Dental implants were used at least as early as the ancient Phoenicians. Examples of pure gold tooth replacements from their culture as well as from the Roman Empire have been found in the jaws of mummies and in tombs.

Research began in Sweden 35 years ago and has made dental implants a very predictable procedure.
       

The fact is that people who outlive their teeth suffer in several ways. Besides the obvious loss of a pretty smile, chewing ability and self-confidence, they also suffer loss of jaw support which can cause over closure, pursed lips, deep wrinkles and jaw joint pain.

Of the people who wear dentures:
  31% with partial dentures don't wear them
  29% with full dentures can eat only soft or mashed foods
  80% would rather have their own teeth or some rigid substitute
       

Thanks to new techniques and materials there is an impressive 90+% success rate.
       

It is now possible to imbed in the jaw, through a small incision in the gum, a cylindrical shaped titanium implant. Four to six months later, when the implant has become fixed to bone, tooth supporting fixtures are fasteneed down into the implant cylinder.

There is no movement.

There is no loosening.

The feeling is like you've been given back your natural teeth.