Dental Implant
What is a dental implant?
Dental implants are medical devices surgically implanted into the jaw to restore a person's ability to chew or their appearance. They can substituted one, two or full arch of missing teeth.
Dental Implant Candidate
What are the contraindications?
Basically, the patient can not be under any kind of bone treatment where bisphosphonates are being used, low platelet count, cancer or collapsed ridge.
First Appointment for dental implants
What information is gathered?
Medical history, clinical diagnoses, molds, ct scan, photographs, surgical and prosthetic analysis. After all this is analyzed we inform the patient of there articular case.
Sinus Lift
How do I know if I need a sinus lift?
When there is a missing tooth in the posterior part of the maxillary bone, the Maxillary sinus (cavity of air) can grow. in this case a Maxillary sinus lifting must be done with a bone graft in order for the implant to have bone surrounding it.
Dental Implants
How many vistis do I need to make?
Surgically placing the implant + placing abutment + taking impression for the crown + crown placement can take around 3 - 6 appointment depending the case.
Bridge over implants
What is this?
Placing two dental implants can substitute 3 to 4 missing teeth when they are in the same edentulous spot and also depends on the load the bridge will receive.
Immediate Implant after extraction
When can this be done?
Depending of how much bone we have left after an extraction, there is the option of placing and implant right away with a bone graft and a membrane. If the extraction site is not ideal a bone graft will be placed and a membrane. Waiting time is 6 months then the implant can be placed.
Split Ridge
What is this?
Surgical technique that is used prior to placing implants when there is enough vertical bone but deficient horizontal bone.
