Dental Implants
Our focus at East Keilor Dental is protecting your natural teeth and smile with preventive dentistry. However, there are some circumstances where tooth loss can occur. When that happens, our dentists may recommend a dental implant to restore your tooth because it replaces both your tooth and root and is the closest option to a natural tooth.
How Dental Implants in East Keilor Work
A tooth implant consists of three integral parts that work together to create your new tooth.
- The implant: A dental specialist we trust places the implant into your jawbone during a surgical procedure. We'll give the implant time to integrate with your bone, which takes around three to six months.
- The abutment: When the implant is fully integrated with your bone and ready to support your new tooth, we'll connect the two with an abutment.
- The restoration: Our dentists will customise a porcelain crown to complete and complement your smile. You'll be able to eat and chew easily since your new tooth is almost like a natural tooth.
Dental implants can also anchor a bridge or denture, so patients with multiple missing teeth can also benefit from them. Implant-supported dentures securely hold dentures in place so the wearer doesn't experience movement or slippage when talking or eating.
Why It's Important to Replace a Missing Tooth
When you lose a tooth, you also lose a root, which leaves your bone with nothing to support and keep it stimulated. This means it will begin to deteriorate, impacting support for
surrounding teeth. Bone loss can also change your facial appearance.
Meanwhile, the gaps left by a missing tooth can become problematic when teeth start to move and shift into the open space. This can result in bite misalignment, leading to broken or fractured teeth or jaw joint pain and instability.
Dental implants solve all of these problems by restoring your root and tooth. Implants are the only tooth replacement option that offers this benefit.
The Benefits of Dental Implants
Tooth implants offer several advantages for our patients:
- Protection for your bone health
- The look, feel, and appearance of a natural tooth
- Easy care since you can brush and floss as you would normally
- Great longevity since tooth implants can potentially last a lifetime with excellent home care and regular dental checkups
- Bite stabilisation
Our dentists will design your dental implant, implant bridge, or denture to complement your natural smile.
We Welcome Your Call to Learn More About Dental Implants
If you or a loved one is missing teeth, we invite you to arrange a booking for an evaluation to learn more about dental implants in East Keilor and if they would be suitable for your needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dental implants are excellent for replacing one or multiple teeth because they restore both your root and tooth, which is the closest you can get to a natural tooth.
The reason it's essential to replace a lost tooth root is because your jawbone begins to deteriorate when it doesn't have a root to support. Bone loss can result in more tooth loss and even cause changes to your facial structure.
Replacing a lost tooth protects your surrounding teeth from shifting into the open spaces, which can cause bite misalignment and jaw joint problems and discomfort.
Since a dental implant restores both your root and tooth, it solves all these problems and leaves you with a natural-looking and high-functioning tooth.
How Do Dental Implants in East Keilor Work?
Dental implants work in phases. A trusted oral surgeon strategically places the implant into your bone during the first phase. Then we give the implant time to heal and integrate with the bone during an osseointegration process that takes about three to six months.
Once your implant is fully healed and integrated with your bone, our dentists can restore it with a custom porcelain crown. We can also use multiple dental implants to support a bridge or denture for patients missing multiple teeth.
Meet Our Clinicians:
Dr Jonathan Goldberg
Although he graduated with honours from the University of Melbourne in 2005, Jonathan has been involved in dentistry his entire life (his father and aunt being dentists). He also worked as a dental assistant for five years (at this practice) while he was studying to become a dentist.
Jonathan believes that continuing education is vital to providing the highest quality of dentistry for his patients and, as such, not only attends a multitude of national and international conferences and works as a clinical demonstrator at the University of Melbourne dental school. His particular interests are preventative ...
Dr Dominic Ho
Dr Dominic Ho graduated from Melbourne University in 1989 and has been practising in Keilor East since 1990.
On graduation, he joined the Australian Dental Association and recently received his certificate for 25 years with the association (very much to his surprise). He also served with the Australian Army Reserves for 18 years before joining the inactive reserves in 2008. Since 2003, Dominic has been and continues to be a clinical demonstrator and examiner at the University of Melbourne Dental School.
The best part about being a dentist for Dominic is being able to help his patients resolve their ...
Dr Margaret Preston
Dr Preston completed her dental degree at Melbourne University in 1968, being awarded an Honours Degree and the first female to be the dux of the course. She has been a dentist for 55 years and has been with East Keilor Dental for 38 of those years.
Dr Preston was always interested in the medical sciences, but dentistry seemed more family-friendly. She loves making a difference in her patients' lives in many ways and influencing them to maintain their oral health for a lifetime.
Continuing education has always been a strong focus of her professional life, and she ...
