{"id":1458,"date":"2013-06-10T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T14:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2013-06-10T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-10T16:20:03","slug":"can-anyone-have-dental-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/can-anyone-have-dental-implants-1458","title":{"rendered":"Can Anyone Have Dental Implants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have healthy gums and teeth and sufficient bone then a dental implant\u00a0could be a suitable treatment option to replace your missing teeth.<\/p>\n<p>However, you will require a dental assessment and we recommend you visit a\u00a0dentist who is experienced in placing dental implants and knowledgeable enough to provide you with the best advice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/dental-implants-derby.html\">Dental Implants <\/a>may not be a suitable treatment option for you and your implant dentist may advise against them for\u00a0the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you smoke<\/li>\n<li>If your alcohol consumption\u00a0might\u00a0interfere with healing\u00a0of your gums<\/li>\n<li>If you have an immuno-compromised immune system due to illness or medications<\/li>\n<li>If you clench or grind your teeth\u00a0in your sleep<\/li>\n<li>If you have insufficient bone due to poor gums and periodontal disease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will not know if you have sufficient bone density to support a dental implant without an assessment by your implant dentist. This might involve an x-ray or a CT scan.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have sufficient bone structure, that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t have a dental implant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/dental-implants-derby.html\">replace\u00a0a missing tooth<\/a> . It may still be possible to create new bone with a sinus augmentation (this procedure is often used for upper teeth at the back of the mouth) or to have a bone grafting procedure where bone tissue from elsewhere is grafted into your jaw ; once integrated this can be utilised to support your dental implant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/dental-implants-derby.html\">replace missing teeth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact\u00a0our\u00a0implant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/dentist-in-derby.htm\">dentist in\u00a0Derby<\/a>\u00a0for more information on dental implants and other dental\u00a0treatment for missing teeth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have healthy gums and teeth and sufficient bone then a dental implant\u00a0could be a suitable treatment option to replace your missing teeth. However, you will require a dental assessment and we recommend you visit a\u00a0dentist who is experienced in placing dental implants and knowledgeable enough to provide you with the best advice. Dental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,3,24],"tags":[26,28,36,27],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmetic-dentistry","category-dental-bridge","category-dental-implants","category-missing-teeth","tag-cosmetic-dentistry-2","tag-dental-implants-2","tag-dentist-in-derby-2","tag-missing-teeth-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1550,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions\/1550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cosmeticwhitesmiles.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}