IMPLANTS COUNCIL
Losing a tooth and it's all a balance that breaks the effects are multiple :
- Changes in the way you talk or chew
- Progressive displacement of adjacent teeth or antagonists. This can alter the way your teeth mesh (occlusion) and create more constraints on the remaining teeth and jaws
- The teeth that will be moved may be more dif fi cult to do what nettoyer.De, they can more easily to decay or off shoes
- Bone loss will occur at the location of the missing tooth
- Changes in your appearance of your smile, of yourself.
An implant may be the solution for your lost tooth
Nothing can replace your natural teeth, but an implant is the element which approaches in most. This technique is not new but is growing increasingly. A dental implant is an artificial root most frequently titanium which is surgically placed in the upper or lower jaw, where it replaces the root of your tooth manquante.Sur this implant will be attached a crown that will replace the missing tooth. Unlike bridges, the implant does not require that one touches the adjacent teeth of the missing tooth.
Achievement
How the implant is placed depends on the case, the type of implant and tooth replacement.
Some implants require two or three sessions and can not be surmounted by a crown (stocked) after several months of healing.
Others are located in one session and the temporary crown is placed in the same meeting. Your dentist will determine the best solution for each case clinique.La most implants require 2 to 3 sessions :
- Implant placement :The dentist-surgeon places the implant into the jaw. Moderate pain and inflammation can occur after surgery but your dentist will prescribe pain medication. Your dentist may recommend a soft diet during early healing.
- Healing:Whereby a solid implant is the healing time during which the bone grows around the implant : talking osseointegration. Some patients have to wait until the implant is fully integrated, it may take several months, before replacing the tooth with a crown. Other patients in the same meeting the placement of the implant and the crown.
- Replacing your missing tooth :For a single tooth, the dentist will make a crown. It will size, shape, the look and color of your natural teeth.
Do you need an implant ?
Your dentist can help you decide if you need an implant.
An implant is possible if :
- Your overall health is good. A chronic disease like diabetes or leukemia may slow the healing process and lead to failure of the implant.
- The quality of your alveolar bone is good. If your bone is resorbed, the situation is more complicated, but you can still make an implant. Sometimes a bone graft can be performed to improve the implant receiving site.
- You do not smoke. Smoking can be a cause of failure of good oral hygiene implant.Une is important to the success of an implant. You have to please that the site around the implant remains clean. Your surgeon- dentist may recommend you to use interdental brushes and use a mouthwash to prevent the risk of inflammation gingivale.Des regular visits to the dentist surgeon is also important to keep your implant and your natural teeth healthy.