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Dental Implants

Dental implants are an excellent option to consider if you have missing teeth. We can replace a single tooth, multiple teeth, or an entire arch of missing teeth with implants. Stop hiding your smile and go back to eating your favorite foods with a tooth replacement that looks, functions, and feels like the real thing!

Our goal at Desert Foothills Dental is to help you explore your tooth replacement options and help you choose the one most suitable for your needs. You have several, but dental implants are preferred because they are the closest thing to a natural tooth. Implants are also the only tooth replacement that has the potential to last a lifetime.

What Is a Dental Implant?

A dental implant is an artificial tooth root made of titanium. Your dentist places it surgically in your jawbone, and bone and tissue grow around over several months. This natural healing process is called osseointegration and takes 3–8 months to complete.

After it heals, the implant functions like the original tooth root. It provides stable support for a tooth restoration—crown, bridge, or denture—so you can use the tooth to chew comfortably. Your restoration is custom-designed to match the shape, size, and shade of surrounding teeth and blend naturally into your smile.

What’s Involved with Getting an Implant?

If you choose a dental implant, you couldn’t be in better hands than at Desert Foothills Dental! Dr. Adam Singh has over 20 years of experience and completed an American Academy of Implant Dentistry Maxi Course to bring a full range of implant services to his patients.

Are You a Good Implant Candidate?

Dr. Singh takes digital x-rays and advanced 3-D cone beam images to determine if you are a good candidate. The purpose is to help him evaluate the health and quality of the jawbone in the area where we plan to place the implant.

The next step is to schedule implant surgery, where Dr. Singh places the implant in your jaw. This process takes a little over an hour and is performed at Phoenix dental office under local anesthesia.

Bone Grafting to Get an Implant Later

In some cases, especially where tooth loss is not recent, the bone in the area may have shrunk enough that placing an implant in those conditions is impossible. However, all is not lost because Dr. Singh also provides bone grafting.

This procedure involves supplementing the bone in your jaw with donor bone or bone from another part of your body. This process takes several months, but after the graft heals, you can get your implant.

What Are Dental Implant Benefits?

Dental implants are popular because they offer numerous benefits:

Slow Bone Loss

The artificial tooth root sets implants apart from any other tooth replacement because it stimulates the tissue around it to regenerate healthy bone.

The process stops when you lose a tooth, and bone starts to resorb or shrink. Bone loss happens fairly rapidly, and it’s estimated that in the first 12 months, about 25 percent of bone is lost. Surrounding teeth lose the support of the missing tooth to keep them stable and are also impacted by bone loss that loosens them.

Replacing a missing tooth with a dental implant stops further bone loss, and the artificial root also helps stabilize surrounding teeth.

Restore Comfortable Chewing

All your teeth work together, so losing even one can lead to discomfort when chewing certain foods. If you have multiple or full tooth loss, we can place several implants that support a full or partial denture.

Compared to removable dentures, dental implants significantly restore your ability to chew again comfortably. Dental implants restore about 90 percent of chewing ability, while dentures restore only about 10 percent.

Create a Fuller Facial Appearance

If you have seen someone who has lost all their teeth, you know their cheeks look sunken and hollow, and their lips cave in without teeth to support them; this is due to tooth loss and jawbone loss.

Replacing one or more teeth with a dental implant or denture fills out facial features and prevents further bone loss.

Ready to Get Started with a Dental Implant?

Dental implants are the gold standard for tooth replacement, and you can understand why after reading about their benefits! Please call Desert Foothills Dental if you would like to see if a dental implant is the right solution for you.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best tooth replacement?

At Desert Foothills Dental, we offer several tooth replacement options to match each patient's unique needs. It's not a question of which is best but which is best for you.

Dental implants, dentures, and bridges replace missing teeth, and our dentists work with you to create the most suitable treatment plan for you.

