Dental Implants

Dental implants offer various advantages, including:

• Confidence
• Convenience
• Easier biting and chewing
• Improved oral health
• Durability

Many people find that dental implants make it easier to speak. Because they attach to metal posts, implant restorations don’t move around or cause slurred speech like traditional dentures.

To get dental implants, you need healthy gums and enough bone to support them. If you don’t, Dr. Jovanka Živković recommends a prerequisite procedure, like bone grafting, sinus augmentation, or scaling and root planing. Bone grafting and sinus augmentation encourage the growth of new, healthy bone tissue. Scaling and root planing remove plaque and tartar from the surfaces of your teeth and beneath your gums.

At Mamut Dentistry, getting dental implants takes several visits. Dr. Jovanka Živković numbs your gums with a local anesthetic and inserts a dental implant into each empty tooth socket.
After surgery, your mouth must heal for several months to allow the metal posts to fuse with the bone. You return to Mamut Dentistry when your mouth finishes healing. Dr. Živković takes digital scans with an intraoral camera and sends them to a dental lab. Technicians at the lab use your scans to design and create custom implant restorations.
After the lab completes your implant restorations, you visit Mamut Dentistry for the last time. We administer a local anesthetic, attache the restorations to your dental implants, and checks your bite.

Dental implants last 10-30 years, but you can extend their lifespan with good oral hygiene.

Dr. Jovanka Živković recommends:

• Brushing your teeth twice daily
• Flossing regularly
• Visiting Mamut Dentistry twice a year for professional teeth cleaning
• Wearing a mouthguard when playing sports
• Not biting your fingernails
• Not chewing on hard objects (for example, ice cubes)