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Dental implant is the treatment used as an alternative to bridges or to replace lost tooth/teeth. In this treatment, a titanium implant is set in the toothless area of the jawbone. The jawbone fuses with the titanium surface providing a strong anchorage for the implant. The implant functions as a support for the dental prosthesis like a ceramic crown, constructed over it. Dental implant can be used for both single tooth replacement as well as all teeth of a patient.
The procedure of dental implant begins with a thorough diagnosis and treatment planning. A recipient site is created in the jawbone with drilling instruments and the implant is inserted into it. In most cases a healing period of 3 to 6 months is required for the jawbone to fuse with the implant. After this healing period, the prosthesis is constructed over the implant.
When one looses a tooth, as in an extraction, the surrounding bone collapses. To preserve this bone for future implant placement or for esthetics, a bone graft is used. Bone grafting can be done in 3 ways - Autogenous, Allograft and Xenograft.
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