Best Dental Implant Dentist on Long Island

• Security: Dental implants replace the roots and crowns of teeth, effectively rebuilding a base almost exactly like your natural teeth. This means, unlike other treatments, your new smile will have the kind of support that will ensure they won’t be going anywhere.
• Longevity: Most other restorations last about 10 years or less, with dentures only lasting about 7. This means you’ll have to deal with faulty restorations before you finally replace them. Dental implants, on the other hand, can easily last for 30 years or more.
• Sustained Health: The roots of your teeth play a vital role in supporting your jawbone. This not only makes it strong enough for you to chew confidently, but it also gives your jaw the ability to keep your other teeth in place. After teeth are lost, the jaw naturally begins to shrink. Dental implants are the only treatment that can prevent and even reverse this process, assuring a lifetime of consistent oral health.
• Aesthetics: Since your jaw will be supported by a renewed root structure, your face will appear fuller and younger, and you won’t have to deal with the sunken, elderly appearance we’re all familiar with. Plus, the replacement teeth used in conjunction with dental implants are primarily made of dental porcelain, which can completely replicate a natural tooth in shape, size, strength, color, and even feel.

• Single Tooth: We’ll place an all-porcelain dental crown onto the implant using a connector called an abutment. Dental porcelain, as we mentioned above, is extremely strong, and we’ll be able to shape it so that it looks and feels just like your other teeth. After a few days, we doubt that you’ll be able to notice the difference!
• Multiple Teeth:

o Implant-Retained Bridge: This can be used to replace a row of consecutive missing teeth. First, we’ll place implant-retained crowns on either side of the gap in your smile, and these will be connected to prosthetic teeth that sit on top of your gums. Compared to traditional bridges, those held in place by dental implants last longer, look natural, and don’t require healthy teeth to hold the supporting crowns. This ultimately helps preserve your natural smile.

o Implant-Retained Partial Denture: This can be used to replace teeth missing throughout the mouth. It will consist of a gum-colored base attached to prosthetic teeth, and rather than using metal clasps like traditional partials, it will be held in place using dental implants. This means they will never slip, they’ll fit better, and you won’t even have to take them out to clean them.

• An Entire Row of Teeth:

o Implant-retained denture: Multiple posts (6-8 most of the time) can be used to support a full denture. They look just like other traditional dentures, but they’ll maintain their fit for much longer because your gums and jaw won’t be constantly shrinking and changing. Plus, because they are supported by implants — no denture adhesive is needed — they allow for a much stronger bite force, allowing you to eat a wider variety of healthy foods. Often, the biggest problem associated with tooth loss is that it prevents a person from eating nutrient-rich items such as meats and fibrous vegetables, creating a nutritional deficit that can shorten their life by up to a decade. With implant-retained dentures, you can eat whatever you like with confidence, whether that’s steak, an apple, or corn on the cob.

o All-on-4 Dentures: This method is great for patients who may have a thin or brittle jawbone because it uses only four posts to support a full denture. Two are placed at the front of the jaw where the bone is naturally thicker, while two others are placed toward the back at an angle to help provide maximum support. With this approach, often, the implants can be placed and restored in a single day!