Dental Implants in London Harley Street at Forma

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There are two parts to every tooth. The crown and the root. The crown is the visible part and the root is the unseen part which anchors the tooth in your jawbone, providing stable support for your crown. When an entire tooth is lost – crown and root - shrinkage of the jawbone may occur making the face look older. Dental implants can stop this process.

There are many ways to replace tooth crowns, but only dental implants can replace the entire tooth including both crown and root. Dental implants look, feel and function like your own natural teeth.

The Simplant System

For dental implants in London Simplant is the latest way of placing implants. If you have been unfortunate to have lost teeth, then you will have suffered bone shrinkage under the gum.

Sometimes there is not enough bone to successfully place implants. At Forma we use the Simplant system for placing dental implants. Read our step by setp guide to having implants placed using the Simplant system below:

The Simplant system allows the dentist to convert a CT scan (see picture) into a 3D model; an exact replica of your jaw bone. The enables accurate diagnostic planing of your treatment and accuracy.

We can then place dental implants in the model carefully avoiding obstacles such as nerves and the sinuses (see picture).

Once we have planned the implants, Simplant software allows the dentist to send an email to Materialise ltd in Belgium, where a surgical drill guide is constructed.

The surgiguide is a template, which will accurately guide the placement of the implants.

We can plan the surgical phase even before we see the patient. We know before we start how many implants, in which direction, how long they can be and which obstacles are being avoided.

Simplant guarantees minimal trauma and maximum implant safety.

The implant exam and consultation will evaluate your mouth with a clinical exam and an x-ray exam in order to determine your potential for implants. This exam will also be where you can discuss what type of implant replacement will work best for you.The x-ray exam will be able to show how much bone is present in the locations where you will need implants placed. The x-ray won't be able to accurately show bone density.

Different long term research studies have shown that implants which have been placed in good bone can last for a patient's lifetime. However, some implants can fail if the quality of the bone wasn't good, if there was too much bite stress for too few implants or implants which weren't long enough for the demands of a given case.

There is the need for the implants to attach to the bone by a process which was originally described as osseointegration. The length of time for this waiting period varies with the quality of bone that is present where the implants were placed.

There should be no pain when the implants are placed. In most cases, a local anesthetic (like novocaine) is all that is needed.

Patients have feeling which ranges from discomfort to pain. The variation depends on the number of implants placed, their location as well as a patient's tolerance for pain.

If I wore a full or partial denture before the implant surgery, can I wear it afterwards?

Post-surgical swelling may interfere with wearing a full or partial denture immediately after the surgery or until after the swelling has gone done. Each case varies and therefore, this should be discussed with your implant surgeon.

Yes! If you don't clean around the implants, they can get gum disease. Gum disease
can lead to the failure of the implants if it is not treated before too much bone has been destroyed.

When implants fail, there will be some bone loss which accompanies the loss of the implant or implants. If there is still adequate bone left, additional implants can be done. However, there are cases where additional implants can't be done after previously placed implants have failed due to the fact that there is not enough bone present anywhere which would allow for more implants.

Each case varies regarding how many implants are needed for the demands of replacing the missing teeth. If the implant surgeon is limited regarding the length of implants that can be placed, more implants will be needed. The length if the implants is determined by how much bone you have present. A good consideration is to have enough implants built upon that if one implant fails, there are enough implants left which will prevent the failure of your whole implant reconstruction. "An implant failure should not mean a case failure".

The cleaning demands vary depending on the type of implant reconstruction that you had. You definitely need to clean daily around the implants. Brushing with a toothbrush, as as well as flossing are important. There may be the need for a prescription mouthrinse (chlorhexidine) which can further help you keep your implants healthy. Electric toothbrushes can also be helpful for cleaning around implants. Other cleaning aids may be recommended where the specific needs of your case require them.

Yes. It is important to not only have a professional cleaning done around the implants, but you also should have periodic implant check-ups with your implant surgeon regarding the health of the implants.

If you suffer from missing teeth and require dental implants in London then give Forma86 a call to discuss your dental implant requirements.

Dental Implants in London Harley Street at Forma

The Simplant System

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