A Complete Guide to Dental Implant Restorations

Summers are just round the corner and all the enjoyments and parties are going to take place soon. The cameras are going to come out and you never know when they capture you! Are you afraid to smile before a camera just because you have a missing tooth? Are you afraid to miss out on all those tasty treats that others are going to indulge in?

No need to live with this shame and pain of missing your teeth. You can have them replaced and restored and that too permanently. No need to wear the slippery dentures and the bothersome dental bridges. Just choose the Dental Implant Restorations and enjoy a new smile, a new life!

Types of Dental Implant Restorations:

Dental implants are extremely useful and permanent solutions to missing teeth. The implants are basically small screw like titanium poles that are installed right into the jawbone, through a surgical process. The screw integrates with the jawbone over time and it is firmly placed into the bone, encouraging the bone growth, surrounding the implants. When this is done, the dentist will place the crown on top of the titanium screw, with the help of an abutment.

There are different kinds of dental implants and benefits associated with them. In case of a single missing tooth, the already mentioned procedure will follow. However, if you have more than one tooth missing and if the individual implants are not an option for you, you can go for a permanent implant-based dental bridge.

The implant-supported dental bridge is a permanent solution to replace a number of missing teeth in a row. Moreover, if you have lost all your teeth in either jaw, the implant-supported dentures or the implant-retained dentures will ensure that a completely new set of dental restorations can replace your missing teeth.

Both the implant-supported dentures and the implant-retained dentures are removable devices and can replace the complete set of teeth in either jaw. What makes them different from regular dentures is that these dentures are secured into the mouth, with the help of a ball socket.

Sometimes a bar and clasp system is also used. This ensures that the dentures are fixed firmly and they would not slip off the mouth and there will be no need to use creams and adhesives to hold the traditional dentures in place.

Restoring Dental implants:

When you go for the Dental Implant Restorations, the dentists will at first diagnose your dental condition, the number of teeth you have lost, jawbone density in your mouth and then he will determine the right type of treatment for you. While starting the surgical procedure of installing the implants, the dentist will numb the mouth, so that you do not feel any discomfort during the surgery.

He will then place the implants in the proper positions in proper angles so that they can support the crowns and restorations and help you to enjoy the replacement like natural teeth.

Then the dentist will ask you to wait for a recovery period, within which the implants will get integrated into the jawbone. Till this time, a temporary tooth cover is given by the dentist. You will be asked to revisit the dentist after a certain period of time.

If the dentist finds that the recovery is complete, he will then place the custom-made restorations on top. The restorations or the crowns are customs made with high-quality industry-standard dental material and they match the shape and size and the shade of the natural tooth that the patient had lost.

Benefits of Dental Implant:

Dental implants are far superior to any other traditional dental restoration method. They can last for a lifetime if you are careful about them. The comfort and convenience that these permanent solutions can offer are never present in the traditional dentures and dental bridges. More than their longevity, what matters is their ability to treat all kinds of chewing disabilities.

Moreover, dental implants can ensure that there is no damage to the jawbone. If you leave the space of tooth gap of the lost or missing tooth empty, the pressure from the next existing neighbouring tooth will expand the gap and also force the jawbone to dissolve. Thus, the jawbone structure and the facial structure start to change, leading to facial ageing. Hence, dental implants can effectively prevent the jawbone from shrinking.