Too many people has lost teeth and find hard to duplicate their function and aesthetic with removable prosthesis. Today, Dental Implants come to offer a nice solution that feel closer to how you are with your natural teeth. Even if you have total denture or partial bridge, Dental Implants can be a good option and a favorable change of the general state of your mouth. There are three main components of the Dental Implants: The Implant, which is the anchor that is placed surgically inside the bone; The Post (?) which is the union between implant and prosthesis; and the artificial individual tooth or complete prosthesis.
Treatment with dental implants are not always an option for everybody. They are placed by and oral surgery and patients need to be healthy, have healthy gums and a bone in good conditions to support the dental implants, though we can place synthetic bone.
How do I know if dental implants are good for me?
If you are considering dental implants, an evaluation from your dentist will help to determine if you are a good candidate for Dental Implants or not. This evaluation include Medical History and Dental with the purpose to obtain information about any medical condition as Diabetes, heart problems or any condition that can interfiere with a normal healting. Please, make sure to explain your dentist about all those allergies that you can have to certain drugs and which one you can take. If it is necessary, your dentist will require some aditional appointment with your doctor. During the dental examination, the dentist will examin your general condition in your mouth, the support bone for your own teeth and the way your superior maxilla and inferior maxilla are related. your dentist may require additional information that can be obtain through specialized x-rays. All this information will help the dentist to determine if you are a good candidate for Dental Implants, what kind of implants you can have in your mouth and which prosthesis is better for your aesthetic and function.
Am I an ideal candidate?
If your answer is affirmative to some of the following questions, you can consider yourself an ideal candidate to be treated with implants. Do you have all your teeth or some of them? Do you have any problems with your removable denture because is uncomfortable, it hurts or it bothers you when you take them out or in in your mouth? Do you feel ok when you smile? Do you have an congenital oral defect due to a trauma or a surgery? How many years since you can't eat an apple? The age is not a factor to become a candidate for implants, but is it recommended not to do it before 15?? 16 years old, until the development of the maxilla is complete. Patients completely edentulous of advance age are the one that will appreciate the most of the implantology. Quantity and quality of the maxilla bones are some of the things your dentist must study.
What do you require to have implants?
Treatments with dental implants may be a little more expensive than conventional treatments. They require a certain order to complete this treatment. First, surgery is realized; this can take a couple of hours and between three to six months will be the time required to allow the bone to grow up around the implant and keep it position. Some Implants require aditional surgery where a post is located over the implant and through the gums. These gums will have to heal for a couple of weeks and it is when the following phase will begin. This phase is the final rehabilitation and consists in adjust the prosthesis or the artificial teeth over the post. This proceeding is a high accuracy and may take up to two months to be completed. Surgery to have dental implants are made in our own wards. These implants can be located with a local anesthesia or low sedation. Normally, after colocation of dental implants, your dentist will prescribe antibiotics and pain pills, and will also ask for a post surgery care and a diet that will follow during healing.
What are the benefits I can obtain with dental implants?
Dental implants provides a natural look and a better stability than removable denture. People can be candidate to have implants when they cannot use conventional prosthesis such as total dentures or cannot use removable bridges.
How should I care of my dental implants?
Possibility of infection in the gums exists even with natural teeth. That is why a good brushing, floosing and regular dental visit to your dentist are essencial to succeed in your treatment. Following all indications, plus conservation of a good health state, will achieve a better prediction for your implants.
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