Everything you need to know before dental implants

If you lose one or more teeth due to gum disease, severe trauma, decay, you have to replace the lost teeth with fixed dental prostheses, for example, bridges or fixed prostheses based on implants, otherwise you have to use removable prostheses to Replace these teeth.

Since the implant is one of the methods to replace the missing teeth in a fixed way and also does not need to involve other teeth to replace the missing teeth, it has gained many fans today.

Basically, the components of the implant include the abutment base (fixture) and the cover, which is surgically installed in the jaw bone and gums. This surgery is performed with the help of local anesthesia, and after one or two weeks, its possible complications such as pain, inflammation, bleeding, and bruising will disappear by themselves. In the following, we will mention more details about dental implants.

Advantages and benefits of dental implants

You will certainly enjoy the appearance of your smile by replacing the missing tooth with an implant, and this is also effective in increasing our self-confidence. Among other advantages of implant implantation, the following can be mentioned

Improve eating habits
Strengthen oral health
Improve speaking power

Implant installation steps

fixture (base)
Your father
cover (crown)

Usually, the dentist checks the following before any action:

Examining the patient’s medical history
Examination of the patient’s mouth, jaw and teeth
Examining the adjacent teeth, shape, thickness and density of the jaw bone with the help of radiography and CT scan of the jaw bone.

After fixing the possible problem and removing the damaged tooth, if the dentist realizes that the jawbone is not strong enough and thick enough to place the implant, he will proceed with a bone graft because the strengthening of the jawbone can create more suitable bone around the fixture for the implant. It usually takes several months for the transplanted bone to fuse with the jaw bone. After this period of time, the dentist should proceed to install the fixture which is made of titanium metal (which has the least tissue reaction with bone and oral tissue).

First, the surgeon makes an incision in the gum tissue to expose the jaw bone, then with the help of a special tool, he pierces the bone to place the base (fixture) at the appropriate depth, and finally the gum tissue is sutured. There is surgery without the need for incisions and stitches)

The healing process can take several weeks and then an abutment or support is installed. To install abutment, first before molding, if the implant is under the gum, the gum is pushed aside and an artificial screw is closed on the implant to form the gum. This screw should be closed on the implant for about 10 days to two weeks. Then the molding is done and the position of the implant is sent to the laboratory and after that the laboratory sends the abutment and cover to the doctor for installation. Finally, after ensuring the abutment is fixed, the crown (cover) is installed on the abutment.