Missing Teeth Problems
People can lose their natural teeth for several reasons like poor oral hygiene, gum disease, unaddressed tooth decay, aging, accident etc.
Missing teeth can cause problems for your oral health. Replacing lost teeth is necessary because the gap created by one or several missing teeth can affect your ability to chew, eat, and talk. Moreover, the later a missing tooth is replaced, the greater the risk of bone loss.
Lost natural teeth can also compromise your brilliant smile and affect your self-esteem.
Permanent Solution to Replace Missing Teeth in Brisbane
While removable dentures used to be the only solution to replace lost natural teeth for many years, they are a thing of the past! More and more people in Brisbane now prefer a more natural-looking and permanent option to restore their smile.
Dentistry has significantly evolved throughout the years and has several tooth replacement options to offer.
Teeth implants in Brisbane is one of the most popular options with a high success rate that you can opt to permanently replace your missing or damaged teeth and improve your dental health and your compromised confidence.
What Is a Dental Implant?
Our dental implant service in Brisbane serves as artificial tooth roots surgically implanted into the patient’s jawbone using an implant post to keep artificial teeth.
Tooth implants will feel and look natural in your mouth, blend in with your other existing teeth, and restore your broken smile.
Dental implants provide patients with the same functionality as their own natural tooth roots and are considered one of the most reliable replacement teeth options.
Dental Implant Process
Dental implants require a surgical procedure because the surgeon should cut through the gum tissue to access the bone underneath it.
Our good oral surgeon in Brisbane will administer local anesthesia to eliminate pain and discomfort before dental surgery.
An opening will be made in the gum tissue so that the bone can be exposed and the dental implant specialist can access the bone.
The dental surgeon will drill a hole, place the metal tooth root into the jaw bone, and suture the gum tissue.
After implant placement, the jaw bone requires some time to heal and grow enough bone around the implant, a process called osseointegration.
Dental implant patients will typically need to wait for anywhere from 2 to 6 months until enough bone growth occurs around the implant post.
Osseointegration is an integral part of dental implant surgery because, during the process, a dental implant fuses with the patient’s body and can provide a solid foundation to hold the false teeth firmly in place.
Some people prefer to wear removable dentures during the healing process and until their new tooth or teeth are ready.
The next step involves the addition of an abutment to the dental implant, which can be done during the initial session or a separate procedure.
If our Brisbane dental implant specialists decides to install the abutment during a second session, they must first:
- Remove the healing caps,
- and screw the abutment to the implants during a minor surgical procedure.
- (The healing caps are placed over the dental implants during the first session.)
The gum tissue must heal for several weeks after the abutment is placed. After this step, a temporary crown may be placed on the dental implant.
The final step involves the dentist taking dental impressions of the patient’s teeth to ensure that the replacement tooth or teeth fit the existing natural teeth.
Patients need to arrange another appointment to receive their final new tooth. During their visit, the dentist will remove the temporary dental crown and cement or screw the permanent crown onto the abutment.
