Dental Implants - what are they?
A dental implant is a titanium screw, which is surgically placed into the bone where the tooth is missing, providing there is adequate bone to accept one. It effectively acts as a "false root". Dental implants are made of titanium which is very biocompatible and allows the jawbone to heal around it firmly anchoring the implant into the jaw.Dental implants have a metal screw-thread within them which permits other components (called "abutments") to be screwed into the implant body at a later date to support a tooth restoration such as a implant single crown or fixed implant-retained bridgework when more than one tooth is missing.
Dental implants can also be used to secure loose and uncomfortable dentures by the use of implant attachments and are known as implant retained overdentures. There are many different types of overdenture attachments such as Locator abutments, stud, magnetic or bar attachments. These have matching components within the denture which enable the denture to attach to the implants thus making it very stable and comfortable.
A dental implant is a titanium screw, which is surgically placed into the bone where the tooth is missing, providing there is adequate bone to accept one. It effectively acts as a "false root". Dental implants are made of titanium which is very biocompatible and allows the jawbone to heal around it firmly anchoring the implant into the jaw.Dental implants have a metal screw-thread within them which permits other components (called "abutments") to be screwed into the implant body at a later date to support a tooth restoration such as a implant single crown or fixed implant-retained bridgework when more than one tooth is missing.
Dental implants can also be used to secure loose and uncomfortable dentures by the use of implant attachments and are known as implant retained overdentures. There are many different types of overdenture attachments such as Locator abutments, stud, magnetic or bar attachments. These have matching components within the denture which enable the denture to attach to the implants thus making it very stable and comfortable.
