After a person's teeth are missing, the traditional denture, or the traditional restoration method, is to make removable dentures or fixed dentures. Removable dentures are also called removable prostheses or detachable dentures, which are hooked on the adjacent teeth. Fixed dentures are also called fixed prostheses, which generally involve porcelain-fused-to-metal restorations, or what is commonly known as porcelain teeth. Compared with traditional denture methods, dental implants have seven significant advantages:
1. Strong function: can restore tooth function well, and the chewing function is much better than other traditional dentures.
2. No grinding of teeth: relies on its own artificial tooth root for restoration, no need to grind the healthy adjacent teeth, causing no harm to the teeth.
3. Good retention: does not use the clasps or crowns of traditional dentures, the artificial tooth root tightly combines with the alveolar bone, rooting in the oral cavity like real teeth, with strong retention and stability.
4. Aesthetics: can make crowns according to the patient's face shape, the shape and color of other teeth, achieving the best overall coordination and aesthetic effect.
5. Comfort and convenience: does not use the baseplate and clasps required by removable dentures, no foreign body sensation, very comfortable and convenient, and conducive to maintaining oral cleanliness and hygiene.
6. Simple operation: dental implant surgery is a minor alveolar surgical operation, similar to tooth extraction, using local anesthesia, with minimal trauma, allowing eating immediately after surgery, almost painless. Generally, the implantation of dental implants can be completed within tens of minutes to several hours. Since biocompatible materials are selected, dental implants cause no adverse side effects to the human body. If the osseointegration of the implant fails, that is, if the implant is not successful, it can be removed after the bone heals and then re-implanted, or other restoration methods can be used instead.
Because of these advantages, dental implants are also known as "the third set of teeth for humans". After years of development, dental implants have become a mature, reliable, and highly successful new technology, and are the preferred restoration method in developed countries. An increasing number of people in our country are becoming aware of and adopting this technology, and it can be foreseen that the adoption of dental implant technology is the development trend of restoration in our country.