Dental implants are made of titanium and they are implanted in the jaw bone to replaced missing teeth . Modern dental implants have a very high success rate and behaves like natural teeth.
Picture showing a dental implant
fully integrated with the host bone , a process call Osseintegration
An abutment is than screwed on to the implant.
The abutment is the super structure to hold the final crown
An All Ceramic Crown is than cemented over the implant abutment