IMPLANTS
You can loose teeth because of caries, periodontitis (bone infection), fractures and accidents. This often leads to an inadequate bite or could disturb you esthetically. For those who lost too many posterior teeth the solution were only dentures earlier. To cover gaps between teeth, bridges were invented to attach a fake tooth between the remaining teeth. These treatments were functional but not optimal. Dentures are not fixed to the gums and healthy teeth are treated to create the bridges. However, when implants were developed, dentists applied the same technique for replacing missing teeth, which was a great success. Now we can treat patients with missing teeth without treating the surrounding teeth, and the fake teeth are fixed to the bone.
Implants are made of tissue friendly metal or ceramic. The detailed appearance varies but all look like different screws. They are actually screwed into the bone very carefully. After a healing period and a successful bone integration, we build a crown or a bridge on top. It will feel and look as your own teeth.
In most cases the healing is successful. What impairs the healing process are smoking, bad oral hygiene and unfortunately different systemic diseases like diabetes. Still the treatment is very good, the prognosis for a healthy, nonsmoking person is more than 99%.
When you have been treated with implants you still need to manage a good oral hygiene. The risk for caries in the neighboring teeth and risk of infection in the surrounding bone, which leads to loss of implant, will always be there. The better you clean the teeth, the longer you will keep your own and the fake ones.
There exists a variety of different implant systems. At ZahnCity we work with many different. Do you have implants from earlier treatments by another dentist but wish to change the crown or bridge in our clinic we will gladly help you.
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