DENTAL IMPLANTS
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A dental implant is a man-made replacement for natural teeth which allows the person to return to fixed teeth. Dental implants fuse with the jawbone to form a secure foundation for tooth replacements such as crowns, bridges or over dentures.
The dental implants are manufactured from biologically neutral pure Titanium which is proven to be acceptable by the human body and does not cause material-related rejection.
Benefits of dental implants
Improve your smile and enjoy an active lifestyle.
Eat the foods you enjoy as it restores chewing for easy digestion.
Speak with greater ease and confidence.
Restore your facial structure, preserve surrounding bone (replace tooth root).
Expect lifelong replacement for lost tooth.
Oral care same as a natural tooth. |
1. Immediate dental implants
One day implants implants refers to dental implants that are placed immediately at the time
of extraction of a non-infected tooth. These days with the improvement in technology fixed
prosthetics such as crowns or bridges can be placed on the implants immediately after surgery thus leading to the name Immediate dental implant.
Criteria for immediate implant:
Dental implant can be placed at the time of extraction of fractured or decayed tooth. In case
of infection, inflammation at extraction time you we advise at that moment not to place
dental implant. Good bone quality and quantity is required for immediate implants for
success. Single day implants are not applicable to all patients.
Advantage - Short and comfortable treatment time, very less healing time required,
Immediate functional implant tooth.
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2. Conventional dental implants
This dental implant suits most of the cases and needs a predicted time of anywhere between 2 to 6 months for completion of treatment.
Conventional dental implant is done in 2 phases
Phase 1 - Placement of titanium implant post through surgical placement is done. The implant post is then left to heal for 2 months
to integrate with the jaw bone.
Phase 2 - Fixed prosthetics such a crown, fixed bridge or over dentures are constructed and fitted on to the dental implant post.
Conventionally, Implants allows better predictability and dental implant stability permitting good successful case results.
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