Implant placement is the optimal solution chosen by many people to restore lost teeth. The method offers many outstanding advantages compared to porcelain bridges and removable dentures. To understand more about implant technology, let’s learn with My Auris through the following article.
What is implant technology?
Dental implantation is a method invented by a Swedish orthodontic surgeon Per-Ingvar Brånemark in 1952. Until now, this method is increasingly popular and improved in dentistry to optimally restore lost teeth.
The implant is designed to resemble real teeth, has a screw shape, and is made from titanium. The doctor will place the implant into the jawbone at the position of the missing tooth to replace the lost real tooth root. Implants are benign, safe, and highly biocompatible, so they do not cause allergies or harm oral health. After a few months, the implant will firmly integrate with the jawbone, and the doctor will restore a porcelain crown to replace the tooth crown on the post through the Abutment joint.
Advantages and disadvantages of implant technology
Implant technology is modern and increasingly improved to suit the diverse needs and conditions of each person.
Advantages of implants
The structure of dental implants is similar to real teeth, so when restoring the jaw, it brings many outstanding advantages:
- High aesthetics: dental implants fill missing teeth gaps, helping to bring confidence and a more perfect smile in communication and daily life. Furthermore, teeth have the same structure as real teeth, so they look natural and are difficult to detect as fake teeth.
- Restore chewing ability significantly: chewing force will be restored to 98-99% of the chewing force of real teeth. This number is almost absolute, so it helps people with dental implants eat and chew comfortably, without needing to abstain too much like porcelain bridges or removable dentures.
- Fixed teeth, no discomfort: after dental implants, teeth exist fixedly and stably on the jaw like real teeth without loosening, receding gums or falling out.
- Easy to clean: because the dental implant is fixed on the jaw, it is very easy to clean, including: brushing teeth, using dental floss, water flosser, etc. Furthermore, there is no need to disassemble it every time you clean it. This also helps protect oral health and prevent the onset of dental diseases.
- Prevent jaw bone loss: when teeth are lost, the jaw bone at that location disappears due to less chewing action. Jaw bone loss will cause the face to become deformed, age, and look old before its time. Jaw bone loss is a dangerous complication of tooth loss. Accordingly, implant technology helps replace real tooth roots, preventing this situation that porcelain bridges and removable dentures cannot.
- Does not affect other teeth: independent dental implant method without invasion or effect on neighboring real teeth. Furthermore, there is no tooth grinding effect like porcelain bridges or metal hooks to fix dentures, thus helping to protect real teeth to the maximum.
- Long-term use, durable: compared to other dental implant methods, dental implants can be used for a long time, even permanently. Through research as well as actual surveys of people who have dental implants, after dental implants, the average lifespan is 10-20 years, and can be used for a longer period of time, possibly a lifetime if properly and thoroughly cared for and cleaned.
Disadvantages of implant placement
In general, dental implants bring many advantages and benefits, there is nothing to talk about. However, because of this, the cost of dental implants is much higher than other dental implant methods.
Furthermore, dental implant technology requires meticulousness and is performed by a highly qualified, experienced doctor who has performed many successful implant cases. Not only that, successful implantation also requires modern and advanced equipment, machinery and tools to support.
Therefore, when performing dental implants, customers should pay attention to this point and choose a reputable, quality dentistry.
Suitable cases for implementing dental implant technology
Not only do dental implants possess many outstanding advantages, but dental implants Many people choose restoration because it is suitable for many cases such as:
- Congenitally missing a tooth
- Tooth that is damaged or severely decayed needs to be removed: it can be 1 tooth or many teeth
- The upper and lower teeth are optimally restored
- Full jaw tooth loss
Process of implementing implant technology
Implantation requires meticulousness, accurate implementation and must comply with standard procedures:
Step 1: General examination and consultation
The doctor will conduct a general health examination and check first when performing implant placement. If the customer has a disease or the jaw bone is not eligible for implants, we will advise on an appropriate treatment regimen. In addition, the doctor also advises on porcelain crowns and implant types suitable to needs, lost tooth sockets and economic conditions.
Step 2: Treatment
Once the customer has agreed to the regimen and treatment plan, the doctor will conduct pathological treatment or perform bone grafting before implant placement.
Step 3: Implantation
The doctor cleans the teeth thoroughly, then anesthetizes the area to be implanted so that there is no possibility of pain, as well as helping the person with the dental implant feel more comfortable during the procedure.
The doctor places the implant into the jawbone, then inserts the Abutment screw to extend the tooth root and takes a sample of the porcelain tooth to send to the lab. While waiting for the implant to be integrated as well as for ease of chewing and aesthetics, the doctor will temporarily attach a porcelain crown.
Step 4: Install the fixed ceramic crown
After the jaw bone integrates with the implant firmly, the doctor will install the ceramic crown on the implant through the Abutment joint.
Step 5: schedule a follow-up appointment
Hopefully the information in the article about implant technology helps people better understand this technology and technique. For successful and safe implant placement, choose a reputable dentist with guaranteed quality. If you are still worried, please contact My Auris Dental immediately for advice and to schedule an examination as soon as possible.
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