Dentist in Crieff, Perthshire

Implants » Dental Implants

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  Dr Bruce McKenzie Strickland
  BDS DipImpDent RCS (Eng)
  GDC NO. 69248

  I worked in a practice in Dundee before purchasing my own practice in 1993. I have been a practice owner and principal dentist since. Over the past 14 years I have focused my CPD in the field of implant dentistry working alongside hospital clinicians in the early days.

  I am passionate about educating and treating patients to enable them to keep their teeth for life, not just patching what has broken but treating the cause of the problem, and restoring patients to dental health. I have made this focus the centre of my practice’s ethos.

• Dental implants offer a permanent solution for your missing teeth. A dental implant is essentially a substitute for a natural root and commonly it is screw or cylinder shaped. Each implant is placed into a socket carefully drilled at the precise location of the intended tooth. Often the implant can be placed at the same time as removal of the tooth, all on the same day.

  If an implant has a screw-thread on its outer surface it can be screwed into position and if it does not, it is usually tapped into place. The main aim during installation of any implant is to achieve immediate close contact with the surrounding bone. This creates an initial stability, which over time is steadily enhanced by further growth of bone into microscopic roughnesses on the implant surface.

  In order to support replacement teeth, dental implants normally have some form of internal screw thread or post space that allows a variety of components to be fitted. Once fitted, these components provide the foundation for long-term support of crowns, bridges or dentures. Click here for illustrated information.

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