More people are choosing dental implants.

More people are choosing to have dental implants fitted rather than having a bridge, it has been claimed.

Indian Express reported as people lose teeth to gum disease, tooth decay or simply through an accident, the number of those willing to have dental implants fitted is on the rise.

The publication revealed it can take up to three months for the implant to fully fuse with the patient’s jaw bone, but once completed, the procedure can provide a more permanent and aesthetically pleasing solution to replacing a missing tooth.

Elsewhere, Sreenivas Koka, chair of the Mayo Clinic Department of Dental Specialties, noted the procedure to fit a dental implant is fairly straightforward, as the dentist will simply make an incision in the gums and screw the implant directly into the jaw bone.

Ms Koka commented: “If you are missing a single tooth, this allows you to leave the other teeth around it alone.”