If you have visited a dentist in Derby recently, you may well have noticed posters for dental implants and wondered what they are. One common misconception is that it involves removing the tooth of one person and transplanting it into another in a similar manner to a heart transplant etc. This is completely false though and hopefully this article will explain in more detail although you may wish to arrange a consultation with your Derby dentist to discuss it in full with them before committing.<\/p>\n
Basically, a dental implant is a small rod made from titanium which is then screwed into the jaw and a crown placed on top. This may sound uncomfortable but as you would expect, the procedure is performed under local anaesthetic and the jawbone actually has relatively few nerves in it so despite how it may sound, it is not a painful procedure.<\/p>\n
To prepare for a dental implant, your dentist will take x-rays and scans to determine the exact position that the implants are to be placed into. Once this has been done and the positioning determined, you will be given a local anaesthetic to numb the area of the procedure and the dentist will then make a small incision in the gum and drill a hole into the bone in your jaw. Into this hole, the titanium dental implant<\/a> will be placed. Usually this is done in an area where a tooth has been missing for some time; however, it can also be placed immediately after a tooth has been extracted. One advantage of this is that this means that the bone structure of the jaw remains strong and so negates the need for a possible bone graft.<\/p>\n Once this has been done, the flap of gum which had been lifted will be replaced and the implant will be allowed to heal for a period of around three months. What happens during this time is quite interesting. Not only is the implant screwed into the bone making it fairly secure, but during this time, the bone in the jaw will actually grow around and integrate itself with the implant. This means that the implant will then provide a base which is extremely secure indeed.<\/p>\n Once the implant is healed, the flap of gum will be removed and a crown attached to the implant itself. Once this has been done, you will be left with a replacement tooth that is every bit as strong as a natural tooth is. It is likely though that the new tooth may feel a little strange at first and it is advisable to eat softer foods for a while until you become used to it. After this time you will be able to eat any foods that you like with confidence. If you have your dental implants in Derby<\/a>, your dentist will advise you of the best way to care for them. The usual guidelines though are to treat them as though they were natural teeth. Although the tooth itself can’t decay, the area around them is still susceptible to gum disease if you don’t take good care of your oral health.<\/p>\n Provided that you do this however, you will be able to smile about your new dental implant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Explaining how tooth implants work If you have visited a dentist in Derby recently, you may well have noticed posters for dental implants and wondered what they are. One common misconception is that it involves removing the tooth of one person and transplanting it into another in a similar manner to a heart transplant etc. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-procedure"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.derbydentalimplants.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}