• McIndoe Surgical Centre
• Dental Implants
• The benefits of a Dental Implant

Replacing teeth with implants has several advantages over traditional methods:

• Looks, feels and functions like a natural tooth
• The procedure does not require adjacent teeth to be ‘cut back’
• The implant replaces the tooth rot which preserves the bone
• Prevents bone collapse providing better long term aesthetics

Single tooth

Implants provide an excellent way both aesthetically and functionally of closing the gap created by the loss of a single tooth.

Large Gaps

In these cases too, implants provide an ideal alterative to conventional methods. The implants serve as additional support abutments for carrying a bridge.

Toothless jaws

Implants can be utilised in two ways if no teeth are left. Implants are often used as rigid support for bar-borne removable dentures which are light-weight and completely stable.

Alternatively up to 12 implants can be placed, onto which is attached a permanent bridge.

Implants are inserted painlessly using a gentle surgical procedure usually under local anaesthetic. The implant is inserted by a Consultant Oral Surgeon, the wound is closed and the implant is left undisturbed for between 6 and 12 weeks so that the bone can remodel around the implant providing a strong bond. The healing process will be continually monitored to assess the bonding process.

The TAO team use ITI implants and therefore no further surgical procedures required.

Your replacement teeth are created by our technicians to accurately match the shade, shape and contour of your surrounding teeth.

Several million patients worldwide have benefited from the placement of dental implants and implantology has now developed into an acceptable alternative to ‘conventional’ treatment.

When dealt with correctly, implants can offer an attractive and permanent solution to the problem of tooth loss. This will result in patient satisfaction and a truly enhanced quality of life.