Dental implants are small posts that are attached to your jaw and stand in for the root of a tooth. They fuse to new replacement teeth with a connector, or abutment
This is the most common type of dental implant. It’s shaped like a small screw, cylinder, or blade. It goes in your jawbone and holds one or more replacement teeth, which are also called prosthetic teeth.
This type of implant is placed on or above your jawbone. It’s a metal post that’s put under your gum and sticks through your gum to hold it in place.You may get a subperiosteal implant if you can’t wear regular dentures, you don’t have enough natural jawbone to hold an endosteal implant, or you don’t want to do a bone augmentation procedure to build up the bone.
f you need a full set, or full arch, of top or bottom replacement teeth, your doctor may recommend this option.First, your doctor will put four implants in your available bone. Then they’ll add special abutments that can hold same-day temporary replacement teeth.
You’ll wait about 6 months for your gum tissues to heal and the implants to bond with your natural bone. Your doctor will recommend a special diet to help the healing process.At the end of the 6 months, your doctor will place your permanent replacement teeth in, and you can eat your normal diet again.
Implant retained dentures use dental implants to hold them in place. The implants also hold the force of the bite on the gums. Unlike implant-supported dentures, implant-retained dentures can use mini implants to secure themselves or require fewer implants altogether. They also have a wide range of material options available.
