Implant Options
The All-in-4 Implants For All Your Options
Teeth are lost because of trauma or disease. Trauma may come in the form of an accident or excessive biting forces. Disease is generally tooth decay or periodontal disease (gum disease) but there are other categories such as cancer and various neoplasm's of the jaw that may result in tooth loss. Studies show that more than 50% of the population has one or more missing teeth. Trauma commonly causes the loss of a single front tooth. The effect this has on a persons' well being is absolutely obvious. Sometimes this can be treated just like front teeth but for various reasons it is often more time consuming. Here are some things that you might want to know about the senior dental implant plans.
More often than not the treatment for a single missing back tooth is as follows:
- Extraction of the damaged tooth and grafting of the root sockets. Wait 4 months then.
- Placement of a dental implant to replace the root of the single missing tooth. Wait 4 to 6 months then.
- Placement of an abutment on the dental implant and record taking for the fabrication of a crown to replace the single missing tooth. Wait 3 weeks then.
- Permanent attachment of the support to the low cost dental implants and cementation of the crown to the abutment.
The need for replacing a single missing tooth in the back is often times not as intuitively obvious as the need for replacing a single missing tooth in the front; but it is important. Teeth are very movable. We've all witnessed an Orthodontist putting tension on a tooth with a small rubber band and moving it where ever he wants. Each tooth in the mouth has a position and a purpose. However, the all-on-4 implants happen to a good option no doubt.
