Implantology and oral surgery

What are dental implants?

Dental implants are one of the best solutions to replenish absent teeth and recover both masticatory function and aesthetics.

A dental implant is an artificial root that replaces the tooth or teeth lost with periodontal disease, a blow or any other circumstance. These implants will simulate natural teeth of the patient without noticing the dental loss.

The dental implant is composed of a titanium screw that is fixed to the maxillary bone and a crown that mimics the natural tooth.

Among its multiple advantages we can highlight:

• It is the option more safe and effective to replace one or more lost teeth.

• They offer a sensation chewing very similar to that of natural teeth and, when chewing, the bone is subjected to a similar force.

• They provide a stability just like that of natural teeth, so you can eat, laugh or speak without worry.

• By replacing the absent teeth with dental implants, the side effects caused by the non -replacement of the lost piece are avoided, such as bone reduction or that adjacent teeth move to treat to treat of occupying the empty space.

• In certain cases, implants and provisional fixed prostheses can be placed in a single day thanks to the immediate load . This allows you to recover the smile in just 24 hours.

What is oral surgery?

Oral surgery is the branch of dentistry that is responsible for diagnose and treat the different types of oral diseases.

Oral surgery is the specialty of dentistry responsible for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of certain dental pathologies such as the extraction of roots or molars included, as well as trauma, defects of dental pieces, maxillary and soft tissues adjacent that require surgical intervention.