Dental implants are the most advanced tooth
replacement solutions available today. However, the most advanced does not mean
the only one. Dental implants have been around for decades now, but people who
were missing a tooth had tooth replacement even before the invention of
implants. Here are some of the things that you should know about implants as
compared two other solutions:
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Common dental replacement
solutions – beside implants, partial and complete dentures and bridges are still
the two most common dental replacement solutions. The most important feature
that makes people choose ventures and bridges over implants is the costs after
two solutions, both being much cheaper than implants. However, neither
dentures, not bridges are as durable as implants;
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The replacement process – out
of the three dental replacement methods on implants require surgery. While
dentures are practically removeable plates and bridges consist of artificial
teeth installed on the patient’s existing teeth, a Highland Park dental implant consists of a
pole and an abutment that is surgically installed into the patient’s gum, the
components being installed with separate minor surgical interventions;
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The specialist needed – why
dentures and bridges are prepared through a collaboration between a general
dentist and a dental technician, dental implants are installed either by oral surgeons or
by dentists who are specialised in implantology.
