Foxhall Dental Practice

Another popular cosmetic dental procedure available at Foxhall Dental Surgery is dental veneers.

For many years, the only option to replace a missing tooth or teeth, was to have either dentures or a dental bridge. Neither of these options are entirely perfect as dentures can be uncomfortable for some people and, in order to fit a bridge, it is necessary to perform work on the otherwise healthy adjoining teeth. For many, this is not an ideal situation.

At Foxhall Dental Surgery, we are now able to offer our patients from Ipswich and the surrounding areas, an excellent alternative in dental implants. Once fitted, dental implants are both extremely strong and should be expected to last for twenty years, and very often many more.

A dental implant is a screw like device which is made from titanium. To place this, it is necessary to drill into the jawbone. Patients should not be concerned though as this is done using a local anaesthetic and is actually no more uncomfortable than other invasive procedures due to the bone containing relatively few nerves.

Once the hole has been drilled, the implant will be placed into it and the gum sealed up. This is to give the implant time in which to fuse to the bone in a process known as osseointegration. Because this process means that, in effect, the bone and the implant become one, this offers an excellent strong foundation for the next stage of the procedure.

Once the osseointegration process is complete, the patient will be recalled to our Ipswich dental surgery and the gum opened up to reveal the implant. To this implant, an abutment is attached which is like a small collar and used to support the final part, a dental crown. Once completed, a dental implant offers a very strong replacement for a missing or lost tooth.