If you are missing one or multiple teeth, you are a candidate for a dental implant. There are other options to replace a missing tooth, wearing a partial or complete denture with a tooth (teeth) on it or getting a dental bridge, which requires the cutting into and damaging of neighboring teeth in order to build a replacement tooth.nnHowever, those are more short-term solutions that may also cause more negative consequences, like increased tooth decay, compared to dental implants. Dental implants, by contrast, are the most long-term solution that won’t damage adjacent teeth and help patients feel like they never lost any teeth.