Dental Implant

Dental Implant

Recently updated on November 15th, 2022 at 12:08 pm

WHAT’S IMPLANT (TOOTH PLANTATION)?

Implant is the most close alternative to natural teeth. Implanted tooth would give much better talking and chewing function than the  traditional bridging therapy and dental prosthesis. Implant procedure brings a natural to your face with it. Today people realize that the implant will be the most practiced procedure in the 21st century. When it’s practiced with correct diagnosis, sufficient knowledge, experience and equipment; tooth implant is a procedure that would give successful results in the behalf of both the doctor and the patient. In short, implant is an artificial tooth root made from proper material that would planted in the jaw bone for regaining the function and estetics of missing teeth.

IS THERE ANY VARIETIES OF IMPLANTS?

Yes. After it became the generally used product, several different types of implants has been produced. However the most popular form of implant is the “screw” typed one.

COULD THE IMPLANT BE USED ON EVERY PATIENT?

Implant screws are structured with a certain thickness and wideness; because of that, jaw bone on the decided place for the implant should be deep and wide enough to fit the implant screw. The quality of the existing bone is one of the factors that effects the success of the implant. Also the gums should be healthy before the treatment and throughout of the staying of the implant. There is no age limit for older patients as long as the patient’s in a good health; but this procedure might not be practiced on younger patients that has not completed their bone development yet.

WOULD I FEEL ANY KIND OF PAIN DURING THE PLANTATION OF THE IMPLANT?

If the proper anesthesia procedures has been provided, no. During the operation, both general or local anesthesia can be used by the choice of the patient. Usually the pain that might be felt in the night of the operation can be resolved by basic pain killers. Most of the patients say that the pain of the implant after operation is not worse than the pain that can be felt after a simple tooth pulling. If the procedure would be completed without any complications, you wouldn’t even feel the implant’s presence in your mouth.

COULD THE PROSTETICS CAN BE EMPLACED RIGHT AFTER THE PLANTATION OF THE IMPLANTS?

No. To ensure the implant’s merging with bone (Osteointegration), the pressure on the implants should be minimized during the healing period which consists of three to six months. But your doctor can provide you with a temporary prostetic that suits you and could give you, your functions back.

IS THE HYGIENE OF THE IMPLANTS IMPORTANT?

Yes, it’s very important too. If you consider the fact that the implant is a foreign material in your mouth, it’s hygiene should be just as important as your own teeth, infact it should be even more important as you could understand. Even though cleaning of the implants needs some level of learning, it’s not hard at all but you must give some amount of time to it. The thing that you should not forget is, the regular hygiene of the mouth is the most important factor to ensure the success of this kind of a treatment.

HOW IS THE PLANTING OF THE PROSTETICS ON THE IMPLANTS WORKS?

Prostetics that are going to be planted on the implants can be different from case to case. This means that the prostetics can be the kind that the patients could remove themselves or the kind that only the dentist could remove.

Both of the types have advantages and disadvantages in their behalf, and your dentist would tell the most suited one for you before the beginning of the treatment.

DO I NEED TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL IMPLANT FOR EVERY MISSING TEETH?

No. If you have missing teeth more than one, according the area that the implant is going to be inserted, one implant could be used for two or three teeth.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE IMPLANT SCREW AND THE BONE DOES NOT MERGE (IF OSSEOINTEGRATION WOULD NOT HAPPEN)?

If the correct implant and method was used, this possibility of this happpening is close to none. This kind of a failure would probably come up in the first six months after the surgical operation. If that happens, the implant should be removed by a simple pulling like any other teeth pulling. After the recovery of the said area’s, a new implant can be inserted or one of the classic types of prostetics can be used as well. However, usually if there are more than two implants are in place, a simple re-designing of the prostetics can be enough with the usage of the rest of the implants.

Implant is the most close alternative to natural teeth.

WHAT ARE THE ENCOUNTERED RISKS OF IMPLANT TREATMENT?

There are not extra risks except the usual risks of surgical operations in the mouth or anywhere else. This can show itself as infection and allergies in the early stages, and as inflammation caused by lack of enough oral hygiene after the completion of the prostetics in the latter stages. Especially during the early stage recovery process, the usage of smokes accelerates the risk of an infection.

