zaterdag 8 oktober 2011

Persons And Dental Implants

By Ethan Morgan


When roots are lost, the teeth can be connected to the gums with the help of dental implants. When it comes to this, the anchors are planted in the jawbone and they are used to hold onto the crowns that will be used as teeth. There are times when the dental implants cannot be lodged into the bone alone and this is where tissues need to be considered hence the need for a CT scan. When it comes to the crown, you are dealing with a fake tooth. When it comes to endosteal implants, these are driven into the bone.

You have to make use of implants if you are working with mock up teeth. In order for mock up teeth to be held in place properly, metal anchors are needed and when it comes to this, you need appropriate dental implant surgery. Achieving results that are somewhat expected can make a big difference when it comes to dental procedures that aim to fix failing teeth and because of this, it is important that an option like dental implant surgery should be taken into account.

Considering that you might have teeth that are ill or failing, the surrounding teeth might get infected and this is what dental implants prevent. Here is where having prosthetic teeth that move side to side is completely unacceptable hence the need for metallic anchors like these. You can achieve remarkable results when dental implants are used and the great thing about these is that they can be used on the teeth that are troubling you and you do not have to have any of the surrounding teeth filed or treated when you use them. When missing teeth are replaced through dental implant procedures, unhealthy teeth will not be altered.

If you plan on using implants for dentures, the effects can speak volumes. The thing about dentures is that you cannot eat just any type of food but this can change with implant usage. When it comes to dental implants, this is the kind of procedure that you have to undergo if you need to have teeth replaced.

A patient will be under local anesthesia for the entire procedure and everything will start with the first incision opening up the jaw bone. It is the implant that the surgeon will embed into the exposed jaw bone. For dental implants that are placed in the bone, these endosteal implants need to be fabricated out of a kind of metal that will not be affected by the surrounding tissues of the oral cavity and this is why titanium is the material of choice when it comes to these anchors. Prior to the stitch work, a cover screw will first be placed on the exposed area of the jaw. Implants that are used on the upper jaw usually come with more extensive healing periods.

The cover screw is only a temporary thing when it comes to implant surgery and so it will be replaced by a crown during the second surgery that will be done. Beautification is the primary purpose of crowns when it comes to these dental implants. It takes a while but sooner than later, you can expect your oral tissues to get used to the fact that you have crowns in your mouth.

Crowns can be used after the soft tissue has completely healed and this normally takes about 8 weeks on average. Here is where the abutments are made to comply with the needs of the patient depending on the implants used. Cement can be utilized or the prosthetic teeth can be screwed onto the abutments in this case. After the first surgery, you will be left to heal and unless everything has healed, procedure 2 will not be started and this patience leads to stable implants in the end. Single step procedures are available as well but these lead to implant outcomes that are less desirable than the multi step procedure.




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