General Component Parts of A Dental Implant

A dental implant is a titanium screw that is carefully positioned into the jawbone to act as a foundation for supporting artificial teeth, crowns, bridges or dentures.

An implant restoration is thus made up of 3 main parts: 1. Implant Posts: An implant post is a titanium “screw” surgically inserted into the bone of the jaw that act as a replacement root for the missing tooth. Implant posts are normally threaded on its external surface and the internal aspect of the implant is usually a hollow well with screw threads. Titanium is chosen for this purpose because titanium is inert, biocompatible and integrates with the surrounding jaw bone with minimal risk of infection. 2. Abutment : An abutment acts as the “stump” that holds the crown or false tooth that is screwed into the implant posts. 3. Crown : The crown is the visible false tooth of the implant restoration. Crowns on implants resembles a crown on natural tooth in almost every way. Crowns on implants can be porcelain fused to metal crowns or full ceramic crowns.

Types of Dental Implants

There are a variety of dental tooth implants that may be done in replacing single, mulitple, full arch or full mouth missing gaps. Dental teeth implants may be used with crowns, bridges and dentures in replacing missing gaps in teeth.

Single Dental Tooth Implant

Mulitple Dental Tooth Implants

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There are several possible unfavourable consequences from loss of teeth without replacement:

• Drifting of adjacent teeth: when there is a missing gap, opposing teeth may over-erupt adjacent teeth drif into the empty spaces resulting in food trapping and possible decay
• Difficulty of chewing : missing teeth causes issues in chewing that could possibly result in indigestion
• Poor appearance & bone loss: loss of youthful and facial structure appearance due to bone resorption
• Loss of lip support
• Poor speech : difficulty in speaking specially if front teeth is missing

The most common treatment options in replacing missing teeth are :

Now that we know why missing gaps should be replaced, there are several treatment options to restore teeth. These may include conventional dentures or dental bridges. However, one of the most ideal and recommended missing teeth replacement solution is dental implants. There are added benefits of having dental implants replacement as compared to traditional prostheses.

For a single missing tooth or several missing teeth, implants do rely on or taper with healthy adjacent teeth that dental bridges require. As implants act has new tooth roots, there are set into the jaw bone and can take the biting load pressure like a new natural tooth root.

For an endentulous individual, implants-supported dentures provide for better retention compared to conventional dentures. All-on-4 are fixed dentures that allows for immediate function. And implant full bridges are simliar to having a new set of teeth over each individual implant posts.

Benefits of Dental Implants

• provide a longer-term solution
• slow down bone loss and preserve nearby healthy tooth tissue
• looks and feels smiliar to natural teeth
• will not decay, fracture or foster gum disease
• can replace one or a series of lost teeth
• are strong and able to perform the same functions as a natural tooth
• improve confidence and quality of life
• enhances function, such as chewing and biting
• improved appearance

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