A dental Implant is working as an artificial tooth root that gives support and retention to crowns, bridges and dentures.
Dental implant is places inside bone jaw and gets its support through surronding bone structure. Once the bone get solid around implant, which in most cases takes about 5 months, then a connector is attached to it to connect the crown or denture to the implant.
Dental implant is necessary when the natural tooth is missing or extracted due to infection, fracture or extensive cavity. It replacaes the missing tooth to restore the function and the look of natural tooth/ teeth.
With advances in the world of implant, they become a very predictable choice in replacing missing teeth with high sucess rate.