WHAT KIND OF ADVANTAGES DOES THE IMPLANT TREATMENT OFFERS AND IN WHAT KIND OF CASES?

The patients who have lost all of their teeth in the lower jaw and are using prostetics

These patients are usually complaining about the constant pain and not being able to chew food properly because of the moving of the prostetics. This complaints becomes more and more apparent because of the dissolving of the bone tissue that supports the prostetics. In this kind of patients, the implant treatment removes all of the complaints seen above and also stops the bone loss as well.

 

The patients who have lost all of their teeth in the upper jaw and are using prostetics:

Even though the upper jaw prostetics are much more stable than the lower jaw prostetics, the form of the prostetics closes the palate, and this results in a loss of gustatory sense and makes the person who uses to get nauseous.

 

The patients who have lost some of their teeth in the upper and lower jaws:

These patients’ complaints can be the rather unpleasant look of the prostetics that is holding in place with hooks or it can be the being have to accept the cutting some of the health teeth to have a bridging treatment.

 

The patients who only lost just one tooth:

These patients are have to give up at least two of the neighbouring teeth to restorate only one tooth. Inserting of only one implant can save the neighbouring teeth as well as giving much more functional results.

WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF THE IMPLANT TREATMENT?

  • High price tag
  • Need of a very through and time consuming practices for providing the best oral hygieneS

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE IMPLANT TREATMENT?

  • Better chewing abilitiy – Freedom of eating whatever you desire
  • Better estetic looks
  • Happier social life with the help of the regained self-esteem
  • More healthy and well-balanced diet, because of your ability to eat everything you want

WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ON THE IMPLANT EXAMINATION?

To decide that you are a qualified patient for this treatment, this examination’s being done by expert doctors who are going to do the insertion of the implants, the planting the prostetics and the making the periodical gum care is the best option. During this examination, you are going to be asked about your medical condition and you might be asked to go through a couple of analysis if needed.

In this process, various x-ray analysis and making a model of the mouth might be needed.

DOES ALL THE IMPLANT SURGERIES RESULTS IN SUCCESS?

There are a lot of factors to consider before giving the decision for implant surgery. First of all the patient must be healthy and must have the ability to heal after the procedure. For example, if the patient has secret diabetes, the half recovery situation might cause some complications. If this disease would be developed after the insertion of the implants, this situation could cause complications for the implants in the future too. Plus the patient must be examined, the implant and the implant’s insertion method should be selected with care and with thinking of the patient’s needs. Implants should get special attention from the patient, besides having being inserted and cared by the dentist. If the dentist or the patient could not give enough care to the implants, this can result in some complications. Additionally implant’s success rate can be effected by the patients who smoke or drink a lot of alcohol.

IS OLD AGE AN EFFECTIVE FACTOR ON THE IMPLANT DECISION?

No. Health situation is more important factor than old age. Most of the patients of ages between seventy and eighty have less risk of a surgical complication than younger but unhealthy patients.  Plus older people are most likely to need the implant than the younger ones, because older people probably lost more teeth than them.

IS THERE A RISK OF MY BODY TO REJECT THE IMPLANTS?

Implants are made from materials that won’t give any side effects to any kind of organism and they are the result of many years of intense research. These implants usually contains metals like titanium and similar other materials that were never be a part of any organism. It’s not possible for human body to produce antigen for these materials, not like heart or kidney transplants.

IS THERE A RISK OF CANCER?

There isn’t any finding in the medical literature about implants causing cancer.

COULD THE IMPLANTS BE USED FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES?

Implants generally would not be used for cosmetic purposes. Implant’s purpose is to give support to the prostetic teeth. Prostetic teeth could be used for cosmetic correction, but before starting to treatment, you should tell your expectations to your dentist.

IS THE SUCCESS OF THE IMPLANTS IS GUARANTEED?

It’s not possible to give any guarantees for everything that goes in your mouth and things that are completely in your control. The guarantee of the implant procedures is the same as the guarantee given for any organ transplant or heart surgery.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO PLANT THE IMPLANTS?

This process completely depends on your current situation, your needs and the needed procedures. Only one operation could take about half an hour to couple of hours. Whole treatment can be completed with only one operation or it could take series of operations and appointments. Complete recovery could take months.

This content was recently updated, updated on 7 November 2022 at 07:02 pm

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