Implant Surgery Strategies

Our staff may include orthodontic treatment as part of your treatment plan, or suggest other procedures to prepare your mouth to accept dental implants.

If properly maintained with regular care such as brushing and flossing, implants can last for decades or more. And because they are implanted in your jaw, they prevent any deterioration of the jawbone brought by not having a tooth in place.

Many people wonder why this process takes so long. The reason the procedure takes several months is because the jawbone has to heal. Many people also ask how long the implants will last. Implants can last a long time as long as the jawbone is healthy. Additionally, people often ask if this is a painful procedure.

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Cosmetic surgeries have developed greatly in the past 100 years. Enlarging the natural size of breasts has been in a top trend since the great age, with the exception of a few brief periods in history, in which it was frowned upon. Back in the day uplifting brassieres and corsets were used to enhance and perceived the size of breasts to be larger. Then, in the 19th century, surgical breast enlargements were attempted, but not with the same materials for the implants were used as to now, using ivory, glass, metal, rubber, and paraffin. However in 1895, Czerny did the first reported successful human mammary reconstruction, on an actress who had undergone removal of a fibroadenoma (benign lesion), by transplanting a lipoma from her hip to reconstruct

In the last few decades, Science has discovered many fascinating discoveries which has increased life expectancy and have made human lives less painful. One of the brilliant discoveries has been being able to renovate human body parts. However, all of these great techniques and methods to “repair” human body parts also have the side effects. The greatest example would be dental implantation which brings back the ‘taste’ in many lives. While reading the article, “Prevalence and Predictive Factors for Peri-Implant Disease and Implant Failure: A Cross-Sectional Analysis”, I learned that dental implantation is also causing the disease called “Peri-implant” which cause discomfort, negative impact on health and may lead to loss of the implant.

The biggest benefit of having a dental implant is that the titanium post helps stimulate your gums just like a natural tooth. This does not happen with dentures or bridges. Without the stimulation, the gums start to lose their strength, which can affect the teeth that surround the gap. An implant will help prevent bone loss from occurring in that area, keeping the surrounding teeth

The importance of teaching your children how to take care of their pearly whites begins at a young age. Many parents do not know that a child’s teeth should be brushed as soon as the first tooth emerges. The expert team at the Family & Implant Dentistry is knowledgeable about the proper oral hygiene practices for children of all ages. Specializing in family dental care and cosmetic dentistry, the friendly staff at Family & Implant Dentistry, located in Cincinnati, OH, is always ready to educate both parents and children about the significance of flossing and brushing regularly.

One of the best things about implants is that they cannot decay like natural teeth. However, the metal surfaces of the implant connector pieces are very susceptible to plaque build up, which can happen fast if not cleaned regularly and thoroughly. This plaque provides a “safe house” of sorts for bacteria, which can work their way

Teeth implants are quite dangerous and are a painful type of implant. To have teeth implants would have to have your teeth extracted from your mouth and then have a new clean fake teeth drilled into their jawbone so that it is permanently in place. But the implants have caused problems for the patient that has had the implant such as a broken jawbone and serious infection from bacteria. A scientist from japan has said to have found “112 types of bacteria in the plaque surrounding implants in three patient” (4) and even though there were only 3 patients that has had the bacteria around the implant “22 were new species” so they wouldn’t know how to deal with the new built up bacteria. There are certain conditions that will allow you to have dental

According to the United States Food and Drug Administration, over 5 to 10 million women universally have breast implants. These medical devices aid in the enhancement of breast reconstruction after mastectomy procedures, correction of a hereditary irregularity, or cosmetic purposes. Most commonly known, implants are constructed of a filler, typically saline or silicone gel, and a silicone outer shell, to secure the shape of the insert. While this procedure is widely popular and has many benefits psychologically and physically, the first variations of implants possessed health risks and did not meet all routine standards of the 1976 Medical Device Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. That being said, no matter what surgical

After successful osseointegrated implant therapy, one of the most common complications has been the screw loosening. The importance of abutment screw tightening with proper preload continues to be emphasized. Not only is a minimum torque critical, but excessive torque may exceed the yield strength of the screw, resulting in permanent deformation, loss of mechanical, and screw fracture. Problems associated with abutment screw loosening and fracture may be due to inaccurate fit and improper tightening.

Discomfort: Minor discomfort is common following a surgical procedure like prosthetic implants. This may include muscle soreness, dry or cracking lips, or sore throat, and should resolve in a few days.

The patient is 75-year-old gentleman who was referred here from central Jersey to have his jaw evaluated. He evidently has bilateral jaw implants done at an unknown time and now has is described as a pathologic fracture of one of the implants. The patient's medical history is significant for coronary disease, has coronary bypass grafting, atrial fibrillation on Coumadin, end-stage renal disease on dialysis, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, had Bell's palsy and is also known to be HIV-positive. He is on medication. It is unclear from the documentation as to why this patient who is from central Jersey is being referred to the St. Joseph. Apparently was sent here by the physician from Jackson, New Jersey. It is clearly documented that he

The Flapless implant surgery has been suggested as one possible treatment option for enhancement of implant aesthetics and easy to perform (Oh et al., 2006). Pre-surgical diagnostics with appropriate radiographic software programs provides all the information necessary regarding the implant site and anatomical landmarks. If adequate support of the guide is provided, precise and efficient surgeries can be performed (Holst et al., 2007). The use of radiographic images is necessary to evaluate the surgical site underneath the soft tissue and CT images provide an accurate 3D picture of the surgical field [(Todd et al., 1993; Casap et al., 2004) .