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Parts of a Dental Implant: The Implant, Abutment, and Crown(3)

2 September 2011

When people talk about  getting a dental implant, they generally think of getting a brand new tooth in their mouth.  While you do get a new tooth, that tooth is not actually referred to as the dental implant — the dental implant is actually the part that is anchored into your bone and holds onto the [...]

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Why Children and Adolescents Can’t Get Dental Implants

Many teenagers lose their teeth due to various accidents and are unable to save their knocked out teeth by re-implanting them.  In order to minimize bone loss, a dental implant is usually the ideal treatment. An expert in dental implants at my dental school has called dental implants the standard of care when it comes [...]

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