Yes, good news is the success rate of dental implants is very high and a very good method for replacing missing teeth. Bad news is smokers have higher failure rates and complications following dental implantation and implant-related surgical procedures, according to the NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information. So far, there is only one solution for this problem.
Stop Smoking before you have an dental implant
Smokers, another group that has a higher risk of failed dental implants are people taking oral bisphosphonates, a type of drug used to treat osteoporosis, osteopenia and Paget's disease of bone. These people should be aware of potential risks when undergoing certain dental procedures, according to guidelines published in the August 2006 edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association (ADA). A study by the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California, noted that the success rate for dental implants was slightly higher among people not taking oral bisphosphonates than people who were.
A dental implant is replacing a missing tooth with a screw
A dental implant is a procedure that involves placing a screw in a persons' mouth where a tooth would go. Tooth loss can be very detrimental in personal appearance and the chewing of food.Most dental implant screws are made of titanium
Initially, Tantalum was used to make the screws, but that metal was too soft. According to the ADI, Association of Dental Implantology UK, and the AAOMS, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, almost all dental implants in use today are made from titanium or titanium alloy, materials that have been shown over many years to be well tolerated by bone. Titanium is now the metal of choice for this screw, because titanium screws fuse to the bone better than any other metal, such as stainless steel.
After the site in the mouth where the screw was placed heals, about six months, a dental crown is fabricated to fit on top of the screw. Below are manufacturing companies of dental implants.
Dental Implant Manufacturers
- Keystone Dental - Burlington, Massachusetts
- Straumann Ltd. - Andover, Massachusetts
- BioHorizons Implant Systems , Inc. - Birmingham, Alabama
- Atlantis Components , Inc. - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- uses CAD/CAM technology
- abutments are individually designed from final tooth shape
- in order to finalize implant, dental lab has to be contacted
- Neoss Ltd. - Woodland Hills, California
- OCO Biomedical , Inc. - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Impladent Ltd. - Holliswood, New York
- Sargon Dental Implants - Encino, California
- Bicon Dental Implants - Boston, Massachusetts
- Acucera, Inc. - Reno, Nevada
- Dentatus - Stockholm, Sweden
- Preat Corporation - Santa Ynez, California
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