Tooth Replacement Options in Phoenix

Our tooth replacement options include the following:

Dental bridges – A bridge is a dental prosthetic that replaces one or two consecutive missing teeth. It consists of an artificial tooth supported by a dental crown on either side.
Full and partial dentures – Full dentures replace all missing upper teeth, lower teeth, or both; partial dentures fit around remaining teeth for a complete smile.
Dental implants – The healthiest tooth replacement is a dental implant, which acts as an artificial tooth root. Our dentist places the implant surgically in the jawbone, and the two fuse to create a new tooth root. When the implant heals, we restore function and appearance with a crown for single tooth replacement or a bridge or denture for multiple teeth.

Your Personalized Treatment Plan

Dental implants are the preferred tooth replacement, but all three options have pros and cons. When you meet our dentist, they'll evaluate your dental needs and recommend the most suitable solution for you.

If you're ready to replace your missing teeth, please call our Phoenix dental office so we can help you get back your healthy, confident smile.

Why can't I get a quote for "gluing" my crown back on?

The standard of care, and governing body directives, require that dentists evaluate a tooth before re-cementing a crown. A dentist is expected to evaluate the current health of a tooth or implant, which usually requires an x-ray and a tactile examination. If a dentist misses an obvious issue, it puts the patient at risk of tooth loss and medical compromise. Therefore, dentists cannot dismiss the potential for poor outcomes at the request of the patient and must perform an evaluation first.

How does marijuana use affect dental care?

The effects of marijuana on dental care and dental anesthesia can vary depending on the individual. However, here are some general observations:

Dental Anesthesia: Marijuana use can affect the way your body responds to dental anesthesia, making it more difficult to achieve a sufficient level of sedation for dental procedures. This can lead to a longer recovery time or increased discomfort during the procedure.
Interaction with Medications: If you are using marijuana and other medications, it's important to inform your dentist, as some medications can interact with each other and impact the effectiveness of dental anesthesia. Anxiety and
Nervousness: For some people, marijuana use can increase anxiety and nervousness, making it more difficult to undergo dental procedures. This can lead to increased stress levels and discomfort during the procedure.
Impairment of Cognitive and Motor Skills: Marijuana use can impair cognitive and motor skills, making it more difficult to follow instructions during a dental procedure and increasing the risk of injury to the patient or the dental staff.

It's important to inform your dentist if you use marijuana, so they can take it into account when planning your dental care and administer the appropriate amount of anesthesia. This can help ensure a safe and effective dental procedure.

Why can't I get a quote over the phone?

For the vast majority of dental procedures, we need to take a look at what you need a quote for before stating a dollar amount. For example, with a crown, several factors determine the price including but not limited to:

Does the tooth need a root canal?
Does the tooth need a build-up?
What kind of material needs to be used for the crown?
Does the patient clench or grind their teeth?
Is the tooth supported by healthy teeth and gums?
Does the tooth need custom color matching?

That being said, we CAN quote prices for things such as exams and some basic procedures over the phone.

Meet Our Doctor:

Dr. Aditya Singh DDS FAGD

Dr. Singh earned his Doctorate in Dental Surgery in 2001 from The Ohio State University. Before dental school, Dr. Singh attended Case Western Reserve University, majoring in biology with a concentration in communication sciences. He completed an American Academy of Implant Dentistry MaxiCourse® in 2007. In 2010, he earned a Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry, an accomplishment achieved by only 6% of dentists. In 2012, Dr. Singh received his nitrous and IV sedation certificate from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

In 2019, Dr. Singh was honored to receive ...

Dental Implants Technology

3-D Cone Beam Imaging (CBCT)

Planning advanced services like dental implant placement requires sophisticated technology. We use 3-D cone beam CT scans because they show us details we can’t see with a two-dimensional x-ray.

Cone beam CT scans provide a 3-D view of teeth and jaws, soft tissue, bone anatomy, and nerve pathways that we use in various ways:

Plan dental implant placement
Evaluate jaws, sinuses, and nerve pathways
Diagnose TMJ disorder
Detect jaw tumors
Plan root canal treatment

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