Dental Implant

Dental implants are screws made in various forms from titanium material imitating the natural tooth root structure and placed inside jawbones. They can also be defined as structures enabling restoration for recovering function and aesthetic characteristics in gaps caused by missing teeth in the mouth. Today, it is possible to make a fixed prosthesis to the gap caused by missing teeth thanks to the implant applications without requiring any processes on teeth tissues around the gap. Besides this important situation, it can be applied for providing support to the prosthesis when a moving prosthesis is required in cases which the teeth or tissue support is not sufficient, and thus disadvantages of moving teeth prosthesis frequently seen on non-supported tissues can be minimized.

When dental implant applications can be done?

Completion of development for jawbones is an important parameter for providing an ideal treatment. After completion of the development, application can be done at all ages when suitable conditions are provided for the implant. However, in case of old ages and long period of missing teeth at the related area, thinning is observed at the bone tissue not functioning in the area and problems such as rolling over, elongation, displacement can be seen at neighbouring teeth. These cases may create restrictive impacts for the dental implant application, therefore the treatment should be planned as early as possible and the function of the area should be recovered.

What are the benefits of dental implant applications?

• Dental implants generally eliminate the need of support from neighbouring teeth for prosthesis application and enables protection of healthy teeth tissues.
• It helps planning of a fixed prosthesis in cases that neighbouring teeth are not available to provide the sufficient support around the gap inside the mouth.
• For patients ideally sustaining the routine mouth care, it has an important role in prevention of bone thinning problems those may be encountered due to not functioning in time and for protection of the bone tissue in the area of application.
• Implant applications performed for providing support to moving prosthesis considerably increases the stabilization and helps more comfortable use of the prosthesis. As they imitate the natural form of the teeth, they provide very successful and natural aesthetic results when surrounding tissues are sufficient.

What is the treatment process in dental implant applications?

It is very important to make detailed clinical and radiological examinations during the first planned examination. Various measurements are done with these examinations and level of fulfilment of conditions required for the treatment is assessed. As the result of these assessments, many parameters are taken into consideration for creating a prosthesis design that is suitable for the need and expectations of the patient. After determining the main items of the prosthesis design, the implant position and size is determined to provide the optimum support to the prosthesis through assessments done through three dimensional radiographic images.

In the treatment session, initially the local anaesthetics are applied to the area for a more comfortable process. In this treatment, initially a slot is opened on the jawbone that fits the diameter, length and position characteristics of the selected implant. Dental implant is placed inside this area and then the process is completed by stitching the related area. A control appointment is created after the first treatment session and during this control session, stitches are removed from the area. Under suitable conditions, temporary prosthesis preparation can be done in the same day with the dental implant application. It is very important to wait for the integration process of the implant and the bone for placing permanent prosthesis on implants. Placement of permanent prosthesis on the implant without paying attention to this period, life and strength characteristics of implants are reduced considerably.

During the post-treatment process, daily routines can be done easily immediately after the process. Since the process is performed surgically, minimal edema and pain may be observed after the treatment. It is possible to eliminate these conditions in a very short period by acting according to recommendations of the dentist and regularly using medications prescribed. Planning the control sessions after the treatment is important for extending the life of the process and treating and determining conditions those may damage the treatment at an early period.

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