Dental implants - Getting new and beautiful teeth with artificial dental roots
When you lose your teeth due to caries, periodontitis or an accident, a dental implant can replace them. Dental implants are inserted in the local bone and serve as an artificial dental root. Putting in the implant by a surgical intervention does not cause any pain.
After the healing process, the implant is covered by a superstructure. Depending on the situation, a crown, bridge or other is fitted onto the implant. Feeling, look and function are equivalent with those of your own natural teeth.
Individual solutions with dental implants
The implantology system we use offers the respective solution for each individual situation.
If a single tooth is missing, the gap can be closed with an implant instead of a bridge. By doing so, unnecessary loss of tooth substance when grinding neighbouring teeth can be avoided.
If the back molars are missing, removable partial dentures, so far recommended, are not the only solution. With dental implants, we can insert naturally looking crowns or delicate bridges as a substitute.
If all teeth of a jaw are lacking or, a major part of the teeth, a permanent denture may substitute a prothesis with several dental implants even in these cases. Alternatively, a few dental implants would immensely improve the fit of a removable denture.
For these reasons, dental implants are the best option for keeping your joyful smile.
Implanting teeth: treatment in three steps
In principle, the implanting of teeth is performed in three steps:
- In the first step, the exact position of the future dental implant is being analysed. Gathering all dental findings in an investigation, which is completely without pain, will ensure the optimal positioning of the implant.
- In the second step, a small surgical intervention is required to precisely insert the dental implant in the jawbone, using a drilling template. For an implantologist, this intervention is daily routine and after just one week, filaments can be removed.
- In the third stage, stress is being imposed on the implant. In a few cases, an immediate straining of the implant may be necessary. If an immediate strain is not preferable, it takes from two up to six months for healing, until the implant can be laid open and strained.
If, at the planned position of the implant, the jawbone substance is not sufficient, a preparation phase is required to build up again locally the needed bone substance. This is made either of the body’s own bone substance or a synthetical one.
By using dental implants, the jawbone is strained naturally and a further decay of bone substance is avoided.
