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Dental Implants
Dental Implants make all the difference!
Dental implants are a life-changing and lasting solution for missing teeth. The greatest benefit of dental implants is that they look and feel like natural teeth. Unlike other tooth-replacement procedures, implants allow you to eat, talk and laugh with confidence.
Not only do they replace the missing teeth, but the dental implants also preserve the supporting bone, making them the preferred choice over fixed bridges or removable dentures.
Implants preserve the integrity of the facial structure by preventing the bone resorption that would normally occur with the loss of teeth. This is particularly important when all of the teeth are missing, as the lower one-third of the face would collapse if implants were not placed to help preserve the bone!
How do Dental Implants work?
Dental Implants are permanent restorations that are indistinguishable
from natural teeth. Each implant has an artificial tooth root that is implanted
into the jaw bone. Once fused with the bone, dental implants provide stable foundation
to which a denture, porcelain dental crowns, can be firmly attached.
Dental Implants can be like your third set of teeth. Best of all, they never get decay or need a root canal! So, whether to replace one missing tooth or to stabilize a loose partial or complete denture, dental implants are the strongest and the healthiest way to replace missing teeth. Most of all, dental implants can help stop bone atrophy, facial collapse and premature aging.
Excellence in Dental Implants
Dr. Larry Lu is highly trained in implant dentistry with many years of clinical experience. He was taught by many world-renown clinicians when he graduated from Implant Seminars and California Dental Implant Institute as well as from University of Southern California dental implant training program. As the only dentist in Canada to be awarded Fellowship and Mastership from both the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI) and American Dental Implant Association (ADIA), Dr. Larry Lu has the surgical and prosthodontic training necessary to undertake more complex treatment plans, maintain better control, improve case management during treatment, and optimize function, comfort, and beauty with greater predictability. He offers the latest and most advanced treatments with dental implants to residents in Metro-Vancouver area.
