This patient was going to lose his unhealthy front tooth.
Upper front tooth implant.
During surgery to place the dental implant your oral cosmetic surgeon makes a cut to open your gum and expose the bone.
If plenty of bone then no graft needed.
He also decided to whiten his teeth.
Holes are drilled into the bone where the dental implant metal post will be positioned.
Purpose of a dental implant.
A dental implant can replace one or more permanent teeth that have been lost to an injury gum disease tooth decay or infection.
When you talk with your dentist at the initial consultation they may discuss other options for replacing the teeth as well including dentures and bridges.
Basically a dental implant provides a permanent base for a replacement tooth.
He was thrilled with the result.
He never liked the way his old crown looked and wanted a more natural looking tooth.
Dental implant temporary for a front tooth.
If the two teeth are adjacent it may be more prudent to use only one dental implant.
How you will handle that missing space is up to you.
Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal screwlike posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones.
The challenge is to replace your now missing teeth for both appearance and function without harming your remaining teeth or gum tissue.
Injury to the area surrounding a dental implant may loosen the implant resulting in failure.
His front tooth was extracted and an implant was placed immediately with a temporary crown.
Placing the dental implant.
The volume of bone available.
A dental implant placed in the upper jaw may protrude into the sinus cavity.
Lack of bone makes implant placement more complicated 3.
Missing front teeth have unique demands.
If you are about to have a dental implant or dental implants placed on a front tooth you probably already know that means there will be a tooth missing in the area for several months.
Upper front teeth upper front teeth or anterior teeth.
An artificial tooth crown is placed on an extension of the post abutment on the dental implant giving you the look of a real tooth.