{"id":158,"date":"2017-04-06T06:05:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/?p=158"},"modified":"2017-04-06T06:05:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:05:59","slug":"three-things-you-might-not-know-about-dental-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/three-things-you-might-not-know-about-dental-implants\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things you might not know about dental implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to know your dental treatment before you go ahead is an important way to prepare. When you are considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/dental-implants-guildford.html\">dental implants in Guildford<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/\">Farnham Road Dental Practice<\/a>, we give you all the information you need to feel confident that they will work for you. There are lots of details when it comes to dental implants and we can discuss these with you.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few more interesting things you might like to know. If these lead to even more curiosity about dental implants then you can ask your dentist any questions that you have.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dental-implants-guildford-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dental Implants in Guildford\" width=\"325\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dental-implants-guildford-1.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dental-implants-guildford-1-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/dental-implants-guildford-1-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>They have been around for a long time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dental implants are gaining in popularity. They have also been the subject of a lot of research and technological advancements in the past 50 years. This makes them seem like a modern invention. However, the first evidence of dental implants dates back to around 600 AD and the Mayan people. They used pieces of shell to replace the mandibular teeth at the front of the mouth. Titanium has commonly been used since the 1950s because it is a bio-friendly material that promotes integration of dental implants into the jawbone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can have more than one tooth per implant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can replace as many teeth as you like with dental implants. If you have multiple gaps then you will need more than one tooth to go in them. However, you may not need one implant per tooth. New, prosthetic teeth can be mounted on a denture or bridge and these are held in place by one or more implants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>They become like a part of your body<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dental implants are inserted into the jawbone. One of our dentists will carefully drill small holes in order to place them. The location of the holes will have been worked out carefully, in advance, after a thorough examination and mapping of your mouth. Once the implants are in place, your body will heal around them. This means that they are very secure and become a part of your jaw bone. The stabilisation process means that there is a harmonious relationship between the movement of the jaw and your new teeth. This is one of the qualities that makes dental implants feel so close to normal teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting to know your dental treatment before you go ahead is an important way to prepare. When you are considering dental implants in Guildford with Farnham Road Dental Practice, we give you all the information you need to feel confident that they will work for you. There are lots of details when it comes to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/three-things-you-might-not-know-about-dental-implants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three things you might not know about dental implants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}