Dental Implant Restoration in Canton

Providing you with a permanent solution to replace missing teeth.

Implant Restorations

Your smile and bite will look and feel natural with dental implants.

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Dr. Jeffery Van Hook can restore dental implants at our Canton, MI office for patients who need to replace missing teeth. His experience and resources allow him to refer you to a trusted oral surgeon in the area for dental implant surgery.

Once you have fully recovered from surgery, Dr. Van Hook can then securely attach a natural-looking restoration to the implants to complete your smile. At The Village Dentist, we have worked with a local dental lab for almost 30 years to create custom, natural-looking restorations. These implant-supported replacement teeth will look and feel like your own original teeth.

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What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are small titanium posts surgically inserted into your jawbone to mimic the natural tooth roots. Over a period of months, they fuse with the bone tissue and create a firm foundation for a dental crown or bridge. Because the implants replace and act like tooth roots, they are the only true permanent solution for replacing missing teeth.

In addition, dental implants draw nutrients to the area and help prevent bone loss from occurring, which benefits your oral health and appearance.

The Importance of Replacing Missing Teeth

When tooth loss occurs, it can negatively affect your ability to chew and speak clearly. If left untreated, missing teeth can cause the remaining teeth to shift and loosen, which can eventually lead to dental misalignment and tooth damage. Eventually, you could lose even more teeth as well as experience additional jaw bone recession.

Addressing tooth loss as soon as it occurs not only helps you avoid problems with eating and speaking, but it can help protect your remaining teeth and your long-term oral health.

The Dental Implant Process

Having your implants restored by an experienced dentist such as Dr. Van Hook will ensure you receive the utmost care and excellent results.

Dr. Van Hook takes great pride in his work and will guide you every step of the way through the dental implant process.

Outpatient Procedure
Dental implant surgery is generally performed as an outpatient procedure with local anesthesia and light sedation by an oral surgeon. Dr. Van Hook does not perform dental implant surgery, but he can refer you to a trusted oral surgeon in the area for dental implant surgery. Once you meet with your oral surgeon and schedule your procedure, your oral surgeon will create one or more openings in your gums and then insert the small posts into your jawbone. The length of your procedure will depend on the number of posts being placed.
Healing

In most cases, the healing period will take about four to six months. Your oral surgeon will monitor you carefully during this time to determine whether you are healing properly. When the posts have fused with your jawbone, a second surgery will be performed to attach the abutments to the implants. These small connectors allow your restoration to be firmly attached.

Some patients require a bone graft or a sinus lift prior to having their implants placed. These procedures will add an additional two to three months to the overall recovery, but will ensure that you have sufficient healthy jawbone structure to support the dental implants.
Impressions and Placement

Once you have fully healed, you will return to Dr. Van Hook. He will take impressions of your mouth for our state-of-the-art dental lab to use in designing your customized restoration. In about one to two weeks, Dr. Van Hook will permanently affix your device to the implants for a beautifully restored smile.