing. On these dental implants, after they've adhered to the bone (and it takes about three months on the lower jaw and four months on the upper jaw), we can then screw in what looks like a ground-down tooth, or what we call an abutment. On that abutment, a crown can be placed.