Why Dental Implants are Best for Replacing Missing Teeth?

Tooth loss can create significant difficulties in the day-to-day routine. For instance, difficulty in chewing, speaking, frequent food lodgements, acidity and heartburn due to incompletely chewed food. Although, there is a considerable increase in public awareness about oral hygiene and the importance of regular dental visits still delay in seeking dental treatment invariably leads to tooth loss. If you have one or more missing teeth in your oral cavity and looking for a permanent and lifelong replacement option, then dental implants should be your first choice!

What is a Dental Implant?

A dental implant is a titanium fixture that is placed within the jaw bone and is allowed to fuse with the bone. The process takes over a few months. It replaces natural teeth by supporting a prosthesis, such as a crown or removable or fixed denture and forms a firm bond with the bone acting as an artificial root to support the crown or dentures.

How Do Dental Implants Work?

The success of dental implants is dependent upon their ability to form a strong union with the surrounding jaw bone. This process is called osseointegration. It creates a firm union between the implant and jaw bone. It helps the implant to support crowns and dentures in a stable manner enabling functional chewing.

Who Should Get an Implant?

In general, any person who has one or more missing natural teeth is a candidate for a dental implant. You should consider getting an implant if you:

• Are looking for a long-term and durable replacement for your missing natural teeth.
• Want comfortable chewing and good esthetics
• Wish to get rid of your inconvenient and uncomfortable dentures.

Why Are Implants Better Than Other Dental Prosthetics?

Dental implants are gaining widespread popularity as the most convenient and durable replacement option for missing teeth. Let’s have a look at why you might prefer them over other tooth replacement options, such as dentures and bridges:

• Gives a long-lasting beautiful smile

Loss of a tooth can ruin your smile. Dental prosthesis supported by implants can give drastic changes to your appearance and smile.

• Durability

If you take proper care of your oral health and adhere to your dentist’s instructions regarding the care of the implants, you can expect dental implants to function for a lifetime.

• Conserves your adjacent natural teeth

Fabrication of teeth bridges, even for the replacement of a single tooth requires reduction of the adjacent teeth as well.

On the other hand, the placement of dental implants does not require any reduction of the adjacent teeth. It thus preserves the natural tooth structure.

• You need not compromise on your favorite foods

After replacing your teeth with dental implants, you can enjoy all of your favorite foods without having the fear of breaking or dislodging your dentures.

• Excellent chewing comfort

Expect some level of chewing efficiency, comfort, convenience and natural feeling as you have with your natural teeth.

Dental Implants Procedure Steps

Dental Implant procedures are conventionally undertaken in 2 stages:

1. Stage 1 involves placement of Dental Implant in jaw bone after analysis of your bone quality and quantity.

2. Stage 2 is undertaken after a gap of 2 to 4 months. This time frame ensures that implants heal and unite within the jaw bone. This stage involves the placement of crown/cap over the implant and this completes the whole procedure.

Check out the following steps involved in the placement of dental implants:

• Extensive clinical examination such as oral cavity photographs, Models, Digital X-rays, CT scan of jaws, and routine blood tests. This ensures that you are a suitable candidate for getting an implant. Moreover, it helps to prepare a treatment plan that is tailored according to your dental needs.
• Integrate the patient’s data with 3D Implant Planning software to help the doctor plan the best implant positioning in the jaw.
• Next, anesthetize the region where the implant is to be placed since implant placement is a surgical procedure. It ensures that you remain comfortable and pain-free throughout the procedure.
• Dental implants are placed in the jaw using a minimally invasive 3 D guided surgical technique with minimum bleeding done under Local Anaesthesia.
• The procedure is entirely painless and you can resume your routine activities from the very next day.
• If a two-step implant placement procedure is planned, a healing abutment is placed over the implant. Alternatively, if immediate implant loading has been planned, a prosthetic is immediately placed over the implant.

Are Dental Implants Safe?

Dental Implants are made from the highest quality medical grade Titanium Alloy which is coated with bone growth-inducing factors. It helps the implant unite with the jaw bone. Dental Implant procedure is as safe as any other routine dental procedure.

How long do Dental Implants Last?

Cumulative Success rate For Dental Implant procedures over a period of 10 years is around 97%. With good care, Dental Implants last lifelong.

1. Establish a routine of meticulous oral hygiene and follow it religiously (Tooth Brushing, Mouth wash, Regular Flossing, Use of Interdental Brushes)
2. Visit the dentist every 6 months
3. There is no medical history of the patient that hampers the successful integration of the dental implant with the bone.

Dental implants are predictable, long lasting, permanent solutions for teeth replacement. It provides comfort as good as your natural teeth. Apart from the scientific advantages of dental implants, one of the other benefits of this treatment is regaining your beautiful smile and self-confidence. 

Patience satisfaction is the hallmark of Dr Navneet Kumar and Dr Palvinder Kaur’s practice. We practice digitally guided implant placements which is the most advanced and superior implant placement technology globally. If you are looking for dental implants in Gurgaon, Imperial Smiles Dental and Implant clinic provides different prosthetic solutions for missing teeth replacements. We have placed hundreds of implants and will be happy to answer any query you may have.

Dr Navneet Kumar and Dr Palvinder Kaur have vast experience in rehabilitation of complete upper and lower arches, single and multiple teeth, implant supported dentures, ALL ON 6/ ALL ON 4 fixed prosthesis.

Looking for implantologist in Gurgaon, schedule your appointment with us.