Taking Excellent Care Of Your Smile
Missing teeth not only affect your appearance but also your oral and overall health. They alter your bite pressure and cause the adjacent teeth to move into the spaces left by them, which leads to serious orthodontic issues. Missing teeth also cause a bone recession in the jaw, which alters your physical appearance and makes you look old. Therefore, it becomes essential to replace missing teeth immediately.
Dental implants are titanium roots that are surgically placed in the jawbone to mimic the tooth roots. An abutment attaches these false tooth roots to dental restoration like crowns and bridges. Dental implants provide the best solution to replace missing teeth.
Are You A Good Candidate For Dental Implants?
Dental implants are titanium screws that are surgically positioned in the jawbone below the gums. An abutment attaches the dental implants to crowns or bridges that restore the tooth structure above the gum line. Dental implants have lucrative benefits that make you want to replace your missing teeth but not everybody is a good candidate for dental implants.
To determine whether you are a good candidate to receive dental implant treatment, your dentist will look at a few factors:
Do you have adequate jawbone support?
The success of dental implants heavily relies on your jawbone';s density. In order to be a good candidate for dental implants, you need to have adequate bone height and width. This will be determined using X-rays. In the case of inadequacy, bone grafting will be performed. Bone tissues from a healthy donor area will be transplanted to your jawbone to increase its density.
Are you in good overall health?
The success of dental implants heavily relies on your jawbone';s density. In order to be a good candidate for dental implants, you need to have adequate bone height and width. This will be determined using X-rays. In the case of inadequacy, bone grafting will be performed. Bone tissues from a healthy donor area will be transplanted to your jawbone to increase its density.
Do you have healthy gums?
Healthy gums are essential to support a dental implant. Patients suffering from periodontal disease are not good candidates for dental implants.
Will your lifestyle choices affect the dental implants' success rate negatively?
Your regular habits and lifestyle choices have a great impact on your dental implant’s success rate. Habits like smoking and chewing tobacco-based products have a negative impact on the healing rate and reduce the jawbone bone density. It is recommended that if you want to be a good candidate for dental implants, begin some type of smoking cessation program at least three months prior to implant surgery.