Is Implant the Right Choice?
Are dental implants, which we often talk about in dental treatments, really the right choice?
Is it really the right treatment option to recover missing teeth that cause health, aesthetic and even nutritional problems?
In the field of Health Tourism, patients visit our country in various branches, especially in Europe. However, despite such successful doctors and applied treatments, in our own society we mostly resort to dental treatments in acute (painful) moments. Sometimes we visit the dentist because of the panic or pain caused by a broken tooth, and sometimes to cover the ugly image left by a fallen porcelain bridge.
So are emergency interventions always enough to save our teeth? The answer is still hidden in our mouths. After a specialist examination, various treatment recommendations or a hopeless look, tooth extraction may be the answer we are looking for.
If the tooth is in the back area, it brings about functional losses, and if it is in the front area, it brings about aesthetic losses. During the completion of missing teeth, different concerns arise. Is it possible to have a fixed, color-matched, solid and, more importantly, non-decaying tooth like the lost tooth?
When we look at classical treatment methods, removable dentures come to mind first. However, the space they cover and the fact that they can be constantly removed for cleaning make them not preferred in cases where there are a small number of missing teeth. The second option is fixed dentures, or porcelain bridges. In this method, the existing healthy teeth are cut, that is, they are damaged, albeit gradually.
The most protective method for a fixed prosthetic treatment planned especially for single tooth losses is implant-supported prostheses. In addition to being able to be made without damaging the teeth adjacent to the missing area, they also stimulate the bone in which they are placed after it enters function and ensures its continuous renewal. This situation also prevents problems such as excessive resorption (melting) in the long term, which are experienced in removable prostheses and prosthesis movement.
