20 Reasons to Choose Dental Implants to Replace Missing Teeth
Posted on: July 8, 2025
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If you’re missing a tooth or multiple teeth, having them replaced with natural-looking prosthetics will restore your smile and your bite, as well as avoiding the health impacts of missing teeth. Dentists offer a range of treatments for replacing teeth, but dental implants are widely recognised as a reliable long-term solution.
A dental implant is the only treatment option that replaces a whole tooth, including the root, offering more stability and a more natural feel than an unsupported bridge or dentures. Read these 20 reasons why to choose dental implants to replace teeth and book a consultation with our Perth dentists to start planning your new smile.
Stability and Functionality
1. Secure and Stable Solution
Dental implants are surgically placed in the jawbone, where they fuse with the bone over time. This gives them extra strength and stability. Your replacement teeth will attach to custom abutments on the implants that hold them securely in place.
2. No Slipping or Movement
For many patients, dentures can shift, come loose, or feel uncomfortable in the mouth however, an implant bridge can stay firmly in place at all times. This can give you peace of mind that your teeth won’t shift when you eat and speak.
3. Chewing Efficiency
Extra support from the jaw increases the biting forces of replacement teeth, making eating with implants feel closer to natural teeth. You can continue to eat all your favourite foods with implants and won’t have to avoid certain food types, as can be the case with dentures or a bridge.
4. Durability
Dental implants are made from titanium and can last for many years when you maintain good oral health and maintenance. A study by the University of Gothenburg of patients with single-tooth implants found that all the implants were still functioning after nearly 40 years.* The prosthetic teeth attached to the implants may need to be replaced after a number of years, depending on their material and how well they are taken care of.
* Sargon Barkarmo, Jan Kowar. Outcome of Single Dental Implants Over 38–40 Years: A Long‐Term Follow‐Up Study. Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, 2025; 27 (1) DOI: 10.1111/cid.13443
5. Bone Health Preservation
Another advantage of replacing teeth roots is that dental implants stimulate new bone growth in the jaw. This helps to maintain the shape and structure of the face, preventing bone loss and the prematurely-aged appearance that can come with missing teeth, which unsupported bridges and dentures can’t remedy.
Aesthetic and Functional Benefits
6. Natural Appearance
As well as feeling natural, an implant bridge or implant-supported dentures will look like real teeth when made by a skilled prosthetist. Your dentist will take impressions of your mouth that will be used to customise the size, shape and colour of your replacement teeth to be a perfect fit and look natural.
7. Willingness to Smile
Missing teeth can leave noticeable gaps in a smile, depending on their position in the mouth. Multiple missing teeth are more obvious and may sometimes impact on speech, all of which can affect a person’s personal and professional life. Replacing missing teeth with natural-looking dental implants can restore a willingness to smile.
8. Avoiding Premature Aging
Without support from tooth roots or implants, the jawbone and other facial structures can start to deteriorate, causing them to shrink over time. Placing implants in the jaw helps to preserve these structures and can help you maintain a more youthful appearance.
9. Improved Speech and Chewing
Missing teeth can sometimes affect chewing and speech. Speaking with dentures can also take time to get used to, and poorly-fitting dentures can cause problems such as slurring or lisping. Dental implants have a shorter adjustment period than dentures because they do not rely on the tongue and gums to help them stay in place. For many patients, they feel more like natural teeth and can help you to chew more efficiently and speak clearer.
10. Emotional Wellness
Regaining your smile can help many people feel more confident in social and professional settings.
Health and Oral Hygiene Advantages
11. Preserves Adjacent Teeth
If you’re having a single tooth or several missing teeth replaced, your implants will be carefully placed and designed to fit seamlessly between your natural teeth. This avoids the need for unnecessary extractions or filing down of adjacent teeth, which is needed to support a conventional dental bridge.
12. Prevents Shifting of Teeth
The teeth support each other. When teeth are lost, the adjacent teeth can start to lean into the gap (known as a bite collapse), leading to a crooked smile or misaligned bite. Replacing missing teeth with implants as soon as possible helps to prevent teeth from shifting and to maintain your smile.
