Dental Implants

Single Tooth Implants in Belpre, OH

Our implant dentists both place and restore dental implants. We know your time is valuable, so we are trained and equipped to offer comprehensive care for your convenience.

Most commonly, dental implants are small anchors made of a biocompatible metal, titanium. An implant is placed in the jawbone and replaces a “tooth root” in the mouth.

Dental implants have revolutionized tooth replacement. They have very high success rates. Implants are considered the best long-term tooth replacement option. In most cases, dental implants last 25+ years to life with proper maintenance.

Within a few months of placement, the implants fuse with the bone. After the fusing process, known as osseointegration, abutment posts are inserted into the anchors to allow for the permanent attachment of a replacement tooth.

Implants provide a strong foundation for tooth replacement and help maintain bone to prevent the sunken-in appearance often associated with long-term tooth and bone loss. They also maintain chewing force and speech, allowing you to enjoy life as with natural teeth.

Well-done dental implants are

life-changing.

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Patient Concerns: Missing, worn and discolored teeth that have led him to dislike his appearance and want a better-looking smile for life.

Dentist Diagnosis: Patient in his early 50’s is experiencing smile collapse due to moderate to severe tooth wear and some missing teeth. The tooth structure that is missing due to years of wear gives the lower 1/3 of the face a compressed shape, leading to poor facial proportions/esthetics that happen over a very long period of slowly wearing away the teeth through bruxism (grinding teeth).

Treatment: Smile makeover completed with 2 dental implants and 22 units of porcelain and zirconia crowns and permanent bridges. Tooth height corrected to re-establish the correct lower 1/3 facial height.

before and after of teeth - smile makeover

Patient Concerns: Congenitally missing lateral tooth and small sized malformation of other lateral tooth.

Dentist Diagnosis: Patient is permanently missing an adult tooth and presents with peg-lateral on upper left. Some spacing between central incisors as well.

Treatment: Placement of dental implant #7 and final implant crown #7 fabricated to mimic natural shade, size, and shape. Cosmetic veneer placement #10 to reshape peg-lateral and composite bonding #8 and #9 to close spacing. Natural and maintainable results.

Patient Concerns: “My teeth are in really bad shape. They have gotten to the point where I just want implants.”

Dentist Diagnosis: Patient presents with a limited amount of remaining natural teeth that have severe wear patterns. The worn teeth appear short in the smile line and the remaining coloration is yellowed.

Treatment: Extraction of all remaining upper teeth under IV sedation. 6 immediate implants placed by Dr. Huffman at time of extraction. After healing, a permanent implant bridge was placed, spanning from R to L to replace upper teeth and restore tooth size and coloration to normal.

Patient Concerns: Had implant placed by another dentist in February and was unhappy with esthetics of implant crown. Looking for a natural and lasting result.

Dentist Diagnosis: Work done by another dentist made the implant obvious.

Treatment: Final restoration of implant crown on front tooth to restore function and esthetics. Matched color, size, and texture for natural result.

Patient Concerns: Worried about long-term ability to maintain tooth health

Dentist Diagnosis: Work done by another dentist left many rough fillings with poor edges that catch food and floss. Patient cannot adequately clean teeth even with good effort. Prior dental work also left patient with “mountains” of filling material built on some teeth as an attempt to correct the poor fit of the upper and lower teeth to each other.

Treatment: Established new plane of function for upper and lower teeth. Eliminated “mountains” by placing 22 porcelain crowns to restore uniformity and provide cleanability for the long-term health of teeth. Placed 2 posterior dental implants to increase chewing function for patient.

Patient Concerns: “My front bridges are loose.”

Dentist Diagnosis: A lot of grinding wear damage to all the teeth! Teeth appear to be roughly half the height that they would be normally. 2 failing bridges in front have the anchor teeth decaying underneath. Failing bridge teeth are going to result in losing the front 6 upper teeth. The tooth color is yellowed where not covered with dental bridges.

Treatment: Removal of approximately 8 failing teeth is first completed with bone grafting to preserve the future implant sites and a set of temporary teeth delivered while healing and planning continue. Next, teeth color, height, and contours were corrected in a digital smile design to plan the treatment from start to finish. Then, 4 dental implants were placed to replace the teeth lost in the front of the smile due to failed bridges. Following that, the remaining natural teeth were fixed with 20 porcelain or zirconia crowns to restore proper dimensions and esthetics. Finally, the dental implants were restored with 6 units of implant crowns to give him a permanent smile and front teeth capable of eating corn on the cob or apples!

Want to know if you’re a candidate for dental implants? Call Dr. Huffman today.

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(740) 423-5551

218 Maple Street,
Belpre, OH 45714

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