The present & the future – Dental Implants?
A dental implant is a small structure, an artificial tooth root that looks like a screw, which is made of titanium or zirconium and is surgically implanted into the jaw by a qualified doctor to replace the natural tooth. This restores proper chewing function, improves the patient’s aesthetics and appearance as well as speech without problems. Dental implants provide support for artificial teeth, such as crowns, bridges or entire dentures. Replacing one, many or all of the missing teeth with dental implants can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life and health.
When one or more teeth are lost due to injury or disease, the patient is likely to experience complications such as rapid bone loss, speech and language impairment and difficulty chewing resulting in discomfort. Each individual is likely to have a different experience of dental implant surgery. Factors that may affect this include:
1)the number of teeth that need replacing
2)the position of the implants within the jaw
3)the quality and quantity of bone in the jaw
The quality and quantity of bone at the implant site
4) the quality and quantity of tooth structure and the quality and quantity of tooth material in the mouth; 4) the oral and overall health of the individual
factors, additional procedures may be required. These may include: Sinus elevation Placing an implant in the maxillary bone is usually difficult due to the position of the sinuses.
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The implant surgeon can raise the height of the area where the implants will be placed by removing the sinus floor and placing a bone graft with special membranes – a procedure to elevate the sinus floor to allow bone growth to allow the implantation to be successful. Bone grafting Some patients have a bone deficit that prevents enough bone from growing for an implant. In such cases, the implant surgeon may need to perform bone grafting or even tissue regeneration that leads to the regeneration of lost periodontal tissue. The implant surgeon uses autogenous or allograft, xenograft, synthetic or alloplastic grafts or a combination of some of these to repair and regenerate the area.
At the same time, special membranes are used that are placed over the bone grafts and under the gums to create a closed and protected environment. This improves the quality of the jawbone in preparation for dental implant surgery. Dental implant systems are made from materials that follow the International Consensus Standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). These standards detail what makes a material safe. Most dental implant systems are made of titanium or zirconium oxide. Sometimes other materials such as gold alloys, cobalt-based alloys, titanium alloys or ceramic materials are used. In any case, you should trust a qualified medical implant dentist for all these techniques and the placement of your dental implants.
