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Dental implants are an integral part of prosthetic dentistry - the aspect of dentistry generally done to replace or restore one or more teeth, because of several reasons namely: dental caries, loss of tooth because of trauma, gum disease and the unsuitability of a root canal treatment. Implants are also as much a part of cosmetic dentistry as they are a component of prosthetic dentistry. Implants are intended to take the place of bridges and dentures and are actually a lifetime answer to tooth loss. A dental implant is a synthetic tooth that is surgically combine into the jawbone. It attaches the underlying bone structure to an artificial tooth.