Dental Implants
Dental Implants
You can now replace missing teeth with dental implants and restore their smile and function. Owing to the latest advancements in diagnosis and computerized treatment planning, implant restorations have become highly predictable with a close to 100% success rate!
A dental implant is a tooth “root” like device, made of titanium, and placed within bone and used to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth. Dental Implants are the closest natural way to replace missing teeth.
Once placed within the jawbone, it is accepted and integrates with bone so that the same can be adequately loaded, to withstand the chewing forces in the mouth. Therefore the procedure of restoration of teeth using Dental Implants involves a two-stage treatment; Surgical Implant Placement, and then Restoration, using a crown, bridge or denture, after a 2-3 months period.
However now a days, depending on the situation, more often than not, the implants can be placed immediately after tooth extraction and in some cases even immediately loaded with the crown.
Indications: Missing teeth, Broken teeth, To stabilize, loose & ill-fitting dentures.
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