Missing teeth spaces can allow other teeth to drift sideways on downwards into the space; this ca cause occlusal and even joint problems.

Missing teeth can also create aesthetic problems, but the biggest drawback is the inability to enjoy your food. To many people, eating is the culmination of all the senses.

So when you cannot chew your food, or enjoy a hearty meal, then you can always ask us for advice. There are many options.

Replacing these missing teeth by way of bridges fixed over existing teeth is a possibility, but this can be very destructive and reduces the life expectancy of the natural teeth. Sometimes a tooth may need subsequent root canal treatment.

Dentures can be made, but they need replacing, can become loose or even break. They are usually made of acrylic or metal acrylic with metal clasps. Nowadays we can also make flexible dentures that stretch over the teeth and do not need clasps.

By way the best way of replacing teeth is using implants. Implants can support many teeth, maintain bone levels and being fixed are a natural way of replacement.

Implants are made from Titanium alloy, are bio-inert and have been used in dentistry for over 50 years.

In the first of a series of articles we will be discussing numerous case studies.

Patient AB attended with 2 unrestored implants placed at another clinic, unfortunately the clinic had closed down. Lower Right 654 were missing.

We were using the same Nobel active implant system and we were able to help. We assessed the patient, his occlusion and his aspirations.

The patient had the implants placed 6 months ago and had lost his temporary acrylic bridge after it had fractured.

One of the implants had been placed very close to the canine tooth, which could jeopardise the nerve of the canine and also the long term integration of the implant.

We used impression posts attached to the implants and took silicone impressions.

2 weeks later a metal porcelain bridge was attached to the implants by way of integral implant screws. patient was very happy to be able to chew on both sides; now he is considering Invisalign.

Dental implants if paced with care and attention can last a lifetime.

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Your natural teeth should last a lifetime, but with our modern diets of sugary foods and fizzy drinks, teeth can become overfilled and fail.

Teeth can also suffer from gum disease and after losing the surrounding bone become loose.

One or all of these teeth can have a poor long-term prognosis; and it is then that you have to decide on keeping them or taking them out.

Keeping loose or painful teeth can also be a health hazard as some of the germs around the tooth or gum infection can enter the blood stream and cause contaminate the blood system and heart.

It is always a good idea to treat gum disease and clear the infection.

Sometimes the tooth is so overfilled that there is very little tooth left.

It is then that you need expert advice.

Missing teeth can be replaced by using the adjacent teeth as supports for a bridge.

Bridges are done less nowadays because trimming down adjacent healthy teeth can reduce their life expectancy as well.

Dentures are so old hat that most people if they can afford it would rather not have a loose uncomfortable denture.

What is the alternative?

Implants

Dental implants have been around for 55 years and they replace missing teeth.

With careful planning an implant can be placed inside the jaw-bone within 30 minutes.

Dental implants can restore a smile, bring back confidence and restore function.

Dental implants are made from pure sterile titanium. It has been known since 1965 that bone will adhere to the titanium surface and fix the implant. There are many companies that have a long track record with implants, such as Nobel Biocare, Straumann, Astra and Implant Direct etc. Implants can last a lifetime if your cleaning is well maintained. In fact Nobel Biocare implants carry a life time warranty.

Dental implants can replace many missing teeth by way of a fixed dental bridge.

The bridge carries more than 2 teeth with the aid of 2 or more dental implants.

Removing a tooth and placing a dental implant is the best way of maintaining the bone level and preventing bone loss.

A full implant bridge maintained on multiple implants also helps prevent facial bone and volume loss and that aged look that you get with dentures.

All on 4 concept

When teeth are removed we can place an implant immediately into the socket. This saves one having another operation to place an implant at a later date.

You can have a temporary crown or bridge placed over the implant or implants at the same time or within 1 week.

All on 4 or Teeth in a day is a concept whereby we can plan and place implants by designing the implants in 3D on a cat scan and also create a temporary tooth/ teeth before we take out any teeth.

In more extreme cases many patients ask for all their teeth to be removed as they are too difficult to keep healthy and opt for fixed bridges on 4-6 implants.

This is the concept of All on 4 or All on 6 implant bridges.

Many patients who have seen a deterioration in their smile can opt for a new smile with bridges supported on implants and provided the same day that teeth are removed.

The bridges are attached to the implants and can be detached annually by the dentist for an annual maintenance and clean.

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