About Dental Implant

Compared to dentures and bridges, dental implants are stronger and more durable. The solution it offers to tooth loss is permanent. To have maximum effectiveness, implants can be used together with the other procedures in restoring your tooth. Dentures can be stabilized more using implants. This will also lessen gum irritation. More than ever, people give higher consideration to implantation to acquire procedural advancement. But it is still best that your dentist will give the recommendation if you will need such alternative. And even though your dentist dentist need not have a license to perform implant dentistry, prosthodontist are more qualified to perform such complex procedures.

Mini implants are generally used to support dentures that can be removed but were initially designed to provide temporary support as the wounds heal after a treatment for regular dental implants. They are cheaper but proved to be better and thus more favorable with their smaller diameters that allowed instant installation. faster implants mean faster teeth/dentures, allowing patients to leave in a shorter time compared to the several visits required for a regular implant.
They have an o-ring that ,locks the denture in place with a cup installed onto the denture that locks through the o-ring. The whole assembly is small enough to allow the installation of several ones in one sitting thus lessening the treatment period. Traditional implants needed several treatments that required proper healing for them to succeed, any failure in the healing process can lead to failure thus increasing the risk for the patient.

by Chubs

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As a new advancement on treating tooth loss due to gum disease, titanium dental implants coated with protein is the answer. MCG researchers did laboratory tests using protein to implants to direct endogenous stem cells in becoming bone-forming cells. The result was almost a complete regeneration of lost tissue. Around the teeth, the bone-forming cells grew into existing bone and eventually into bone themselves. But, the root of the tooth was destroyed by the replacement bone. That process prevented regeneration of other essential tissues around the tooth. More test to come in the near future to be able to make protein be usable in bone regeneration.

(Source:Science Daily)

There are three types of implants, and they can be described according to their shape and how they are attached to the jaw.

ENDOSSEOUS (en-doss-ee-us)-“within the bone”
These are implants that usually shaped like a screw or cylinder and are made either of metal, metal covered with ceramic, or ceramic material. They are placed within the patients jawbone. There are also blade-shaped implants.
SUBPERIOSTEAL (sub-pear-ee-oss-tee-al)-“on top of the bone”
These are implants consist of a metal framework that attaches on top of the jawbone but underneath the gum tissue.

TRANSOSTEAL (trans-oss-tee-al)-“through the bone”
These are implants that are either a metal pin or a U-shaped frame that passes through the jawbone and the gum tissue, into the mouth.

The dental specialist or general dentist is the one who chooses the type, size, and design of dental implant. This choice is made according to where the implant will be placed, what kind of bone and how much bone is available, and the design of the tooth or teeth that will be supported by the implant(s). Your dentist will be the one to determine which type is best suited to your needs.
(Source:New England Musculoskeletal Institute)

Periodontist: Dentist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the structures that support the teeth

Surgeon: the clinician who places the implant into your jawbone.

Restorative Dentist: Refers to the clinician who fits the replacement teeth.

Prosthesis: artificial tooth or teeth.

Abutment: The piece connecting the implant and allows the replacement tooth to fit on top of the implant.

Edentulous: Without teeth. Patients are fully edentulous when they are missing all of their teeth.

Osseointegration: Biological process where the surrounding bone attaches to the dental implant.

Resorption: Unhealthy bone loss that makes your jawline recede as caused by missing teeth.

Dental implants are the result of the evolution of modern science and technology. To have a successful procedure, there should be a team effort. All the people involve must have a proper communication to follow a certain plan of treatment to deliver the expectation of the patient. When a patient decided to undergo the procedure of dental implant, a team is immediately organized. A thorough examination and consultation between the patient and the team will follow. The work goes on even after the implant and crown have been placed. Follow up check up is important and the progress should be carefully noted. The patient and the team should continue working together to get maximum result.