Dental implants

The term "dental implant" is commonly used for replacement of a complete tooth, including the crown, but this is somewhat misleading. The dental implant is merely a titanium screw (fixation) that is inserted into the bone and acts as the root of the tooth. Its appearance and finish are specially designed to create a good connection to the bone to ensure good stability. A part protruding above the gum is then attached to the dental implant. These are called pillars, or abutments, and they allow the dentist to make a crown denture. We call these “cemented implants”.

Recently, screwed-on crowns for dental implants have become more popular. The difference is that a finished dental crown, including the abutment, is fixed in the implant and replacing the missing tooth becomes much easier and faster.

Before each implantation, the dentist performs a thorough examination and assesses whether appropriate conditions for implantation are ensured. The exam is a 3D scan using CBCT, which gives the physician accurate information on how it looks in the area. Then the physician plans the implants and creates a price estimate for the patient.

The procedure is performed painlessly in local anesthesia. With a short cut, your physician will expose the bone and prepare a hole for a dental implant using calibrated tools. After careful insertion of the implant, the wound is treated with stitches and let to heal.

In the case of simple implantation, it is a relatively fast and painless procedure without major postoperative problems.

After healing of the wound, the physician exposes the implant and inserts a healing cap that runs over the gum. It gradually shapes the gum around the implant so that the resulting dental crown looks completely natural.

Then an imprint is made to prepare the dental crown in the laboratory and, in the case of a screwed-on implant, attached to the implant with a fixation screw. The hole in the crown is closed with a small white filling, and you can eat and talk freely with your new tooth.

Dental implants provide high quality denture for missing teeth in the long term, but they must be properly cared for. Implants have only very limited ability to withstand external influences on their own teeth. The most common cause of implant loss is an inflammation that spreads along its surface to disturb the connection of the implant with the bone. We designate it as a periimplantitis and is an analogy of the inflammation of the teeth. However, for implants, the process is much faster, so regular checkups and visits to dental hygiene are an essential part of quality care for dental implants.