MISSING A TOOTH? How about a Dental Implant

Missing a tooth can impact not just your smile but also your overall oral health. Dental implants offer a lasting solution, mimicking the strength, function, and appearance of natural teeth. In this article, Dr. Kriti Bisural, a dental surgeon at Doctor T

WHAT ARE DENTAL IMPLANTS?

Dental implants are a screw like device commonly made up of a titanium that is inserted into a jawbone surgically as a tooth replacement option. They act like a root of your natural teeth, a solid foundation to provide support for artificial teeth like crowns, bridges and dentures. The implant placement may require a few procedures following several months of healing. However once healed, dental implants with proper oral hygiene can last for a lifetime.

WHY DENTAL IMPLANTS?

Dental Implants can be used for a single or multiple (full mouth) teeth replacement.

• Better strength and comfort: Dental implants are embedded into your jawbone just like natural teeth, which aids in proper and easy masticatory function.

• Better oral hygiene: As implants resemble tooth itself it’s easier to maintain hygiene on the implant site with proper brushing and flossing rather on a fixed or removable denture site. Accumulation of germs and bacteria on denture crevices may lead to unhealthy oral cavity.

• Durability: Once embedded on your bones permanently, with proper oral hygiene, implants lasts for a lifetime.

• One time investment: While other fixed or removable dentures do need repair and replacement with time, Implants indeed are investment for a lifetime.

• Better aesthetics: The implant crowns are aesthetically pleasing resembling your natural tooth shade and aids in better speech and a confident smile.

• Aids in bone preservation: As soon as you remove your natural tooth, bone in that site begins to resorb which gradually increases with time leading to movements of adjacent tooth and change in shape of your face and appearance. When implants are drilled in your jawbone, it stabilizes the bone with formation on new ones around it. Thus maintaining the density of your jawbone. 

By Dr. Kriti Bisural, Dental Surgeon, Doctor Teeth Dental Clinic, Sanepa, Lalitpur