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A dental implant is a permanent tooth replacement consisting of a titanium screw, serving as an artificial root, placed into the jaw bone. Through osseointegration, the titanium fuses with surrounding bone; a zirconium or porcelain crown is then attached on top.

Wherever possible, the natural tooth should be preserved. Root canal therapy is the most effective way to save a tooth; while an implant is a good alternative, your own tooth always comes first.

Yes. At Mosdent all sedation procedures are performed under the supervision of an anaesthesiologist with full monitoring; patient safety is managed to the highest standards. For scale: across 3,742,068 office-based dental procedures under deep sedation or general anaesthesia in Ontario from 1996 to 2015, there were 3 deaths.

What patients call zirconium crowns are zirconia, a metal-free ceramic, giving them light transmission close to a natural tooth. Porcelain crowns may be all-ceramic or porcelain-fused-to-metal; porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns are durable but have lower translucence and may occasionally show a dark metal margin at the gum over time. The numbers: monolithic zirconia records 96.8% five-year survival as a single crown and layered zirconia 97.3%.

A systematic review of 24 studies reported that most authors found the shade stable for 1 to 2.5 years, with relapse more frequent in heavily discoloured teeth (PubMed 37273018). Limiting coffee, tea and red wine and having an annual review help keep the result at the upper end of that range.