Dental Implants by Dr. David Wilhite DDS

June 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Your smile is an important aspect of your appearance and a major part of making first impressions.  If you are missing teeth and the vacancies can be seen in your smile, it could affect your confidence and cause you to avoid smiling.  Dr. David Wilhite (http://www.davidwilhitedds.com/) can help revive a smile that is missing teeth with dental implants.  Dental implants are permanent, natural looking tooth replacements that fill the vacancies of your missing teeth to restore your smile.  They are implanted with a relatively simple and painless procedure that is performed by Dr. Wilhite at his Plano, Texas office.  

         Dental implants (http://www.davidwilhitedds.com/dental-services/implant-dentistry.html) are a popular way to replace missing teeth and they consist of two main parts; the implant and the tooth.  The implant is the man-made root that is put in the jawbone to hold the tooth which is custom made to fit over the implant and blend in with the surrounding teeth.  The implant is put in the jawbone first in a comfortable procedure that only requires local anesthetics to eliminate any pain.  The implant must be given a period of about 12 weeks so that it can integrate with the bone and become an accepted part of the body.

After the implant has integrated with the jawbone, the custom tooth or teeth can be added.  The custom teeth are made by the laboratory to blend in with existing teeth and then are fixed onto the implant by Dr. Wilhite.  New implants require a series of follow up appointments to ensure that they are properly integrating and that any needed refinements are completed.

If you feel like the natural beauty of your smile is diminished by visibly missing teeth, you can restore your smile with dental implants.  Dr. Wilhite offers free consultations for patients interested in dental implants to discuss their goals and options for restoring their smile.  During these consultations, he will also discuss available financing and insurance (http://www.davidwilhitedds.com/financing.html) options for an affordable payment plan.  If you are in the Plano, Texas area, talk to Dr. Wilhite about restoring your smile with dental implants so that you can once again smile with confidence.