Depending on the type of problem and patient’s desires, Dr Alex Fibishenko says that dental implants can be considered as an alternative to bridges, partial or full dentures and patch-up dentistry. Dental implants may be used to replace a single missing tooth, a segment of missing teeth or in full set teeth replacement. When replacing a segment of missing teeth, or in total rehabilitation ondental implants, it is not necessary or desirable to place implants for every missing tooth. Instead, a smaller number of dental implants may be used to support an implant bridge that replaces adjacent missing teeth. Some examples are shown below: