How Dental Implants Became the “Gold Standard” of Tooth Replacements

Before modern dental implants became available for widespread use in the 80’s, civilizations had some…interesting tooth replacement methods. Ancient Mayans carved seashells to be embedded in the gums, for example, while the Chinese experimented with bamboo pegs. Let’s just say that there’s a reason these materials aren’t used today!

Clearly, dental implants have come a long way to be known as the “gold standard” of tooth replacements. A brief overview of how they’ve improved over the years will really drive this point home!