Dentistry News

Dental implants are the only way to replace an entire missing tooth, with all of its parts, including the tooth root. This is important because only if the entire tooth is replaced can the condition of tooth loss be stopped otherwise, if there is no tooth root, the alveolus starts to disintegrate, leading to a loosening of the rest of your teeth as well. But dental implants are not altogether free from negative side effects either. Just recently, an unfavourable aspect has been uncovered, and it’s called peri-implantitis.

A dental implantologist, commonly referred to as an implant dentist is the kind of dentist who has had extensive training in placing, removing and dealing with dental implants. These dentists have taken a specialisation course to move to the field of oral surgery, and within that learn the techniques and the skills necessary to be able to handle dental implants. These are highly specialised people, and need to be able to produce the credentials for their specialisation. Here are the things to look for in an implant dentist.

Patients who wear dentures, either removable ones or ones that are adhered to the mouth, know that life with dentures is not always easy. They can fall out, need to be adjusted from time to time as they tend to become uncomfortable when the shape of the mouth changes, can cause denture sores and be unclean, and cannot stop the loss of remaining teeth. There is a way to get around all of these problems, with a dental implant supported denture.

Dental implants are the only way to properly replace a missing tooth, that is, to replace all and every single part of the tooth. Unfortunately, certain pre-existing medical conditions - almost always chronic health problems - make it impossible, or unadvisable to undergo dental implantation. Some of these are straightforward and can be understood at once: problems of the bones like osteoporosis that make it impossible, or haemophilia, where the blood just keeps coming are in this category. But some conditions are not intuitive at all, and diabetes is one of them. It is unadvisable to get dental implants if you have diabetes. But why?

Dental implants are known as a permanent solution to the problem of tooth loss. They are known to stay good for a decade or so after placement and are the only known method of tooth replacement that stops tooth loss as a condition from getting worse, and replaces every aspect of the tooth, both functionally and aesthetically. But is it really a permanent solution? How will the same dental implant look in twenty years, for example? What can go wrong over time? This article seeks to explain a little about the expected life of dental implants, how long they should last and how to care for them to get the most out of them.