Dental implant is also called fixture or end osseous implant. It is a surgery in which a surgical component is involving that interfere with the jaw or skull to support crown, bridge and denture. These are called dental prosthesis.
Introduction
We can say that dental implant is a safe surgery performed by dentist or dental surgeons but there are some difficult surgeries too which are usually managed by some experts or specialist surgeons.
Now day’s experts are more inclined towards a procedure which is known as Osseo integration. This is modern biological dental implant process.
The material that is used to join bone to bone is called titanium. The first step is implant fixture and in next step dental prosthetic is added. This process need large amount of time to heal before any dental prosthetic is attached to the implant. Its healing depends upon the health of the patient.
Structure and compositions of dental implant
A standard 13 mm root it is a pen like structure, and this is a form of dental implant. There is another dental implant which is long lasting. This is known as zygomatic implant. The most important thing to be known is that it secures the cheek bone.
Patient who doesn’t have adequate bone in maxilla use this well. There is also a smaller diameter dental implant which is a single piece or requires less bone.
There is also a brace required dental implant that has been placed beside teeth. There is ceramic implant which is also known as zirconia-based implant. This only exist as one piece or two piece which is either cemented or screwed.
There are many dental implants that typically consist of titanium screw with the rough or smooth surface.
How dental implant is done
Dental implant surgery would work for that patient who have one or more teeth missing, have full reached jawbone, do not smoke, do not have health issues and are willing to undergo this several month-long process without any hesitation.
If patient satisfies all the conditions, then further procedure is started. The procedure of dental implant has many steps like removal of damaged tooth, grafting, placement of dental implant, healing process, abutment placement and artificial tooth replacement.
This process takes a few months to be finished. The time taking process is healing and it depends upon the procedure and health of the patient.
Grafting should be needed if the jawbone is not thick enough. After the dental implant, while chewing it exerts pressure on the bone and if bone does not support the implant it might fail.
There are many bone grafts like natural bone graft or synthetic bone graft. Doctor will suggest which one would be good for the patient.
After grafting the next step would be placement of dental implant. In this step, the surgeon will cut the gum and with the help of drill, dental implant will be put into the required area. After the placement of dental implant patient would wait for the bone growth, Osseo integration begins after this.
This process takes a few months to make a solid ground for the new artificial teeth.
After the whole process the important step is choosing the artificial teeth. Teeth must have these qualities of being removable and fixed. This is the whole procedure which should be done for the dental implant. [1]
Long lasting dental implants
Dental implant is just like natural teeth. It will help in the buildup of self-confidence and self-esteem in the patient. Many people that have teeth space can smile with the pride with the help of new dental implant. Moreover, it will help in eating properly too.
The dental implant will stay intact for about twenty-five years or more than that. But it will stay more than twenty-five years if you will take good care of dental implant. Everyone can take care of their dental implant by following this simple care routine.
- Daily flossing, brushing and visit of dentist after 6 months.
- Avoid chewing extra hard things.
- Dental implant process should be taken up by the skillful dentist.
- Healthy diet and healthy routine will also help in long lasting dental implant.
About ninety five percent of dental implant success rates is measured worldwide based on good procedure, technique or surgical instruments as well.
Failure rate of dental implant worldwide
Failure of dental implant rate is very low worldwide. The rate is normally five to ten percent. The success rate is more than the failure rate. There are very few people who experience failure in dental implant. There are many reasons for dental implant failure but the rate is too low if we compare it with the success rate. The main reason of failure in dental implant includes.
- Lack of communication between specialist and general dentist.
- Lack of education about dental implants
- Placing of implant too early.
- Overloading of dental implant.
- Inadequate bone density.
- Lack of experience in specialists.
There are so many reasons for the failure which are still to be determined. But if we take care of their reasons it should be successful. If patient do more interaction with their dentist or specialist it will be more helpful and lead to the success.
Cost for dental implant
The average dental implant can cost approximately four thousand to five thousand dollars. It depends upon the surgery and the dental implant you are using. But if any case requires special dental surgeon or have any complication, it will cost up to one thousand and twelve hundred dollars extra. But it totally depends upon the case.
For the small size dental implants, they cost cheap like one thousand to two thousand dollars. The clinical life span for these dental implants should be twenty to thirty years. There is different cost rate for dental implants which are based upon the specialty of surgeon or the severity of the case.[2]
[1] https://www.aaid-implant.org/dental-implant/what-are-dental-implant/
[2] http://www.medicinenet.com/dental_implants/article.htm
