Dental Implant Basics | Resources and links to information on dental implants

By: ReginPaul

Having missing teeth or no teeth at all can be disadvantageous. You cannot anymore eat your favorite grilled spare ribs during Sunday reunions or perhaps, your barbecue on a stick in your family outings. However, do not be disheartened. You do have a chance of tasting those zesty foods again!

Aside from the more common implants, veneers and bridges, you can actually have dentures for you teeth. You can choose between the removable or the fixed ones, depending on what’s more comfortable to wear for you. Fixed dentures are not to be confused with implants. Fixed dentures are glued or cemented on the gums while implants are screwed.

Read Full Post »

By: ReginPaul

If you have lost only a tooth, you wouldn’t get partial dentures for that. You can get an implant though, however, implants have more complicated procedures. Also, tooth veneer is an option but it can make your pockets scream “ouch!” due to its high prices.

Nevertheless, there are other dental procedures that can help you get that tooth back. One of which is the dental bridge. Dental bridges, from the name itself, “bridges” or “connects” two teeth to make it look like it is part of your natural teeth. The two teeth are connected using a synthetic tooth and the whole dental bridge is locked by placing crowns over your natural teeth.

Read Full Post »

By: ReginPaul

As a person ages, common oral problems occur. The elderly are the ones suffering from these problems and as a proof, almost all of them do not anymore have even a single natural tooth (there are exceptions to the rule).

People from all ages can have dental implants. As long as you have healthy gums & teeth bones, and not a smoker, you are highly qualified to undergo this dental procedure. If your teeth bones have deteriorated, no worries! You can have bone grafting first before having implants. Smokers too do have another choice that is somewhat synonymous to dental implants, and that is, fixed dentures. These dentures are cemented on the gums of the person, so you don’t have to put denture adhesives everyday!

Read Full Post »

By: ReginPaul

What is bone grafting? Is this method effective? Is this procedure recommended? These questions are running on my mind right now, so I did a little self-help and searched for the answers to it.

In the academe, bone grafting is under Dental Implantology. It is a medical procedure wherein a bone from the patient’s body will be surgically removed to be placed on his or her upper or lower teeth (where bone deterioration and/or loss are prevalent). Tooth loss may contribute to the “thinning” of the bone and so bone grafting allows dental implants to be made possible on the person’s teeth.

Read Full Post »