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Dental Implants
Dental implants secure restoration like crowns, dentures or bridges for the replacement of missing teeth. A dental implant is a structure that replaces a missing tooth. With screw-like devices, the surgeon inserts an implant into the jawbone, and it acts as an anchor for an artificial tooth, called a crown. Dental implant also helps to prevent jaw shrinkage and collapse.
- Why Dental implants?
Dental implants are permanent solutions to missing or highly decayed teeth. When you have missing teeth, it prevents you from smiling with confidence. Also when you cannot or do not want to get dentures, bridges or crowns, Dental implants is the good option.
It is important to replace a lost tooth, as the consequences of removing/losing a tooth and it can also grow into a much larger problem if you don’t do anything.
- What kind of consequences?
- Bone loss
- Shifting and drifting of the teeth
- Alteration in the bite as a result of shifting teeth
- Jaw joint problems
- Difficulty in chewing properly
- Additional stress on the remaining teeth
- Advantages of Dental Implants over dentures
- Natural and Comfortable
- Replace loose fitting dentures
- High success rate
- Low risks of cavities
- Decrease sensitivity
- Maintain integrity of tooth structure after bone loss
- Endosteal
- During endosteal implant, surgeon embeds them in the jawbone, and each can hold one or more artificial teeth.
- Subperiosteal
- In this procedure, Subperiosteal implant affixes on top of the jawbone. Generally this option is preferable for patients who don’t have much height to their jawbone.
- Complications during or afterwards Dental implant surgery
- Implant movement
- Infection of the implant
- Sensation in surgical area
- Exposure of Implant above gumline
- How does one care for dental implants?
- If dental implants are properly cared, it can last forever.
- Soft diet for first 2-3 weeks
- Brush and floss twice a day same as your natural teeth
- Regularly visit dentist for oral examination and cleanings
- Practice meticulous oral hygiene