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Two: What is a Dental Implant? | 27 1. WHAT ARE DENTAL IMPLANTS? Lots of people think that a dental implant acts as a replacement for a tooth’s crown (the “white part” of the tooth), that we see all the time, every day. However, this couldn’t be farther from the “root” of the matter. Terrible puns aside, this distinction needs to be made absolutely clear: A DENTAL IMPLANT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR A MISSING TOOTH ROOT... (IT IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR A TOOTH’S CROWN) When people point to their dental work and say, “here is my dental implant,” you are NOT looking