Something about dental implants

Overview

A dental implant is a device intended to replace one or more missing teeth and their supporting tissues (bone and gums) that would be absorbed, or simply to restore a tooth significantly dilapidated. Next it may or may not be introduced and removed by the patient, the denture is described as a removable or nonremovable. There were also maxillofacial prostheses.

The first quality required of a prosthesis is not to harm the local and general health of the patient. Run a prosthesis is primarily a medical procedure, even if some of the tasks entrusted to technical staff of laboratory technicians. The completion of a dental prosthesis is complex, both in the dental office at the laboratory level. It requires many steps to achieve and maximize the outcome that depends on many compromises anatomical, morphological, and cosmetic techniques.

The removable or fixed prosthesis

The prosthesis called removable or fixed may be either a single crown, which replaces all or part of a decayed tooth or a bridge (bridge) replacing one or more teeth (s) absent (s) by relying on neighboring teeth crowned lose their teeth. The setting is by mechanical interlocking always strengthened and made watertight with saliva by sealing or gluing. This type of implant involves a grinding of teeth are given a form allowing precise fitting and guarantee the desired thickness of alternative materials (metal and / or ceramic). The mutilation is necessary to achieve and even exceed 50% of the volume of the tooth for a sealed restoration (crown) usually used on a tooth more or less ramshackle and limited to a few percent when the condition of the teeth can be used for anchorages dandruff glued.

In some clinical situations, one or more implants can replace the roots natural setting restorations will be ensured by screwing or by sealing a metal stump. The resemblance to natural teeth is often very high but can in some cases be limited by the clinical context.

The maxillofacial prosthesis

The maxillofacial prosthesis is intended to correct congenital malformations or trauma, as well as loss of substance resulting from the excision of tumors of the oral cavity. A deficit in bone of the jaw, accompanied by tooth loss, is usually filled by a denture or partial called "Shutter". A significant change of the mandibular anatomy, accompanied by tooth loss can be corrected by a denture or removable stabilized by implants.