Probably every second had to face unpleasant operations to remove the teeth. For a long time, prosthetics was used to restore the removed teeth. Today, implants replaced implants. Arguments for the installation of dental implants and against it, there are quite a lot. The main features of this dental innovation will be described in the article.
The main types of dental implants
Implants are artificial structures that are firmly anchored in bone tissue and completely replace a healthy living tooth. The implants are made of a screw, a special head and a ceramic crown.
The basic designs can be divided into two groups: removable and non-removable. The latter are considered to be simpler. Removable structures are distinguished by a special beam installed on the implant, to which dentures are attached. This method is ideal for completely toothless jaw - the installation of several implants with prostheses is more accessible and not less effective.
Today, the best dental implants can be chosen from the following varieties:
- The most popular are root implants. They are installed directly on the bone.
- Plate structures are used when the bone is too thin and there is not enough space for the implant.
- Subperiosteal implants are placed under the periosteum - in the tissue between the gum and bone.
- Basal structures are designed to implant several nearby teeth on a thin bone tissue.
- Implanting implants are put on the gum and look like buttons to which you can attach prostheses.
To find out what kind of dental implants are best suited in this or that case, a specialist should. The procedure of choice is rather complicated, very responsible and depends on both the physiological characteristics of the patient and on his material capabilities.
Installation of dental implants - for and against
The advantages of implantation of teeth are obvious:
- The implant is no different from a healthy living tooth, both externally and functionally.
- When installing the implant, you do not need to file and deform the adjacent teeth, as required by prosthetics. The design of the right size already perfectly fits into the gap between the teeth.
- Another great advantage - the life of dental implants. Different types of structures wear differently, but not earlier than 15-20 years after installation. Many patients wear implants for life.
- Implants do not require special care - they simply need to be cleaned with toothpaste.
Of course, this method has drawbacks, and the main one is a large number of contraindications and complications associated with the operation of installing dental implants. Implantation is contraindicated when:
- pregnancy;
- diabetes;
- chronic rheumatism;
- problems with blood coagulability ;
- oncology;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- insufficient density of bone tissue.
Categorically it is not recommended to put implants to children.
Sometimes patients complain of headache, inflammation and bleeding in the area of surgery. To avoid such complications after the installation of dental implants, it should be done in a good clinic. Thus it is not recommended to save. Unfortunately, the high cost is another of the weighty arguments against the installation of implants.
Patients agreeing to implantation should be prepared for the fact that they will be able to brag of new beautiful teeth not earlier than six months after the first procedure. This amount of time is required for the implant to take root in the body. Prior to this, it is strictly forbidden to place the head and close the structure with a crown.