All About Los Angeles Dental Implants

By Audrey McGuire


If you have missing teeth and have gaps in your smile then it is more than likely that you could be suffering from clicking and slipping when talking, pain and irritation while chewing, as well as looking older that just about everybody around you. This makes you a perfect candidate for Los Angeles dental implants as alternatives to the missing teeth. Installation of an implant results in you having natural looking teeth that work and feel as your very own.

The health of the teeth is a blessing that many individuals take for granted. The loss of a single or a couple of teeth has a major effect on many individuals' confidence, enjoyment of favorite meals as well as smiles. The implant is a piece of technology that takes you closer to achieving a tooth replacements that is as secure as your very own.

Installing an implant involves a number of steps at the end of which you will achieve that camera quality smile and look you are going for. Your orthodontist, dentist, will have to first and foremost carry out a thorough inspection of your current dental situation by examining your mouth and teeth. Such an examination allows him or her to have a clearer picture of what they are dealing with and therefore come up with the perfect solution in terms of an implant.

Two surgical procedures are carried out on most patients when it comes to the placing of an implant in the mouth. The first, involves the insertion by the dentist atop or into a jawbone and allowing the anchor to bond to bone. The second is having the new teeth attached to the dental implant and look natural.

The state of your general health has a large bearing on whether you do qualify for any type of implant. This is because some conditions such as diabetes, heart issues tend to interfere with the healing process after undergoing the surgery. Your dentist has to ensure that your jaw is strong and healthy enough to support the installation of any type of implant.

You are most likely to come three different types of installations starting with the root form which is shaped like the real thing is one of the most popular methods if you have a spacious jawbone, but a narrow one will require grafting of the bone. The plate type is recommended for individuals with narrow jawbones and involves using incisions and stitches to make the implant settle in comfortably. Subperiosteal is the preferred method for dentists when a patient has little space available as it simply settles on the jawbone.

There are also different classifications that you need to be aware of and they include those based on implant design, attachment design, macroscopic body design, surface of implant and type of material. For example, those based on attachment mechanism include fibro integration and osseointegration. While those based on body design are the cylindrical, threaded, plateaus, perforated, solid, vented and hollow.

Once you have had your Los Angeles dental implants installed, it is vital that you take good care of them by following a strict and healthy oral hygiene regime. Make regular visits to your dentist to ensure that they are functioning as expected and to identify potential problems early. Although implant installation is much more expensive when compared to other forms of teeth replacement methods, many insurance policies are willing to cover up to 10 percent of the cost.




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