Dental implants are a superior method for tooth replacement. First, by replacing a single tooth, or multiple missing teeth with implants, it is not necessary to gring down the adjacent teeth, as is the case with a fixed bridge. Secondly, when teeth are extracted, you begin to suffer bone loss at the extraction site, but an implant will hold the bone and prevent the jaw bone from disolving away. When a fixed bridge is used, or when nothing is done to replace a missing tooth, the resulting bone loss at the extraction site will eventually effect the adjacent teeth causing them to fail as well. An implant stimulates the bone, preventing bone los