Dental Implants vs. Dentures: Which Is Better? A Comparative Analysis of Pros and Cons

What Are Dental Implants(click Follow in the top right corner）

A dental implant involves placing an artificial tooth root (similar to a screw) into the alveolar bone at the site of the missing tooth. After three months, once the implant has fused with the alveolar bone, a false tooth is attached to the implant to restore chewing function.

The advantages of dental implants are that they do not require grinding down the adjacent teeth, cause no foreign body sensation, and last a long time, achieving 90% of the function of a natural tooth.

The disadvantages of dental implants are that driving a screw into the bone is something most people have little experience with, so they still have doubts. Dental implants are expensive and take a long time to recover.

Dental Implants

What Is Dental Prosthetics (Dentures)

Dental prosthetics refers to the false tooth restoration made after tooth loss to restore dental function. There are two types: fixed restoration (porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, all-ceramic crowns) and removable restoration (removable dentures, clasp-retained dentures).

Fixed Restoration

Fixed restoration, such as porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, has the biggest disadvantage of requiring the adjacent teeth to be ground down, and lasts eight years. Its advantages are a moderate price and completion in about seven days.

Removable Restoration

Removable restoration, such as the removable dentures worn by the elderly, has the advantages of being inexpensive and completable in seven days. The disadvantages are that it takes time to adapt to, causes a foreign body sensation, and can restore only 30% of the function of natural teeth.

Dental Implants vs. Dentures Comparison:

Dental implants do not require grinding the adjacent teeth.

Dental implants last a long time.

Dental implants are comfortable with no foreign body sensation.

Dentures vs. Dental Implants Comparison:

The restoration time is fast, generally completed within seven days.

The price is low.

Actually, everyone knows that dental implants are better than dentures, and even having to wait three months is not a problem. The fundamental reason is that the price is too high. Price is the fundamental factor determining which method is chosen. It is truly sad!

But things are different now. As the cost of dental implants has dropped sharply, it is now the same as the cost of fixed dentures. The price for replacing one missing tooth with one implant is only three to four thousand yuan, about the same as a mid-range porcelain-fused-to-metal crown. So after 2018, dental implants will definitely become widespread.

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