What is the Dental Implant?

Dental implant is artificial tooth root which is placed in jawbone in place of absent tooth or teeth. For this , an appropriate material is used ( titanium). When comparing the general crowning , bridge and plate prothesis, it is more functional and safety treatment.

What are the advantages?

First of all, implant is more comfortable, safer and harder treatment. Teeth on the implant have similar apperance with original as natural and esthetics. Moreover it is very long life comparing the general prothesis implementation. Some of advantages are to chew better, eat whatever you want so ,be nourished more healthy and balanced, to be happier and sefl-confidence in social life.

In the implant treatment, we do not operate the neighbour teeth. In the patient who lost all teeth in lower jaw and have a prothesis, continuous ache and bad chewing problems and osteolysis are stopped with implant treaqtment.

In the patient who lost the teeth in maxilla and have a prothesis, they can not taste because prothesis covered the denture and have nausea. With the implant, they are recovered from such complaints. So implant treatment has psychological advantage besides physiological advantages.

Is Implant a long-lasting treatment?

First studies about implant has started in 1800’s. From that time until now, this treatment has come to the perfect point. Now there are implant application during 35-40 years. If the required maintenance is done, implants can be used lifetime. Some factors , which are to use appropriate implant for patient, method of placement of the implant, general health situation of the patient, daily maintenance of the implant, using cigarettes and alcohol, are important. Depend on all, the success percent is 90-100. In the success of the implant, the patient has a lot of responsibilities. You can get the more detailed information frıom your dentist.

To Whom can Implant be applied?

There are some diseases implant can be damaging. ( hearth diseases, blood-clotting problems, rheumatic diseases, diabetes, using cortisone drugs for a long time). In addition, if the patient does not complete bone development (for boys until 18 age, for girls until 16-17 age ), implant is not applied. Otherwise, there is no upper limit age. Moreover, implant screws has certain width and thickness. So, in the place of implant application, jawbone has to have required width and thickness. The quality of present bone is very important.

What is the treatment period and what are the stages?

After the local anaesthesia, the operation, which takes max 1 hour depending on the bone and teeth structure, is done. During the treatment, there is not any ache or pain. A special screw, which is made by titanium, is placed to the place of implant application. After this stage, take out the stitches a week later. If the implant is placed on the front area, temporary prothesis or bridge is fixed. After operation, there can be an ache like ache after the tooth extraction. This ache can also be recovered by simple pain killer. In order to the adaptation of the implant to the jaw bone, it is need to wait a few months. After this stage, in the last stage, the permanent prothesis is placed onto the implant.

What are the possible risks in the implant treatment?

There are not more risks in the implant treatment than in the surgical operation inside of the mouth. They can be infection in the early period, allergy in some situation or inflammation if the mouth is not cleared well after prothesis. Especially, in early stage to smoke can increase the risk of infection.

Is Implant Treatment Expensive?

We can not say that it is an expensive treatment if we consider the result and the usage period( lifelong). But this point can change depending on the income statute of the patient.
Some factors effects the assessment of the cost. For example this treatment needs expertise, all used materials are very technologic so the usage period is very long. In addition, the other factors are the number of implant and oral condition of the patient. So the precise price can be defined after the consultation. The main point is that the patients who had implants are very satisfied.