Tooth Replacement Therapy That Mimics Nature implant dentistry is the most advanced therapy available to replace missing teeth. Dental implant restorations generally look, feel and act like natural teeth.
Dental implants may offer you important advantages compared to other treatment options: improved good health and enhanced appearance, which may lead to greater self confidence and a better quality of life.
Improved QualityOf Life
Dental implants are designed to be a long lasting solution for tooth loss and are cared for with brushing and flossing,just like natural teeth. Caring for non-implant tooth replacements can be much less convenient compared to implant-supported teeth. Dental implants also eliminate the need to use messy dental adhesives.
Enhanced Appearance
When a tooth is lost, the surrounding bone begins to shrink away or resorb and becomes increasingly brittle, compromising adjacent teeth and increasing the chance of a changed appearance. Non-implant supported dentures, such as partials or bridges, may actually accelerate this process. Dental implants may help to prevent or slow bone resorption, helping to preserve your natural facial contours.
An Investment In Yourself
Although dental implants may sometimes have a higher initial cost, when all the ongoing expenses of other treatment options are added up, most people would agree that implants are more than worth it!
When you contrast the time investment that dental implant therapy requires versus the repeated office visits required for adjustments, special cleanings and replacements for partials, bridges and dentures, it is easy to imagine how much better life can be with dental implants.
Better health, enhanced appearance, greater self confidence and improved quality of life no wonder dental implants are now recognized as the standard of care for tooth replacement. Always consult with your dentist about treatment options that are best for you.
What Is Implant-Retained Tooth Replacement?
Teeth can be lost for a number of reasons, including cavities, periodontal disease or trauma. Did you know that by age 50, most Americans will have lost an average of 12 teeth? Additionally, the percentage of U.S. citizens aged 65 and older missing all of their natural teeth ranges from 13.9 to 47.9 percent, depending on the state in which they live.
If you are missing your natural teeth, your dentist may recommend dental implants to replace the roots of some of the missing teeth. An implant-retained restoration will be created and placed on the dental implants to rebuild your teeth in a beautiful and natural looking manner. You can remove your teeth for brushing; but, otherwise, these will be secured in place by tiny anchors that only you and your dentist will know are there.
How Can I Benefit From Dental Implants?
Did you know that oral health is a major factor of good general health? Replacing your missing teeth with dental implants and implant-retained teeth may allow you to live your life more fully. When your treatment is complete, you should be able to chew, speak and socialize without experiencing the negative emotions that having missing teeth or hard-to-wear dentures can sometimes cause. Dental implants can also eliminate the need for denture adhesives.
Dental implants and implant-ret
ained teeth will help minimize the amount of bone that will be lost in the areas of missing teeth. Preserving oral bone may help maintain your natural facial contours. Also, replacing your missing teeth may reduce the risk of having poorer nutritional habits often found in patients who do not replace missing teeth.
Am I A Candidate For Dental Implants And Implant-Retained Teeth?
Only your dentist can say for sure, but most patients can be treated with dental implants. Your dentist will want to evaluate you carefully with an examination and x-rays and will make specific recommendations to you about the best treatment to replace your missing teeth. Ask your dentist today for more information on how you might benefit from dental implants and implant-retained teeth.
What Is Multiple Tooth Replacement?
Teeth can be lost for a number of reasons, including cavities, periodontal disease or trauma. Did you know that by age 17, more than 7.3 percent of U.S. children have lost one permanent tooth; and by age 50, Americans have lost an average of 12 teeth?
If you are missing some of your natural teeth, your dentist may recommend dental implants to replace the roots of the missing teeth and implant crowns to rebuild your teeth in a beautiful and natural looking manner. Compared to other treatment options to replace missing teeth, such as bridges and removable partials, implants with implant crowns offer a long-lasting solution for missing teeth and require fewer follow-up office visits.
An implant supported denture is a good alternative to avoid the disconfort of a complete mucosupported denture, this ways you can use the same denture you have but fixed to 2 or 4 implants.
A hybrid bar is another option to replace in a fixed way your missing teeth. You can get in place 4 or 5 dental implants in the lower jaw or 6 in the upper jaw and get a metal bar like this and then received your teeth over this metal plate fixed to your implants.
Dental Implants and Infected Sites
Dental Implants approach is changing constantly and one of the new ways to do dental implants is immediate load dental implants, immediate load refer to make the surgery and immediately put the final restoration or in some cases the provisional restorations can be a better decision just for the aesthetical finish on the soft tissues management. In relationship with infected sites classically we remove the infected tooth make a debridation (remove bacteria and infection) prescribe antibiotics and then put a bone graft to get bone in place and then put and dental implant after 4 to 6 months, some years ago we start to put the dental implant with the second surgical intervention, so we start to put bone graft and dental implant together after the healing of the bacterial infection, but now we are doing just 1 step surgeries and this low the cost for the patient and with more reason in the dental tourism case, because we start with an infected tooth and after just one surgery we finish with a dental implant placement, a bone graft and if the required torque is achieved a final impression and 72 hours later a final restoration. So now we don’t need to wait any longer to get the dental implant and the final restoration in place. (1)
Immediately loaded Dental Implants
Since the advent of immediately loaded implants, patients have experienced shorter treatment times, reduced amount of surgical therapy, preserved gingival esthetics and the comfort and security of fixed prostheses. Practitioners have experienced less expense in the form of chair time and greater patient satisfaction.
CASE DESCRIPTION: This article present two cases in which, at the first clinical visit, they extracted maxillary incisors, placed hydroxyapatite-coated implants, took impressions for final restorations and stabilized the implants immediately with a fixed interim prosthesis. At the second clinical visit, it's placed the final restorations. All of the implants were integrated clinically, and gingival esthetics appeared to have benefited from preservation of papillary form, which was made possible with fixed interim anterior restorations. The patients expressed satisfaction with the results particularly because the treatment was accomplished in two clinical visits.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: The cases presented demonstrate a technique that may be of value to therapists who place immediate-load implants. The long-term effectiveness of immediate-load implants requires further evidence to ensure their long-term usefulness and safety.(2)
Our implant placement technique and rehabilitation is based on this article and other important researches that's why our treatments are very predictable.
References
1. Naves Mde M, Horbylon BZ, Gomes Cde F, Menezes HH, Bataglion C, Magalhães D. Immediate implants placed into infected sockets: a case report with 3-year follow-up. Braz Dent J. 2009;20(3):254-8.
2.Leary JC, Hirayama M. Extraction, immediate-load implants, impressions and final restorations in two patient visits. J Am Dent Assoc. 2003 Jun;134(6):715-20.
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