Risks of Not Replacing Your Missing Teeth - Dental Implant Professionals

Paulo Pinho27 Jan, 2025Health

The history of dental implants is as rich as it is surprising. The journey begins with the Egyptians around 2500 BC, who used gold ligatures to stabilize wobbly teeth. Fast forward to about 600 AD, and the Mayans took the next bold step—they used pieces of seashell as tooth implants. Radiographs of Mayan skulls from the 1970s showed that these shell implants fused well with the bone, resembling how modern implants work today.