Implant Treatment

What is an implant?

dental implants; It is a titanium screw that imitates the natural tooth root. It is placed on the jawbone, and at the end of the healing period, a porcelain tooth is placed on it. Implants have been used in dentistry since the 1980s. When there is a missing tooth, it has been possible to make porcelain teeth without cutting the teeth in front of and behind the gap area. Many of our patients have gotten rid of removable palate prostheses and have fixed porcelain teeth.

How Is Implant Made?

It is checked whether the patient has healthy gums and suitable jawbone. Implant treatment of the patient who does not have a systemic disability can begin. There is no age limit for the implant. It can also be applied to elderly patients. It is checked whether there is any inflammation in order to perform an implant operation immediately after tooth extraction. Otherwise, the application can be started, but if the opposite is the case, the inflammation is expected to heal.

The implant operation takes about 10-15 minutes. If the patient does not have a special condition, local anesthesia (numbing used in filling) is preferred. The fusion of the jawbone and the screw is completed in 2-4 months. Stitches should be removed 1 week after the operation. Temporary teeth can be made immediately after the implant operation.

What are the advantages?

Bone resorption stops in the implanted area. This is the most important advantage. In fact, having an implant is an investment in the future. Because severe bone resorption is seen in the non-functioning bone. Bone resorption always continues under the bridge body, total and removable prosthetic palates.

While the bridge is being made, the teeth next to the space must be cut. In addition, the teeth are connected to each other in the bridge. When the implant is made, there is no need to cut the healthy teeth and most importantly, the teeth can be made one by one (as natural).

Removable prostheses supported by implant treatment provide the closest function and aesthetics to the natural tooth. Thanks to the implants, the chewing force and retention of the prosthesis increase. The chewing force increases, the digestive problems disappear as the foods will be chewed better. Food tastes better. This feeling is reduced in the palate prosthesis. Nerve tissue forms around the implants, just like in natural teeth. This allows the food to be felt.

What should be considered in implant application?

Implant application has been done very frequently for many years. It has been a routine procedure almost as much as filling. However, implant application should be done with great seriousness and devotion. Because, unlike other applications, it is much more difficult to compensate for mistakes made. The biggest mistake made in implant applications is the wrong planning. The implant may fuse to the jawbone, and the patient may not have any complaints of pain. However, if a mistake is made in the placement of the implants, that is in the planning, it becomes difficult for the patient to eat and even talk. The important thing is not the placement of the implant; it is placed correctly and does its job.

It is very rare for the implant to not fuse to the jawbone. Sterilization rules are kept at the highest level during implant application. Disposable surgical sets should be used. Implant loss usually occurs due to infection. Today, implants are applied in almost every practice. However, the quality of the material used and the knowledge and skill of the physician are much more important. Patients always want to achieve results in a short time with as little intervention as possible. With the developing technology, dentistry applications are getting easier day by day.

Physicians as well as patients want all treatments to be as easy as possible. However, it is much more important to choose the right way, not the easy way, to achieve results, especially in implant applications. We hope that the number of patients who suffer as a result of unconscious implant applications in our country will decrease.

When is a tooth made on an implant?

If fixed porcelain teeth are to be made, waiting for 2-4 months will be sufficient for the fusion of bone and implant (osseointegration). The waiting time depends on the jaw bone quality of the patient. If bone formation techniques were used before, it may take up to 6 months. At the end of the healing process, the physician is visited and the healing cap is placed on the implant. After 3-7 days, the measurement is taken, after the rehearsal session, the porcelain tooth is fixed to the implant. After the impression, the construction of the tooth is completed within 6 working days.