One of your teeth has been badly damaged and needs to be extracted. Now you will have a gap in your smile and need to replace it. In your research of your options online, you quickly discover that implants are widely considered the gold standard in dentistry. In fact, even 20 years after placement, more than 95 percent of them are still successful! What’s the secret behind this high dental implant success rate? Read on to find out just a few of them.

A few years ago, you got a dental implant, and you’re definitely a fan of this replacement option. It looks and feels pretty much like the rest of your teeth, so you’ve basically forgotten about it since then.

Until one day, it feels loose. Your dental implant is failing.

Will removing a failed implant be an easy process? What can you expect moving forward? Before your dentist can answer this, you need answers to these critical questions.