What is dental implants?
Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. Dental implants are placed into the jaw, precisly into the place of the missing tooth.
Dental implants provide a strong foundation for fixed (permanent) or removable replacement teeth that are made to match your natural teeth.
Dental implants give support for crowns, bridges and removable dentures. After healing it can function just like the original tooth, moreover it can take over it’s function.
Dental implant's advantages:
- Dental implants look and feel like your own teeth.
- Dental implants allow you to speak without the worry that your teeth might slip.
- Dental implants eliminate the discomfort of removable dentures.
- Dental implants function like your own teeth, allowing you to eat your favorite foods with confidence and without pain.
- Dental implants can give you back your smile and help you feel better about yourself.
- Dental implants don't require reducing other teeth, as a tooth-supported bridge does. Because nearby teeth are not altered to support the implant, more of your own teeth are left intact, improving your long-term oral health. Individual implants also allow easier access between teeth, improving oral hygiene.
- Dental implants are very durable and will last many years. With good care, many implants last a lifetime.
- Dental implants eliminate the embarrassing inconvenience of removing your dentures, as well as the need for messy adhesives to keep your dentures in place.
Why choose dental implant?
- Single tooth replacement: dental implantation dosen't need to file off the neighbouring healthy teeth when preparing them for bridge work.
- Over 98% of dental implant placement is succesful.
- Dental implant can give you more self-confidence and succes in your interpersonal relationship.
- You can avoid using of removable dentures.
How Successful Are Dental Implants?
Success rates of dental implants vary, depending on where in the jaw the implants are placed but, in general, dental implants have a success rate of up to 98%. With proper care (see below), implants can last a lifetime.
Material of dental implants
Dental implants are made of titanium. Titanium implant doesn’t cause any allergic reaction or any local or general disease. It is 100% biocompatible.
Implant abutment (head of implant) are made of titanium, or zirconium.
Zirconium implant abutment's advantage is: that's more aesthetic, because it has similiar color to the original white tooth. Naturally it is also biocompatible and doesn’t cause any allergic reaction.
Dentists, implantoligists of the Clinic usually use dental implants of Pitt Easy and Nobel Biocare, which are certificated.
Dental implant’s indications
The main indication for dental implant is the lack of teeth.
There are several contraindications:
- uncontrolled diabetes mellitus,
- previous bisphosphonate therapy for ostheoporosis,
- cytostatic therapy for various diseases (cancer, rhemathoid arthritis etc.),
- bleading disorders,
- previous radiotherapy for the jaws or neerby regions.
- serious acute paradontitis
- neglected oral hygiene carious teeth, dental calculi etc.
These problems have to be individually dealt with prior to implant surgery. Dentists need to see the patient, their x-rays before we can give a dental implantation therapy plan.
Steps of implantation
Dental implantation consultation and panorama x-ray, dental planning
Anaesthesia.
Placement of dental implant.
Attaching the dental implant abutment to dental implant.
Controlling x-ray.
