How Much Do You Know About Dental Implants? This Article Takes You Through Dental Implants
The Invention Process of Dental Implants
1952 saw a landmark event in the history of dental implants. In a laboratory at a university in Sweden called University of Lund, a research team led by orthopedic surgeon Professor Per Ingvar Branemark was at the time working on a project studying microscopic bone healing. They screwed a cylindrical body made of titanium alloy into the thigh bone of a rabbit. Several months later, when they wanted to remove these cylindrical bodies from the rabbit's thigh bone again, they found that these cylindrical bodies could no longer be separated from the bone tissue and had grown together with it. Professor Branemark called this phenomenon osseointegration.
So Professor Branemark's research team shifted the focus of their research to the use of titanium in human bone, one part of which included anchoring titanium screws into the jawbone to replace teeth that had already fallen out. After countless studies and experiments, in 1965 Professor Branemark implanted the first pure titanium root-form dental implant in human history into the mouth of a volunteer named Gosta Larsson. With this, the root-form titanium dental implant, that is, the modern dental implant, was born.
The Advantages of Dental Implants
Compared with traditional dentures,dental implants are deeply "rooted" in the dental alveolus, firmly established and stable and strong, and when chewing food they are "as mighty as ever."Not only is their "tooth root" stable and able to chew food just like real teeth, but their "tooth crown" is also beautiful and convincing enough to pass for the real thing. No wonder some people praise them as "humanity's third set of teeth."
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During the implantation process, there is also no need to suffer the pain of grinding down real teeth, and even less the discomfort brought by the steel wire clasps and plastic base plates of traditional dentures. I remember an elderly retired man who changed six sets of full dentures within six years, and was pessimistic and depressed all day because his dentures were loose and he could not eat. Dental implants became his "great savior." Now he can not only heartily chew delicacies such as fish and meat, but is also hale and hearty and socially active. Whenever he meets people, he says: In the past I only heard that you reap melons when you plant melons and reap beans when you plant beans; only now do I know that in this world you can also plant teeth and get teeth.
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The Care of Dental Implants
As the saying goes: "Treatment is three parts, care is seven parts." Dental implants also need meticulous care, kind treatment, and generous maintenance.
Oral Hygiene Must Not Be NeglectedGood oral hygiene is an important condition for ensuring successful implantation.If bacteria multiply unchecked at the junction near the abutment (the neck of the dental implant) and the gums and are not removed in time, they will cause inflammation of the tissues around the implant. Over time, this leads to progressive resorption of the alveolar bone, and ultimately everything is lost: the dental implant becomes loose and falls out.Regular Reexaminations Must Not Be NeglectedIt is generally required that after completing a dental implant, the patient return to the hospital for reexamination at 1, 3, and 6 months and at 1 year, and thereafter once every year.The condition of the dental implant is mainly checked through clinical and X-ray examinations, and medical staff carry out the necessary maintenance on the dental implant.
A gallant heart has its own two feet; across rivers and seas it will return. By The Grandmaster
Self-Care and Strengthened ManagementAfter implantation, do not think that everything is fine and done. Only by understanding self-care can you achieve twice the result with half the effort.The most important thing is to persist in the cleaning work every day after getting up, before going to sleep, and after three meals.Pay attention to cleaning the cervical margin line between the tooth root and the restorative crown and its "close neighbors." Every 1 to 2 weeks, a specially made plaque disclosing indicator can be used to check the plaque attachment on the dental implant."Superior Weapons," Reasonable Methods
Generally speaking, all kinds of toothpaste sold on the market can be used. It is best to choose thosesoft-bristled toothbrushes, and before use soak them inhot waterfor a moment to make them softer, so that when brushing they can "cover every side." Sometimes it is necessary to usesmall straight brushes of special shapes, flexibly moving back and forth between the necks of two adjacent dental implants to ensure that every corner is brushed. For ordinary toothbrushes, it is required to usean up-and-down rotating vertical brushing method to brush all surfaces of the dental implant. Never brush roughly left and right horizontally, to prevent damaging the tooth surface.
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Not everyone is suitable for dental implants.Before implantation, patients need to have other oral diseases treated, such as extracting loose teeth and tooth roots that cannot be retained, filling cavities, treating periodontal disease, and removing poor dentures.