Dental implants
Replacing a lost tooth with an artificial root, without altering neighbouring teeth.
The loss of one or more teeth causes a functional imbalance that, over the long term, results in loosening and shifting of neighbouring teeth, as well as one-sided chewing on the side where teeth are not missing, which can lead to joint pain over time.
A dental implant is an artificial root shaped like a screw, which can independently replace a lost tooth without the need to alter adjacent teeth.
Advances in implantology now allow us, in certain cases, to remove the tooth and place the implant immediately, or even to fit a fixed temporary tooth in a single procedure — whether for a single tooth or for the entire mouth.
Surgical stages
An implant is said to be placed in 1 surgical stage when a healing screw, used to shape the gum, is placed immediately at the same time as the implant.
An implant is said to be placed in 2 surgical stages when this healing screw is placed during a second procedure, allowing the implant to heal protected beneath the gum. The implant then remains buried under the gum, before being uncovered during a second procedure after a healing period, at which point a healing screw is placed to guide the gum's healing.
Healing times vary between 2 and 6 months, depending on the quality and quantity of the bone.
A question about this treatment?
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