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The short answer to this is yes, which is why they provide such a wonderful alternative to the likes of dentures. Whereas dentures need to be messily fixed in place, and taken out each night so they can be cleaned, dental implants are permanently screwed into your mouth and the implant part itself actually fuses with the bone at the jaw in order to ensure that your new, artificial teeth are anchored in place just as securely as the rest of your teeth.

This does, for some people, raise the concern that, if they get a couple of teeth implanted, then all their other teeth fall out naturally, that they may be left with only the teeth which have been implanted and no others. However, implanted teeth can actually protect other teeth from damage by filling in the gaps left by lost teeth and also by facilitating bone growth (for an explanation on this please refer back to one of the other articles).

So, whilst you may lose more teeth as you get older, you can always have more dental implants fitted in the Manchester or London clinics; dental implants are the only way to put a smile on your face permanently.

We might need one dental implant putting in because of a freak accident or because we didn’t really take care of our gums in the way we should when we were younger. Yet, as we get older, the worrying fact that we may start to lose more and more of our smile as a natural result of the ageing process may becomes a very real part of our lives. People don’t want to simply get one dental implant and then lose all their other teeth, only to find out they can’t have the procedure again.

 Well, you needn’t worry; over the course of you lifetime, and provided you have the money to pay for the operations, you can keep getting implants to suit the changing state of your smile as you age. There may ultimately come a time where you have no teeth left and, rather than opt for fiddly dentures, you decide that having a complete set of implants fitted is the best way to allow you to get on with your life. If an implant becomes damaged over time then it can be replaced as well!

This might well burst some people’s bubbles; you may have dreamed of dental implants for years; you’ve probably already booked your train ticket to London or your flight to Poland and now we are about to reveal that you can’t actually have them. Well actually, we are probably not, as there are very few people who are generally not suitable for dental implants and many of them are pretty obvious.

You should not consider dental implants for young children who feel self-conscious during the transition from milk teeth to adult teeth. Implants are a permanent solution and thus this would damage the long-term health of your children’s mouth. Also, people with very bad gums, perhaps diseased gums, who have lost a tooth due to this illness, should be aware that dental implants are not a solution to the problem. They provide an aesthetic façade but the root of the gum degradation needs to be tackled in order to keep hold of the teeth which remain. You should also discuss what specific implants are made of with your dentist to make sure you aren’t allergic to anything.