Cirugía de implante dental Asheville NC

El procedimiento quirúrgico del implante dental

La procedure to place a dental implant toma de 30 a 60 minutos para un implante y solo de 2 a 3 horas para varios implantes. The number of appointments and time required, vary from patient to patient. The surgeon will bring great precision and attention to the details of your case.

 

 

 

 

 

Prior to surgery, you may receive antibiotics and for greater comfort, intravenous sedation or nitrous oxide (laughing gas). These options are discussed with you at your consultation appointment. A local anesthetic will be administered to numb the area where the implante dental will be placed.

When you are comfortable, the surgeon makes a small incision in the gum tissue to reveal the bone, creates space using special instruments, and gently inserts the titanium implant. The top of this implant is often visible through the gum. Sometimes it is better in the early stages of healing to have the implant covered by the gum tissue.

Healing after Dental Implant Surgery

Now the healing begins. The length of time varies from person to person, depending upon the quality and quantity of bone. En algunos casos, implantes pueden restaurarse inmediatamente después de que se colocan. The surgeon will advise you on follow-up care and timing. After the initial phase of healing, the surgeon places an abutment (support post) or a healing cap onto the dental implant during a brief follow-up visit. This allows gum tissue to mature and provides access to the implant.

De vez en cuando, impressions are made at the time the implant is placed. This enables the crown to be ready when the implants have healed. How long your mouth needs to heal is determined by a variety of factors. Follow-up care (one to four appointments) is usually needed to ensure that your mouth is healing well and to determine when you are ready for the restorative phase of your treatment.

 

It may be beneficial to perform a soft tissue graft to obtain stronger, more easily cleaned and natural appearing gum tissue in the area around the implant. This process involves moving a small amount of gum tissue from one part of your mouth to the area around the implant. Más amenudo, it is a brief and relatively comfortable procedure.

Whether it’s one tooth or all of your teeth that are being replaced, your dentist will complete the restoration by fitting the replacement tooth (corona) to the dental implant.

When are dental implants placed?

Implants are often placed several months after extraction. A veces, Se puede colocar un implante inmediatamente después extracción de un diente. This may involve a little more risk, pero simplifica el proceso no tendrá que esperar a otra cita para colocar el implante. When infection or other problems with the bone are present, immediate colocación de implantes is not the best treatment.

If your tooth has been missing for some time, el hueso de soporte adyacentes es probable que crezca más fino y encogimiento. This occurs because the root of the natural tooth has to be present to stimulate the bone. As much as one third of your jaw’s thickness can be lost in the year following tooth extraction. If you are missing enough bone, puede beneficiarse de tener más bone grafted into the area. This ensures the implant will be adequately supported when it is placed in the jaw.

How many implants do I need?

Con mayor frecuencia, se coloca un implante por diente faltante. Porque muchos de los dientes más grandes en la parte posterior de sus mandíbulas tienen raíces de dos o tres, el enfoque más común consiste en sustituir la falta de molares con implantes más grandes.