A dental implant refers to a titanium post, which is fixed using surgery into your jawbone and merges with your bone structure to offer support for dentures, crowns or bridges. A complete row of dental implants can be used to produce a full dental reconstruction. Well, there are quite several dentists who focus on fixing dental implants.

Now, it is thought to be the sole method that helps keep up the strength and stability of your jawbone and makes possible an exclusive restoration without causing any damage to the surrounding muscular tooth tissues.

The procedure

Fixing dental implants calls for the abilities of a veteran dental surgeon. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you conduct a reference check of the dentist who offers dental implants and his knowledge in this area. Usually, dental implants are fixed under IV sedation and administration of local anaesthesia, but in some instances, general anaesthesia may be needed. At Battersea Smiles, we only offer single implants. We refer all complex and multiple implant cases to Mint Dental in Elephant and Castle.

Now, the gum where the dental implant will be fixed is cut and raised, and a tiny perforation in the jawbone is drilled using a specific drill. Then, a titanium implant is firmly inserted into this perforation, and after that, the gum is sutured back into place over the dental implant. If there is not enough bone material to lodge the dental implant, then a bone graft is called for, or, on the other hand, the  dentist may employ slightly smaller mini dental implants.

The dental implants heal and fuse with the neighbouring jawbone in the following six months. All through this period, patients can carry on sporting dentures. Six months later, the gum is raised again, and then a post is fixed to the dental implant and a provisional crown. After four to six weeks, when the adjoining gum tissue has strengthened, the last long-term restoration can be fixed to the dental implant.

Dental implants, which have a life span of around twenty years, offer a firm, long-lasting answer in cases of missing teeth.