Implant dentistry

A serious side effect of losing a tooth by extraction, accident, or disease is the potential for bone loss. This can be minimized, or even avoided outright, with a dental implant from Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette IL. The Alveolar Bone The bone surrounding the teeth is called alveolar bone. Its main job…

Sometimes when people lose a back tooth they wonder whether they should bother doing anything about it. After all, the gap doesn’t show when they smile and there are other teeth to do the chewing. Why not leave it be and save some money? Actually, there are several very good reasons to replace a back…

Dental implants might sound like something out of a futuristic book or movie, but at Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette, the future is here. Not everyone has heard about dental implants, so we are using this space to tell you everything – or almost everything, anyway – you ever wanted to know about…

If you’re thinking about replacing one or more missing teeth with a dental implant, you probably have some questions – maybe a lot of them. At Mantis Dentistry & Implant Center in Wilmette we have the answers. One of the most common questions patients have about dental implants is: how long do they last? The…