Implantology

Replacement of missing teeth using titanium screws and following a surgical protocol to ensure clinical success. Successful implants is the best replacement option for missing teeth.

If teeth which cannot be saved are extracted then they have to be replaced at the earliest possible to maintain esthetic and functional harmony.

Until now removable partial dentures or fixed bridges were the only options available. But lately we have the option of using dental implants on patients who are otherwise healthy.

We are now entering the era of using Implants to replace the missing teeth.

Implants are titanium screws placed in the bone where a normal tooth would be and thus replaces the missing tooth in the best possible way. Once placed in the bone the screw fuses with the bone or becomes a part of the bone in about three months and is then capped with a ceramic crown ready to take the load of a normal tooth.

Implant retained dentures is the best option in patients opting for complete dentures. These dentures stay in place very firmly.

 

There are advantages to dental implants as opposed to crowns or bridge. An implant to replace a single tooth avoids the need to cut down the teeth either side for crowns to support a bridge. Normal dentures often mean you can’t eat or speak well, due to the dentures moving about. But teeth attached to an implant don’t cause this problem