If you are currently wearing dentures or a removable bridge, there are consequences to not having natural or implanted teeth in your jawbone. One of the problems associated with the loss of teeth is the bone pulling back. This is because the bone that teeth are rooted in, alveolar bone, existed for the sake of supporting teeth. When teeth are removed the bone doesn't have a reason to exist, and will withdraw. Consequently your dentures or removable bridges will rarely fit correctly and cause discomfort and clicking noises when you speak.

There are other consequences to tooth loss. Dental implants can prevent most of those complications from taking place.

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There are three types of commonly used dental implants:

• The Endosseous Implants
  When people think of implants, this is the type they have in mind. An Endosseous implant requires adequate alveolar bone for ideal placement and restorability. The bone is prepared atraumatically using tiny drills and the implant is screwed into place.
• Transosseous Implants
  The Transosseous implant is not used as much today as it once was because it requires an operating room and general anesthesia for its placement.  It is used exclusively on toothless ridges for persons who cannot otherwise retain a lower denture.  This implant is inserted from underneath the lower jawbone (in the area of the chin) through two holes drilled completely through the bone.   The flat plate at the bottom is actually screwed to the underside of the chinbone. The two long pins on either side stick up through the lower gums. A number of different types of attachments can be placed on these pins in order to attach the lower denture. 
• Subperiosteal Implants
  Subperiosteal implants have had a successful track record even before the discovery of  osseointegration.  These implants are very stable due to the fact that they wrap around the lateral borders of the bone of the lower jaw and are held securely in place by the attachments of the gum tissue.