How to use dental implants for a lifetime?

In the field of stomatology, it is generally believed that the average service life of fixed teeth is 8 years. According to the ADA clinical standard of oral implants, the 5-year preservation rate is 95% and the 10-year preservation rate is 85%. In other words, the service life of oral implants should be far longer than the traditional fixed restoration.

Maintenance of dental implant

Generally speaking, how many years the implant teeth can be used is an urgent need for many people who want to have implant surgery. In developed countries, the 5-year survival rate of patients undergoing dental implant surgery is more than 95%, and the 10-year survival rate is about 90%.

However, these figures only reflect the average level, and the length of life of each implant tooth is not only related to the quality of treatment, but also closely related to the patient's future physical condition, use and self-maintenance. The latter is the decisive factor to determine the life span of implants. Therefore, patients who have received dental implants should strictly follow the guidance of doctors, including self-cleaning maintenance and regular professional revisit maintenance for the removal of dental calculus and plaque.

Only in this way can your implant serve you more effectively and for a longer time. What I can tell you is: one of the earliest modern implant teeth has served the missing teeth perfectly for more than 40 years! The implant teeth should be coordinated with the natural teeth in order to maintain the normal function of the stomatognathic system, and the implant teeth should be adjusted regularly to adapt to the changing occlusal relationship.

The implant tooth is composed of many parts like the natural tooth, but the various parts of the natural tooth are organically combined, and the implant teeth are connected by screws or adhesives, and the various parts of the implant teeth are checked regularly to see if there is something wrong with them so that they can be repaired in time.

As long as oral hygiene and regular check-ups are done, the implant can last as long as real teeth. Implant teeth have a periodontal relationship similar to that of natural teeth, so it is necessary to carry out special implant cleaning and routine cleaning of natural teeth around the implants. In order to maintain the long-term stability of dental implants.

Six advantages of dental implant

1. Strong function

It can restore the tooth function well, and the masticatory function is much better than other traditional dentures.

2. Beauty

The crown can be made according to the shape of the patient's face and the shape and color of other teeth to achieve the best effect of overall coordination and beauty.

3. Comfortable and convenient

Do not use the base and clasp necessary for movable dentures, there is no foreign body sensation, it is very comfortable and convenient, and helps to keep the oral cavity clean and hygienic.

4. Good retention

Do not use the traditional dental clasp or braces, artificial root alveolar bone closely combined, like real teeth rooted in the mouth, with a strong retention and stability.

5. No grinding of teeth

Rely on their own artificial roots for repair, do not need to grind the healthy teeth next to them, without any harm to the teeth.

6. Easy to operate

Dental implant surgery is a smaller alveolar surgery, similar to tooth extraction, the use of local anesthesia, less trauma, postoperative food can be eaten, almost painless. In general, implant implantation can be completed in tens of minutes to hours. Due to the selection of biomaterials with excellent compatibility with the human body, dental implants do not have any adverse side effects on the human body. If the bone union of the implant fails, that is, the implant is not successful, it can also be removed and then implanted after bone healing, or switch to other restorative methods.