Interesting facts about dental implant treatment

A missing tooth or teeth easily ruin one’s smile. Worse than that, it can also shatter one’s self confidence. When people lose their teeth they go for an immediate replacement without want to waste any time. Modern dentistry has evolved stunningly in this age and the times. As a result it offers a realistic and lifelong solution to the problem of missing tooth or teeth in form of dental implants.

What is a dental implant?

A dental implant (plural: implants) is basically a small post like structure which is drilled into your jawbone through a surgery. The post is made from a particular variety of metals, like titanium, which are called biocompatible metals. The surgically drilled metal post acts as the root of your replacement tooth or teeth. Biocompatible metals have a speciality; in course of time this metal post fuses with the neighbouring bones and tissues in the mouth and this is how dental implants provide a lifelong and permanent solution to the problem of missing or lost tooth (or teeth) unlike the other conventional treatment options. The metal post becomes a permanent foundation for the replacement tooth.

More about the amazing missing tooth solution

Dental implants are indeed a lifetime solution to missing or lost teeth. Unlike conventional treatment options like dental bridges and dentures the implant post remains firm at its position in the mouth and does not move or shift. Thus it causes no embarrassment while you speak or chew food. According to a Confidental Dental Clinic dentist, who deals with dental implants in London over the years. This modern solution to missing or lost tooth does not require support from the adjacent teeth unlike dentures and bridges.

In easier words this treatment enables you to get a replacement tooth or teeth that look completely natural and cannot be distinguished from the rest of the natural teeth in your mouth in any way. Considering all these facts and factors if you want a permanent solution for your lost or missing teeth contact your dentist now and discuss dental implants.

About the long-lasting procedure

Once the dental implant surgery is over and the implant post gets embedded into your jawbone you have to wait at least three to six months before a dental crown is placed atop the implant post to look and work like the lost tooth. It is important to mention that the crown which is placed atop an implant post can be made from various substances including gold although commonly porcelain crowns are used in most cases.

Why the procedure lasts so long? This is a standard question; after the implant surgery you must recover completely from the surgical wounds and the embedded implant post must be given enough time to start fusing with the nearby bones and tissues in the mouth. These developments require about three to six months at the least and this is the reason why the overall procedure of dental implants treatment is little time consuming.

The implants treatment is effective whether you have lost a single natural tooth or multiple ones. Even people who have lost most of their natural teeth can go for implant supported dentures.

Preferring dental implants over other treatment alternatives

Dental implants are not the only option to sort out the problem of missing tooth or teeth. Modern dentistry offers a number of options in this regard. However none of those treatment options offer you a permanent solution. There will be a need for replacement about every ten years. Moreover you have to court other problems with dentures and dental bridges, explains a dentist who offers affordable and cheap dental implants in London. Let us explore some of those problems in the section below.

Dentures – for example – are not secured into your jawbone and just sit on the gums. Thus those are most likely to move or slip away from the position especially while you are speaking or eating. Dentures need to be relined frequently to ensure they fit properly on your teeth. In addition to that it requires replacement every five to eight years.

Dental bridges are another alternative solution to fill up the gap of your lost teeth. It requires support from the adjacent teeth to fill up the gap on your jaw line. Dental bridge is a natural looking solution to your missing tooth or teeth but is compromises the natural structure of the adjacent teeth. In other words the damage to the natural enamel coating of the tooth is a permanent and irreparable damage which cannot be compensated ever again. In order to support the dentures the adjacent teeth become weak and fragile. However on the positive stride the bridges are more durable than dentures. Bridges usually require a replacement every ten years or so.

Back to dental implants solution

Dental implants perform as standalone application without requiring any support from the adjacent teeth. A dentist who charges reasonable cost for dental implants in London, once it is surgically placed or rather drilled into the jawbone it remains fixed in its place as a permanent solution to your lost or missing teeth or tooth.

After the implant post is surgically placed into your jawbone the natural phenomenon of osseo integration starts taking place. As a result the biocompatible metal present in the implant post starts fusing with the neighbouring tissues and bones in the mouth. This is how gradually but steadily the implant post becomes a part and parcel of your physique or body and functions as the artificial root of the replacement tooth. However this procedure of osseo integration takes about three to six months following the surgery to set in.   

There is no need for you in the meanwhile to move around displaying the gap from the lost tooth or teeth in the mouth. Thus your implant dentist places a temporary replacement tooth or teeth on top of the gap. These temporary solutions look natural enough although these get replaced once you recover completely from the surgery.

Unlock Your Ideal Smile with London’s

 You must possess enough jaw bone to support an implant post. Technically speaking qualifying for dental implant is not as easy as undergoing alternative treatments like dentures and bridges. The cost of dental implants in the UK ranges from £1,500 to £3,000 on average for a single tooth in Sw19 Confidental Dental Clinic, The Wimbledon Dentists. This cost covers the implant, the procedure, crown, abutment, anaesthesia, placement and the post operative medications. The NHS also offers dental implants Sw19 and there the cost is more reasonable ranging from £300 and £500.