Have you lost a tooth due to caries, infection, or trauma? You don’t wish to grind down your teeth, but you want to replace them? Patients often think that losing one tooth is not a big problem, especially if it is the one that is not in the aesthetic area, that is, in the area visible while smiling.
Every tooth is there for a reason. It is important for both aesthetics and function, for chewing, speaking, swallowing, occlusion, etc.
A lost tooth can be replaced in a number of ways, such as placing an implant, making a bridge, making some kind of prosthesis, etc.
The gold standard today for replacing a lost tooth is implant placement.
The advantages of implants are as follows:
An implant with a crown acts like a tooth on its own, that is, we don’t have to grind down the surrounding teeth to replace the missing one, and in that way, we protect the adjacent teeth.
The implant preserves the surrounding bone, which, for example, is not the case when a bridge is made, because the bone in the place of the lost tooth is lost over time, especially in the first months after tooth extraction.
And finally, maintaining hygiene is greatly eased.
The process of placing implants falls under minor surgical intervention. It is done under local anesthesia and is painless. The implant placement process takes about 20 minutes, but you will stay in the office a little longer, due to the preparation before the implant placement, and for the creation of temporary work after.
You can seek all additional information from our team of specialists, who will explain all stages of work in detail.