Dental Implants: More Than A Beautiful Smile

By Author: Dr Hiten Pabari
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Cosmetic dentistry can improve a patient's appearance, providing a boost to the patient's self-esteem. However, it is not all about creating a beautiful smile. This field of dentistry can actually improve biting and chewing, the first steps in the digestive process.

Dental implants provide a more satisfactory solution to lost teeth than do dentures and bridges. Dentures are less efficient at chewing food and present comfort, bone-loss, and oral hygiene challenges. Dental bridges' involve the grinding down of adjacent supporting teeth and over time can become visible appliances. On the other hand, dental implants present a more natural appearance and function.

Essentially, a dental implant replaces a damaged or missing root. It is surgically implanted in the patient's jawbone. The gum tissue is then sutured over the implant to allow the healing to take place. Titanium is the material of choice because of its strength and its lower incidence of rejection by the body's immune system. Once the bone has grown around the titanium implant and becomes incorporated into it, a process known as osseointegration, the gum is ...
... lifted and a temporary healing cap is attached to the implant. Once the gum has grown and matured around the surgical site four to six weeks later, the final touches are performed on the new tooth.

The surgical aspects of this cosmetic dentistry procedure are done under local anaesthesia, minimising discomfort. During the initial healing phase after the insertion of the dental implants, the patient is fitted with a temporary bridge or crown to facilitate eating and to fill gaps in the smile.

As with other areas of cosmetic dentistry, it is very important to choose a specialist with in-depth experience. A bone-density scan of the jaw needs to be done to establish the health of the supporting tissue that will receive the implant. Finding and treating any existing gum disease is also vital before treatment can begin. Every mouth is as individual as a fingerprint, and having a clear idea of the exact shape and structure of its tissues and structure are very important for a successful outcome.

However, not every patient and not every teeth with require an Implant. Dental implants can take the form of augmentation surgery to repair supporting bone through grafting or through the application of a tissue-stimulating protein to help damaged and disease gums repair themselves. Additionally, if bone loss has occurred in the jaw, tooth sockets may be built up using bone grafts and allowed to heal before dental implants are inserted.

For those patients who wear dentures and have difficulties keeping them in pace without using an adhesive, denture stabilisation, a variety of dental implant, can be a solution. Essentially, a denture stabilisation functions as a root replacement that provides support to the dentures and eliminates slipping. The result is better and more efficient chewing, which in turns encourages a denture wearer to eat a more varied and healthy diet than before. Speech is also improved through stabilisation.

Any of the above cosmetic dentistry procedures does much more than boost a patient's self-esteem. Having better, healthier teeth - perhaps better than the ones the patient was born with - enhance overall health and well-being.

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