Why to Consider Getting Dental Implants
Dental implants don’t have nearly as long a history as dentures. Can you believe that dentures have been around — albeit in some pretty primitive and imaginative forms — since the 7th Century BC? Modern dental implants didn’t emerge until the 1950s in Sweden and only by accident. Dr. Per-Ingvar Brenmark was trying to develop screws for use in surgery on rabbits of all things, but developed a titanium screw that was too good at its job. Once it was in place, it couldn’t be removed. Over the years, that future of titanium was exploited to become the core of today’s available dental implants in Calgary . Once an implant’s titanium post is placed in your jaw, your body accepts that screw as if it were a natural tooth root as opposed to a foriegn object. That triggers a process called osseointegration through which the implant and bone become entirely fused. After a lengthy period of recovery to ensure you’ve healed and that the fusion process is complete, your dentist in McKenzie Towne ...