If something happens to your natural teeth, you can continue to
live confidently with Zimmer Dental implants. Unlike dentures
and bridgework, implants are a solution proven by experience to
last for many years. They look and feel like your natural teeth,
and eliminate the worry of slipping or coming loose.
For more than two decades, dental implants have been used successfully
with people just like you — a safe, medically proven alternative
that delivers confident living. By working with Zimmer Dental,
your doctor can offer you the most advanced implants and prosthetics
available today.
Surgeon: Refers
to the clinician who places the implant into your jawbone.
Restorative
Dentist: Refers to the clinician
who fits your replacement teeth.
Prosthesis: Your
artificial tooth or teeth.
Abutment: The
piece that connects to the implant and allows the replacement tooth
to fit on top of the implant.
Edentulous: Without
teeth. Patients are fully edentulous when they are missing all of
their teeth. Patients are partially edentulous when they are missing
only some of their teeth.
Osseointegration: The
biological process where the surrounding bone attaches to the dental
implant.
Resorption: When
teeth are missing, the surrounding bone begins to shrink. This unhealthy
bone loss can make your jawline recede.
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