3 of the Latest Innovations in Dental Implant Technology

Modern dental implants have been in use for about 50 years, but people have been replacing their missing teeth with some type of implant for much longer than that. In fact, the earliest known form of dental implants was used by the Mayans as far back as 600 A.D. Ancient skulls were discovered with carved stones placed into the jawbone to simulate the roots of lost teeth, much like today’s dental implants in Edison. However, modern implants are much more precise and complex. Here are three of the latest innovations that have given today’s dental implants such a high success rate.