Dental implants are the preferred method to replace missing teeth in many situations. Dental implants can be used in many situations where bridges would have been used in years past. The dental implant is a more conservative method that the use of bridgework that involves adjacent teeth. Dental implants are made of titanium, a metal that is well accepted by the surrounding bone and soft-tissues. We are proud to use dental implants from the leading companies in the implant market, NobelBiocare and Straumann. You can be assured that only the best available products are used in our implant practice. Please take a look at the Links section of our webpage where you can find the websites of dental implant manufacturers that we use. Shown is a dental implant, gold colored abutment on the implant and crown on top of the abutment. These are the three components of the dental implant. This patient lost his front, right central incisor in an accident. The tooth was replaced with a dental implant and restored with a crown This film shows the dental implant which takes the place of the root of the tooth.