Dental implants are artificial roots that are placed in the mandibular or maxillary bone, creating a solid base on which restorations of individual teeth can be carried out or on which partial or total prostheses can be placed, functioning in exactly the same way as our own teeth, allowing us to chew, smile and talk as if they were our own teeth.
Despite there being many materials that have been used throughout the history of odontology and medicine, only titanium is currently considered fully satisfactory due to its high mechanical resistance, biocompatibility with the human body and its osseointegration with the bone tissue (biological bonding between the bone and the titanium). In addition, it is the material that best responds over time.
Although age is not a determining factor, it is not recommended for people under 18 years old or until the jaw is fully grown. Elderly edentulate patients are those who will most appreciate the advantages of the implantology.
Another factor to be taken into account is the quantity and quality of your maxillary bone.
Although there are not many, there are some special situations.
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Serious systematic diseases, leukaemia,…
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Patients treated with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, until the end of their treatment.
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Uncontrolled diabetes.
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Psychiatric patients.
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Children or young people until the end of their treatment.
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Patients with osteoporosis, who are taking or have taken bisphosphonates.
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Pregnant women.
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Smokers of 10 – 15 cigarettes per day
No it is not. Treatment with implants requires a small surgical operation but the inconvenience that this may cause will be no more than you would experience having a tooth extracted.
The traditional osseointegration time is 3 or 4 months in the mandible and 4 to 6 months in the maxilla. But if you have good quality bone and good stability we can do what is called "Immediate load", or in other words, the patient leaves with provisional teeth.
In expert hands and due to the concept of osseointegration, the percentage of success we have has in our consultations is 99%.
If an implant fails it is possible to replace it with another one with a larger diameter, solving the problem or using bone grafts.
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