13. Improved Oral Hygiene
Dental implants are easier to keep clean than dentures. Regular cleaning is important for maintaining good oral health and avoiding problems like bad breath, infections, and gum disease, which can cause implants to fail.
14. Better Nutrition
Being able to eat a wider variety of foods with implants can help you to maintain a healthy, nutritional diet. With missing teeth, dentures or a bridge, you are more limited in the types of foods you can comfortably chew, which could impact on your nutrition and lead to deficiencies, digestive issues or other health problems.
15. Gum Health Maintenance
Missing teeth can impact on the gums, sometimes causing them to pull back and recede from the surrounding teeth or making you more prone to gum disease. Teeth replacement, good oral hygiene habits and avoiding smoking can all help you to maintain healthy gums.
Practical and Long-Term Benefits
16. Cost-Effective Over Time
The cost of dental implants can be expensive upfront, but they can be thought of a long-term investment in your smile and your oral health. The implants themselves may last up to 20 years or longer with proper care, while only the implant crown or bridge typically needs to be replaced after 10 to 15 years on average, if the teeth become damaged or wear down.
At Perth Dental Implant Centre, we have partnered with trusted payment plan and dental loan providers to help make dental implant costs more affordable for your circumstances. To discuss our plans or other questions, call our friendly team today on 1300 108 133.
17. Versatility in Treatment
Dental implants are one of the most versatile teeth replacement options for all needs. Implants can replace a single tooth, multiple teeth in a row, or a whole arch of upper or lower teeth. For full-arch replacement, systems such as All-On-4® dental implants can support a whole arch of teeth on just four implants, minimising surgery and its associated costs and risks.
18. High Success Rate
When the treatment is carried out by a qualified and experienced professional, dental implants have a very high success rate. A 2017 study of dental implants placed in 5,200 patients found that 90%–95% were still functioning after 10 years.* Implant failure and complications are more likely to happen if you smoke or have poor oral health.
* Raikar S, Talukdar P, Kumari S, Panda SK, Oommen VM, Prasad A. Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Dental Implants: A Retrospective Study. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2017 Nov-Dec;7(6):351-355. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_380_17. Epub 2017 Dec 29. PMID: 29387619; PMCID: PMC5774056.
19. Minimal Maintenance
Unlike higher-maintenance dentures, which have special daily cleaning requirements, an implant bridge can be cleaned in the same way as natural teeth, except that you shouldn’t use toothpaste. Simple brushing and flossing twice a day can reduce bacteria and odours and help keep your mouth healthy.
20. Daily Life and Oral Health
Dental implants can enhance both the function and appearance of your smile, which many patients find beneficial in their everyday lives. Because prosthetic teeth require a commitment to good oral hygiene and ongoing care, patients may also notice improvements in their oral health—which may contribute to overall wellbeing.
Book an implant consultation in Perth
Dental implants may not be the most suitable choice for everyone, but for their long-term aesthetic, health and functionality benefits, it’s easy to see why they’re widely regarded as a reliable solution for replacing teeth.
If you’re considering dental implants to restore your bite and smile, schedule an initial consultation with our implant team at Perth Dental Implant Centre today. Call us on 1300 108 133 or contact us to find out more.
References
- Raikar S, Talukdar P, Kumari S, Panda SK, Oommen VM, Prasad A. Factors Affecting the Survival Rate of Dental Implants: A Retrospective Study. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2017 Nov-Dec;7(6):351-355. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_380_17. Epub 2017 Dec 29. PMID: 29387619; PMCID: PMC5774056.
- Sargon Barkarmo, Jan Kowar. Outcome of Single Dental Implants Over 38–40 Years: A Long‐Term Follow‐Up Study. Clinical Implant Dentistry and Related Research, 2025; 27 (1) DOI: 10.1111/cid.13443
Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks. Before proceeding, you should seek a second opinion from an appropriately qualified health practitioner. Not everyone is suitable for dental implants. Book a consultation and CBCT scan to find out if dental implants are right for you.
