What is an implant?
An implant is a type of screw placed in the jawbone to complete missing teeth. These screws are made of a tissue-friendly material called titanium. The compatibility of titanium with tissue and bonding to bone is very good. The percentage of causing allergic reactions is very low. After it is placed, it becomes a part of the body and shows maximum endurance.
Implants allow filling the gaps in single tooth deficiencies without the need for cutting adjacent teeth, as well as providing support from these implants in case of complete edentulism, enabling more retaining and comfortable prostheses to be made.
In Which Situations Are Implants Applied? Why Should We Have Implants?
Implant treatment is applied in the absence of a single tooth, multiple tooth deficiencies or even in cases where there is no tooth completely. Thanks to the implants, we have prosthetic teeth that we can use as our own teeth in case of single tooth loss or multiple tooth loss, without applying any treatment to the neighboring teeth. Our completely edentulous patients generally complain that their removable dentures move while speaking and eating. Thanks to implants, patients can have fixed prostheses or implant-supported removable prostheses.
Is an Additional Surgical Procedure Necessary Before or During the Implant Operation?
As a result of the clinical and radiological evaluations of our patients before the operation, bone and soft tissue amounts and augmentation supports are evaluated. As a result of these evaluations, in the light of certain criteria, a decision is made to increase bone and soft tissue before or during the implant operation. In pre-implant increases, implant placement is usually performed after a healing period of 4-6 months.
What are the Factors Affecting Implant Success?
Implant treatment has a high success rate if our patients do not have systemic diseases such as heart, sugar, blood pressure that they are under regular control, if they do not have a history of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and if they do not use cigarettes or alcohol.
What Should You Know About Implant Operation?
Implant treatment is usually a painless procedure performed under local anesthesia. The basis is the placement of the implant, which is a root-like material made of titanium, into the bone in the appropriate position.
When Are Prostheses Made After Implant Operation?
Depending on the bone ratio and quality of the superstructure of the implant, it can be done in the same session as a result of the measurements made with special tools called Osstell during the placement of the implant, or it can be done after the osseointegration process, which varies between 2-4 months, is completed.
What are the Types of Implant Supported Prosthesis?
Implant supported single tooth restorations, bridges, removable dentures and all-on-4 treatments can be performed.
Is Pain Felt During Surgical Procedures?
Surgical procedures in dentistry are generally performed under local anesthesia and patients do not feel pain during the procedure.
What are the Points to Consider After Surgical Procedures?
After the surgical procedures, the anti-bleeding pad bitten to our patients should be thrown away after half an hour and our patients should not spit for 24 hours. Cold pack should be applied externally to the surgical area for the first 24 hours, in the form of two minutes of application and two minutes of rest.
Tooth brushing and mouthwash, which are necessary for oral hygiene, should be started 24 hours after the operation. Medicines prescribed by the physician should be used in accordance with the instructions. Stitches should be removed within 7-10 days.
What is Sinus Lifting? When is it applied?
The maxillary sinuses, which are adjacent to our maxillary teeth, tend to sag downwards when the adjacent teeth are lost. In an implant surgery to be performed in these areas, closed or open sinus lifting, that is, lifting the sinuses, is performed depending on the amount of bone present. In the closed sinus lifting procedure, the implant is placed at the same time. However, depending on the amount of bone in open sinus lifting, it may be necessary to wait 6 months for implant surgery.
What kind of applications can be made instead of the extracted tooth? Why Should I Have an Implant? Is It Necessary to Fill Missing Teeth?
In the selection of the prosthesis to be made after tooth extraction, it is important which tooth or teeth are extracted from the mouth. If there are no teeth left in the back of our jaws after the extraction of our teeth, we can only restore that area with a removable prosthesis. In this case, the only option for our patients who want to use a fixed prosthesis is an implant supported prosthesis. In a patient who has no teeth in his mouth after extraction, removable prosthesis, known as ‘palate’ among the people, is the oldest and still used form of treatment. However, due to the patients’ complaints about the movement and difficulty of using these prostheses, implant supported prostheses called ‘overdenture’, fully fixed prosthesis on implants or in patients with advanced bone loss, ‘All-on-4′ concept treatment is more common in treating patients’ edentulism. has become usable. In the extraction gaps between two teeth, one of the treatment options that is still being done is to cut at least one of the front and back teeth and make a bridge to that area. In this type of treatment, the treatment of our patient’s healthy teeth is the disadvantage of the treatment. In such edentulous cases, placing an implant equal to the number of teeth lost in the extraction cavity or applying a bridge over the implant gives healthier results and protects the adjacent teeth.
We should definitely fill in the place of our missing teeth. An individual who has lost the rearmost molars and molars will begin to experience many systemic problems, especially indigestion, as he will not be able to properly grind and digest the food he eats. Individuals with one-sided tooth deficiency will start to experience joint problems because they will always chew on the same side. In individuals with a space between two teeth, the anterior and posterior teeth are tipped towards the gap, and the tooth opposite the gap is hanging towards the gap. For this reason, the closing relationship of the lower and upper jaws deteriorates and causes many consequences, especially joint problems.
I’m Smoking Can I Have a Dental Implant?
Before starting implant treatment in individuals who smoke close to one pack a day or more, patients should be informed about the negative effects of smoking. In order for the implants placed in the bone to fuse with the bone and the area to heal completely, certain growth factors must reach the implant site through the bone and the surrounding soft tissue through blood. However, smokers may encounter problems in wound healing and fusion of the implant with the bone due to the decrease in this blood supply rate. Especially if bone powders and membranes are used while placing the implant, the issue of smoking becomes even more important. For this reason, implant treatment should be performed in smokers under conditions that will comply with physician recommendations.
Does Implant Cause Allergy? Is It Very Difficult To Apply Implants To The Jaw Bone?
The implant is a product made of titanium, a biocompatible material. For this reason, it is not possible to cause allergies in the human body. However, if an implant is made to an individual with titanium allergy, an allergic reaction may be encountered.
Implant treatment is a procedure performed under local anesthesia where patients do not feel pain or pain during the procedure. Implants that are perfectly compatible with these slots are easily placed into the slots opened with special tools. After the procedure, there is no problem in patients who follow the doctor’s recommendations and use their medications regularly.
When Will My Teeth Be Made After Implant?
The teeth to be placed on the implant after the implant can be made in the same session as the surgery, depending on the patient’s age, bone density, whether an extra procedure is applied for bone augmentation, the structural characteristics of the implant used, and the measurement values made during the surgery, as well as after the recovery period, which varies between 2-6 months, is completed. .
Does the implant fall out? How Long Do Implants Live?
Implant treatment is a treatment option that is applied in the presence of missing teeth and has a very high success rate. In order to avoid failure in implant treatment, it is necessary to work with an expert team, under sterile conditions, with the most accurate method and implant for the case. Depending on the amount and quality of bone evaluated with the x-rays taken from the patients, it should be evaluated whether there is a need for bone augmentation for the case. If bone augmentation is deemed necessary, a decision should be made whether it can be performed at the same time as the implant. If all these evaluations are done correctly, there is almost no failure rate in implant treatment.
Implants placed in place of missing teeth are for life in patients who come to their regular check-ups and pay attention to oral hygiene. Patients should change their teeth, which form the upper structure of their implants, over time.
