Rabu, 23 Desember 2009

What's new in dental implant treatment?

The first recommendation is: Never be the first to try a medical treatment.

The new techniques and "revolutionary" is often accompanied by some degree of uncertainty. Since you know all the risks and long-term problems. Unfortunately all the hundreds of inventions "revolutionaries" who have appeared in implant dentistry in the last 10 years, only a few are still being used.

That said, there are three major areas in which treatment is getting better:

1. Aesthetics. It is no longer enough to have function, but also there is great demand for aesthetics. It is usually necessary a multidisciplinary team for optimal results. Periodontist, prosthodontist, orthodontist and technician must be well coordinated.

2. Immediate or early loading. Every time we have to expect less from the placement of dental implants and prosthetics. Sometimes it may be all the same day. Within these treatments are: Teeth in a day, teeth in X hours, all in four, immediate dentures, Novum, etc.

3. Bone regeneration. We can recover some lost bone regeneration techniques.