Champion Dental, P.C.

As you walk or drive around the streets of New York or anywhere in the world, dental implants are all around you... surprisingly enough, you just don't notice them. What you do notice is the business executive with the dazzling smile greeting a friend…. or a pleasant waiter who beams warmly at his customers.

These people – waiters, lawyers, performers, CEOs – improved not only their appearance but their confidence and quality of life, too, when they came to us for dental implants.

Champion Dental, P.C. specializes in implants. Our office is at your service, ready to give you dental implants that look, feel and function just like real teeth.

If you are:

Missing one or more teeth
Having trouble with your dentures or partials
Unhappy with your bridgework

We’re here for you!!

Let Champion Dental, P.C. restore your smile and your self-confidence.

What Are Dental Implants?

Implants are replacement teeth that look and feel just like your own. And because they become a permanent part of your mouth, you can eat, drink and laugh without the self-consciousness you might feel with dentures or partials.

A dental implant is essentially an artificial tooth root that is surgically placed into the jawbone. One or more missing teeth can be replaced by attaching a crown, a fixed bridge, or a full set of dentures on top of the implants. The implant material, which is typically pure titanium, is extremely biocompatible since the bone treats the implant just as if it were bone. The effect is that the bone cells attach themselves to the implant and the interface between the bone and the implants is termed osseointegration. After an initial healing period, during which the implant(s) is left undisturbed underneath the gum tissue, it is uncovered and connected to a small post that serves as the foundation for the tooth or teeth that the implant will be supporting.

Indications for Implants

Implants may be used to replace teeth in single-tooth spaces, groups of two or more missing teeth, or where the teeth are completely missing in one or both jaws. Once placed, the implants are used to support individual crowns, or bridges that are retained rigidly to the implants. Implants may also be used to help retain removable dentures more securely

If You Are Missing One Tooth

If you have one missing tooth, an implant can be better than traditional bridge work. Bridges require the dentist to cut down both neighboring teeth to support the bridgework. Dental implants replace only the missing tooth, preserving bone and keeping the neighboring teeth healthy.

Single tooth missing

Replacement of a single tooth

Single tooth replacement: final results

Are implants the right choice for you?

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If You Are Missing More Than One Tooth

As illustrated below, several dental implants can support a partial or full denture. This technique eliminates the need for troublesome adhesives or uncomfortable metal clasps. And our dental implants keep your jaw and gums healthy, which helps maintain your current facial appearance over the long term.

Three teeth missing, upper jaw

Installing a three crowns on three implants

Fixed partial denture: final results

If You Need Full Dentures

Dental implants are the best way to support a full set of dentures. Poorly fitting dentures impair the way you eat, the way you talk, and the way you look. But with our expertly installed dental implants, you can eat, laugh, and smile with total confidence in your dentures. You may even forget you have them!

Full edentulous, lower jaw

Installing full denture with "Ball attachment"

Ball attachment restoration: final results

The denture is snapped onto the ball portion of the dental implants and is held firmly and invisibly in place.

This system prevents the need for denture relining, which has to be done with regular dentures every few years. And it improves the comfort and durability of your dentures.

If you don't like the hassles associated with old-style dentures, this is the system for you.

Implants Can Be Rejected

Implants that fail do so because the bone has not integrated sufficiently with the implant surface. Hence, implants are not "rejected" like an organ transplant; they simply fail to bond with the bone. This may occur if the bone is very soft at the time the implant is placed, or if the implant is initially unstable. Other reasons include inadvertent loading of the implant via a removable denture or by the action of chewing hard food over the implant site at the early stages of healing. Infection may also cause an implant to be lost. Most modern implant systems report success rates of 85-95% over a 5 to 15 years period.

Smoking and Implants Do Not Mix

Smoking affects the healing of bone and soft tissue, by reducing the nutrients and minerals in the tissues and by reducing blood supply. This means that smoking is one of the biggest risk factors in failure of dental implants. Recent studies estimate that the chances of failure increase by two to three fold in a smoker. Gum and bone like a warm, moist environment and smoking produces a hot, dry environment.

Treatment for Failed Implants

In most situations, an implant can be replaced if it fails to bond with the bone provided that adequate bone and gum tissue is present. Failures do not occur very often but they do occur.

Wearing Dental Appliances Following Surgery

In most cases, existing dentures and other temporary appliances can be worn immediately after implant surgery. There are exceptions but our goal is too minimize any esthetic concerns during the healing phase.

Procedures for Implant Placement

In most cases, implants can be placed using local anesthesia in our office. In more complex cases, we may recommend that the surgical phase be performed while you are under general anesthesia in a specialists office or in hospital environment.

After the Surgery

In most situations, a healing period of between 3 to 6 months is required before teeth can be attached to the implants. A temporary appliance can usually be made to provide function and aesthetics during this period. After initial implant placement, regular follow-up visits are required to ensure that healing is progressing as we would like.. After the teeth are attached to the implants, regular check-ups are needed every 6 to 12 months. At these check-up appointments, the implants are inspected and examined to ensure that the supporting gum and bone remains healthy. X-rays are taken to examine the bone structure around the implant.

Home Care for Dental Implants

For the implant to function well and to remain healthy, proper oral hygiene must be performed at home on a daily basis. Special cleaning aids (brushes, and floss) are widely available. We will provide instructions on the proper use of these cleaning aids. It is important to note that no metal scrapers should ever come in contact with the implants because metal scalers will scratch the surface of the implants, which is not desired.

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