Dental Implants

Highlands Ranch Dental Implants

Our Highlands Ranch dentists Dr. James DeLapp and Dr. H. Candace DeLapp offer dental implants as an alternative to dental bridges to replace missing teeth. Nobel Biocare is one of the leading dental implant companies in the world and offers a great variety of dental implants that can meet the needs of most patients. Our Highlands Ranch dental office serves patients from the Greater Denver area including Parker, Lone Tree, Castle Pine, Centennial, Greenwood Village and the Ken Caryl area.

What are dental implants

For the most part dental implants are titanium screws that are placed into the jaw bone of patients to replace a tooth that has been lost. Essentially, the screw (titanium implant) replaces the root of the tooth Our Denver Implant Dentist first want to make sure you are a candidate for dental implants before proceeding.

Quality and Quantity of Bone for Dental Implants

One of the most important elements for dental implant placement is finding a site that has sufficient quality and quantity of bone.  Once the site is found is it in a locati0n where a tooth would normally go. If not then an additional surgical procedure is needed to supplement the bone in this site.  The area of the pre-molars in the upper jaw is one of the sites most frequently supplemented.  One of the predisposing reasons is the proximity of the maxillary sinus.  If this situation exists then a sinus lift with bone augmentation is the most likely scenario.

Please feel free to contact our Highlands Ranch implant dentist for a consultation to see if you are a candidate for dental implants. Their office phone number is (303) 694-9740.

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