Top 5 Dental Implant Questions
2023-09-14
Ever wondered about dental implants, their use, and recommendations? Here’s your trusted Glendale dentist, Dr. Leo Aghajanian, answering your most frequently asked questions about dental implants:
1. Why do we lose teeth?
There are many causes:
- Advanced cavities
- Accident (fracture due to a blow)
- Inflammation of the supporting tissues of the tooth (parodontitis)
- Absence of tooth formation (agenesis)
- Systemic disease
- Medications and treatments
2. Why is it advisable to replace one or more teeth?
The absence of teeth carries the following consequences:
- Bone loss
- Possible displacements and complications at the level of other healthy teeth
- Decreased chewing function
- Digestion problems
- Aesthetic issues and modification of facial expression
- Speech difficulties
Dental implants can alleviate these complications, providing a solution that is not only aesthetic, but also functional.
3. In which cases are dental implants advised?
Treatment with dental implants allows for:
- Replacing a single tooth
- Replacing several teeth
- Replacing all the teeth of a totally empty jaw.
In this case, the implants allow for attaching a bridge or stabilizing a removable denture.
4. Are there contraindications for the placement of implants?
Although in most cases implant placement is the most advisable solution, there are certain risk factors that must be taken into account:
General contraindications:
- The patient is too young (bone growth must have been completed)
- General unhealthy condition of the patient
- Difficult healing
- Pregnancy
- Severe bruxism (teeth grinding)
- Severe smoking, drug addiction or alcoholism
- Serious pathologies (cancer, declared AIDS, etc.)
- Other diseases (heart problems, non-stabilized diabetes, depression, etc.)
5. What is the success percentage?
When surgery is performed, there is no 100 percent success rate. However, the failure rate is very low.
The reliability of current implant treatments is fully demonstrated. Success depends on many factors, such as bone quality, your Glendale dentist’s experience, the absence of risk factors, the patient’s oral hygiene and professional follow-up.
Learn more about dental implants by contacting our dental team at Precision Dental Glendale by calling (818) 545-8923.