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What are Dental Implants?
It’s a high quality metal screw that is inserted in the bone, after the healing period ceramic CROWN is placed. It is a revolution for replacing your lost tooth. It is a surgical treatment.
These are alloys of titanium metal which are surgically inserted inside the jaw bone, thereby they take the place of natural roots of your teeth and over it, we fix the artificial tooth.
What is the Importance of Dental Implants?
- Increases your comfort tremendously in a way you feel as if a natural tooth is placed inside the mouth.
- You can enjoy your healthy nutritious food in a much better way when compared to dentures/crown and bridge
- With proper maintenance, your implants can last a lifetime, hence worth an investment.
- They give beautiful and natural looks anytime better than rest all options.


How do we place dental Implants?
The placement of dental implants requires a small surgical procedure involving two main stages
Stage 1 | After the complete examination required investigations such as x-rays are adviced, so that we can get to know the amount of bone present in the site we plan to place the implants.
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Stage 2 | After the healing period, we expose the implant site to fix an abutment over the implant.
(An abutment is a structure over which the artificial tooth is cemented/fixed)
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What Are The Advantages & Disadvantages of Dental Implants?
Advantages
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Appearance- most natural looking
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Conserves facial structure.
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Longevity- 98% success rate.
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Bite strength same as natural tooth.
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Best support & stability.
Disadvantages
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Cost
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Procedure time- healing time for 4-6 months before permanent crowns are given.
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Placement of implant requires presence of proper alveolar bone height.