DENTAL IMPLANTS

What is a dental implant: it is a titanium structure, with a shape that resembles a screw, which is inserted through a surgical access, into the maxillary bones to replace the root of one or more missing teeth.

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This "new root" will then offer the anchorage for one or more teeth that are completely similar to the natural ones.


This ability is allowed by a biological principle, discovered in the 50s and now fundamental in implantology, called "osseointegration": the bone cells are in other words able to form an extremely rigid bond with the titanium surface of the implant.

Is the insertion of a dental implant painful?

No. In implantology, effective local anesthesia is used before surgery, so that no disturbance is felt while inserting implants.
Any mild disturbance after surgery can be well managed through common painkillers.

 

What advantage does it involve recourse to implants to replace missing teeth?

In the case of partial edentulism (lack of a tooth or a group of teeth), making use of implant insertions allows us to avoid preparation of the teeth surrounding the area to be treated, otherwise necessary in the case, for example, of a bridge fixed performed on two elements to compensate for the lack of a single tooth.

edentulia parziale
sostituzione denti

Further conditions in which implant placement can be advantageous are partial edentulous situations consisting of the lack of several teeth simultaneously on one or more sides of the arches: it is thus possible to avoid partial prostheses that are too large or not sufficiently satisfactory.

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In cases of complete edentulism (arches completely devoid of dental elements), the insertion of an adequate number of implants can again provide a chewing capacity and comfort very similar to those of arches made up of natural teeth.

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edentulia fine inervento

What duration do dental implants have?

Implantology interventions have a high success rate and studies have been performed that have demonstrated their functionality for periods of more than 35 years. Treatment based on implants inserted in our patients begins in 1994: 20 years later the implants inserted are still fully functional.

What is the basis for the long-term success of implant-based treatment?

  • Basically on four factors:
  • Undertake treatment in total absence of periodontitis or only after having obtained a complete cure of periodontal disease.
  • Stop or greatly reduce smoking.
  • Imparting and applying correct oral hygiene maneuvers over time in not accumulating plaque on the surfaces of the implant structures.
  • Organize, by the surgery, and respect, by the patient, a specific recall program for professional hygiene sessions aimed at maintaining the implant-prosthetic treatment performed.
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