A patient who has had to live with one or more missing teeth can have the joy of the restoration of a more youthful and attractive appearance by visiting a dental implant dentist in Lakeview area for a consultation about getting dental implants. Dental implants may be covered by dental insurance, too, because they are more than a cosmetic procedure.
When a patient has missing teeth, then their other teeth aren’t held in place by the surrounding teeth any more, and they start to shift toward any open gaps. When the teeth shift that way, that creates wider gaps between all the teeth. The teeth also provide more substance within the jaw bone, and when they’re gone, the jaw bone itself can actually begin to deteriorate. That’s why dentists want patients to keep their own teeth for a lifetime, if they can.
A dental implant dentist won’t necessarily have to sedate a patient in order to fit them with implants, unless the patient is particularly anxious. Patients may understandably be concerned about the dentist having to cut into their gums during the procedure, and about excessive bleeding. However, the drilling can be done very precisely without making open cuts into the gums.
The dentist is able to be so precise with placement thanks to creating a prosthesis of the teeth first, and then using a computer program and radiography to mark the prosthesis for exactly where the implants will be placed. The CT scan will show the doctor where the nerves and blood vessels are, as well as the sinus cavity, so that the doctor can avoid these areas when doing the procedure. The dentist is able do the procedure with low-speed drilling to further reduce trauma to the tissues.
The dentist will also create a surgical guide that allows him to make a master cast of what the mouth will look like once the new implants are in place. He makes a temporary, bridge that he affixes to the implants after they’re put in, so that the patient leaves the office with a fixed bridge already in place. If any of the implants fails in the future, the bridge can be removed, the implant replaced, and the bridge put back in, saving the patient the cost of paying for a new bridge. For more information visit at Family Dental Care.
