Dental Implants

 

A dental implant is a small titanium screw-like fixture that serves as the replacement for the root portion of a missing natural tooth. The dental implant Thailand is placed in the bone of the upper or lower jaw. After the placement, the implant has to fuse with the bone (titanium is one of the best materials to integrate with natural bone), which can take a couple of weeks. Treatment time will vary depending on your situation. It is possible to get well functioning and aesthetic looking teeth within a few days. In some cases it may be necessary to wait a longer time period before finishing the restoration in order to obtain the best results.

Dental implants can be used to replace a single lost tooth or a number. Implant supported replacement teeth look, feel and function like natural teeth, they preserve the integrity of a facial structure and improve the look and function of a jaw. Once the screw-like fixture is safe, a dentist will screw in an actual dental implant that is made to look and replace natural tooth. 

Basically anyone who is missing one or more of their teeth due to injury, disease, or decay may be a candidate for dental implants. Sometimes if there’s a number of teeth missing dental implants in conjunction with a crown or bridge can replace them. The rule of thumb is that if you’re healthy enough to have a tooth extracted, you’re probably healthy enough to receive dental implants. 

One important factor affecting implant therapy is the density of your jawbone, which can vary in density from very dense (ideal) to very porous or spongy. Less-than-ideal bone dentistry does not necessarily prevent having dental implants, but it will likely affect your treatment plan.

 

Common Implant Restorations

If the restorative treatment involves replacing one tooth, a single implant will be placed. If the restorative treatment involves replacing more than one tooth, more than one implant will be needed, but not necessarily one for each missing tooth. In multiple tooth replacement, the restoration can be attached in various ways:

• Fixed: so only your dentist can removed it. The restoration may be fixed using either cement or screws.
• Removable: using a bar with retentive attachments, such as clips.

 

Single Tooth Replacement

Unlike bridges and dentures, implants more closely mimic natural teeth in appearance, feel and function.

Unlike a conventional three-unit bridge used to replace a single tooth, the healthy adjacent teeth do not have to be modified to support the bridge.

An Implant is placed in bone and covered with a protective cap while it is allowed to heal. Depending on the amount of bone, your clinician may need to do additional procedures to build up the bone.

After healing, when the Implant is securely anchored in the bone, an abutment is attached to the implant. This functions as the core of the replacement tooth, or crown, to blend in with the adjacent teeth. 

The final step is to affix a crown shaped and coloured to match your surrounding teeth. The finished result matches your natural teeth. The entire implant procedure can be completed in as little as two months, with just three office visits

 

Multiple Tooth Replacement

Titanium implants are so strong, and bond with bone so well, that one may not be needed for each tooth replaced.

Your dentist will determine how many implants will be needed in each individual case.

Implants used to support a bridge are placed and allowed to bond in the same manner as a single tooth implant.

After the appropriate healing time, healing abutments are placed on each implant to allow contouring of the tissue.

When the implant is securely anchored in the bone, the healing abutments are removed and final abutments are attached to the implants. These function as the core of the replacement teeth that are attached directly to the implants.

A bridge is designed to be permanently affixed to the implants. As with a single tooth implant, the finished result is as aesthetic as your natural teeth, with the same functionality. There are no unsightly metal hooks or claps.