Dental Implant treatments have transformed the lives of people who have lost some or all of their teeth over time causing issues with confidence due to the inability to eat, talk smile without worry. Previously the only solutions were either dental bridges which are suitable more limited situation’s and have their own inherent advantages and disadvantages or removable dentures. The history of dental implants now dates back over a half a century to the first pioneering work by Dr Branemark.
We understand that missing teeth and gaps in your smile can be very embarrassing and really affect your confidence. However, with dental implants you can get your confidence and smile back. Many people have experienced tooth loss – whether it be a single tooth that is lost or multiple teeth.
Dental implant dentists can replace the single failing teeth that are missing or broken, whether this is just about to happen or it has been missing for a while but it’s affecting your smile. The restored teeth implants looking and feeling just like a natural tooth avoiding the issues of tooth preparation procedures for crowns and bridges or the artificial feel and discomfort or partial dentures, allowing you to eat whatever you like without compromise.
It can be as advanced as you missing all of your teeth and having a loose full denture plate that you would like to get rid of completely and have good looking fixed teeth to enable you to confidently eat and chew anything you would like when you’re out eating in company, smiling, talking without any movement or wobbly teeth at all.
When teeth are lost your jawbone actually shrinks away, and from scientific research we know that wearing removable dentures accelerates this bone loss process. This in turn affects the muscle tone to the face reducing bone support for the lips and cheeks.
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Dental Implants can be used to help and secure loose dentures. The majority of denture wearers suffer discomfort as a result of loose or ill-fitting dentures. If the problems are severe this can lead to withdrawal from social engagements as a result of wearing dentures. Successful placement of dental implants addresses and solves all of these social and practical problems.
Advanced denture solutions with the latest new denture stabilisation techniques are the perfect way to provide greater denture security. Once the implants are in place they again act like a tooth root in the bone, allowing a denture to be securely attached, often with an audible CLICK as the denture is seated.
Dental implants solutions are the equivalent of titanium screw/s which replaces the root of a tooth when it is placed into the jaw bone. The number of implants required for a treatment plan is dependent on each persons’ individual situation with regards which tooth/ teeth are missing.
One dental implant is required to replace a single tooth, though in certain circumstances at the front of the mouth it can be used to support two teeth on a bridge. Two implants are always required to support three teeth and possibly four, again totally depending on the overall situation in the mouth with regards to which teeth are involved and the bone available.
Between four and six dental implants are needed to replace a set of twelve teeth per jaw commonly planned and performed as a single implant surgery, this has become commonly known as the All-on-4™ dental implant technique developed by Nobel Biocare for a very specific treatment process but now become synonymous with any dental implant procedure replacing a full set of teeth in a jaw.
A ‘Full Arch Tooth Replacement’ which has gradually become synonymous with the name All-on-4 dental implants, the name is given to the replacement of a large number of missing teeth or all teeth in either the upper and lower jaws. Opting for dental implants if you have no natural teeth at all will ensure that your replacement teeth look and feel natural, will function like natural teeth when you are eating and talking without having to take them out at night.
As a result, these full arch dental implant procedures are fixed permanently in place so that the only one who knows you have dental implants is you. It is very important to replace missing teeth to not only preserve the functionality of your mouth, but also to allow you to chew food easily. If you are missing most or all of your teeth, there is a chance your cheeks may begin to sag inwards and make you appear older than you are.
Complete denture replacement- no need to remove a denture after meals or at night time. The full arch of teeth can be cared for and cleaned just like natural teeth. The full arch of teeth fits the natural contours of your mouth, improving facial structure and preventing sagging or hollow cheeks.
Replacement teeth that feel like a full set of natural teeth increasing self confidence and quality of life. With no compromise on taste as the full arch of upper teeth does not cover the roof of your mouth. Your ability to bite is greatly increased so you can enjoy the foods you previously could not. Choose from a wider choice of food with a more varied diet for healthier living. Promotes a healthy jawbone by preventing further bone loss.
All-on-4â„¢ dental implant techniques continue to advance at a rapid rate year on year with new techniques/ materials and digital planning and CT scan imaging now available, all helping to improve success rates and avoid more invasive bone augmentation (grafting) procedures. At Azure Dental we have invested in our own CT scanner in the practice, to enable us to digitally plan cases and provide the very best and latest treatment plan options to our patients.
Advanced dental implant treatments are also now available to place full jaw fixed teeth in people who have very limited bone availability. Even people who have previously been advised that they are not suitable for dental implants in the past can be helped and treated without the need for extensive bone grafting improving the speed and costs of dental implant therapy.
Very few clinicians are able to provide the advanced surgery required to perform the latest developments in implantology known as pterygoid and zygomatic implants. We are lucky at Azure Dental to have the services of Dr Amit Mistry who is one of the few surgeons in the UK to be able to place these implants in patients who need this type of work undertaking.
If you have any concerns or issues with regards to missing teeth, loose teeth or dentures and are looking at the potential solution of dental implant treatment then please-
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If you have any concerns or issues with regards to missing teeth, loose teeth or dentures
and are looking at the potential solution of dental implant treatment then please get in touch.
If you have any concerns or issues with regards to missing teeth, loose teeth or dentures
and are looking at the potential solution of dental implant treatment then please get in touch.
Implants are a very predictable treatment option. They have good long term success rates but require regular care and maintenance to ensure they remain healthy for as long as possible.
Implants are generally placed under local anaesthetic. Once numb treatment is carried out with the very minimum of discomfort.
No, your dentist will show you how to clean any hard to reach areas around the implant. But you’ll mostly clean them as you would your normal teeth.
Dental implants are designed to provide a long term solution to your gap(s). They require less frequent replacement than other solutions such as dentures or bridgework, making them an overall cost-effective solution to replace a missing tooth (teeth).
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