Repair Your Teeth With Dental Implants

Imagine you're defending the honor of a damsel in distress. Maybe she's been set upon by a group of thugs in the middle of the road or maybe she's being attacked by a pack of bears in the middle of the park. Either way, you do the noble thing and jump right in to protect her. You throw a few good punches, take out some of the thugs or bears, but there are just too many of them. One of them gets in a good right hook square on your jaw and you feel something break.

Oops.
That something breaking is your tooth. Two of your adult teeth are gone and you have no idea what to do. Dentures are for old people, right? Luckily for you, there is a solution: dental implants. With a quick surgical procedure, you can have your pearly whites looking pearly again with just two replacements.

There have been a lot of advancements in the field of dental implants. When you go in for the surgery, these implants are fused with the bone. They're titanium, usually, and look just like the root of a real tooth. This is good because it means that your jaw bone will accept the transplant and the bone will naturally grow around the titanium root, fusing with it and causing it to feel just like a real tooth. The only time you will be most likely to notice the difference will be when chewing.

The implant will be composed of a titanium screw that will be placed within the bone and usually some kind of fake tooth on the top. They might be used to support dentures if you decide to go that route, but there are many options for how you want your replacement tooth to look like.

It is also important that you be aware of the amount of healing time required. There is debate about exactly how long it is prudent to wait before having more surgery if you need it or before you can fully return to your normal life. Most practitioners recommend at least six to eight months of healing time but you should be aware that it may take up to eighteen months for your mouth to fully and completely heal.

You should also know the risks. The success rate of this surgery is about seventy-five percent. This is directly related to operator skill, so you want to be sure and do your research to find the best surgeon you can to work on your mouth. As with any surgery, the more research you do and the better prepared you are before the day of surgery dawns, the more likely you are to be prepared for whatever sort of recuperation you have to do.

So when the time comes, rescue that damsel and don't worry about your teeth getting knocked out. The field of dental implants has improved in recent years and your pearly whites will soon look pearly and new again.