Lack of bone makes implant placement more complicated 3.
Upper front tooth implant.
He never liked the way his old crown looked and wanted a more natural looking tooth.
He also decided to whiten his teeth.
Placing the dental implant.
While cost will vary depending on several factors on average the estimated cost of a single tooth dental implant.
Basically a dental implant provides a permanent base for a replacement tooth.
If you are about to have a dental implant or dental implants placed on a front tooth you probably already know that means there will be a tooth missing in the area for several months.
Dental implant temporary for a front tooth.
This patient was going to lose his unhealthy front tooth.
Purpose of a dental implant.
Upper front teeth upper front teeth or anterior teeth.
Since the post will act as the tooth root it s implanted deep into the bone.
During surgery to place the dental implant your oral cosmetic surgeon makes a cut to open your gum and expose the bone.
If the two teeth are adjacent it may be more prudent to use only one dental implant.
He was thrilled with the result.
A dental implant can replace one or more permanent teeth that have been lost to an injury gum disease tooth decay or infection.
His front tooth was extracted and an implant was placed immediately with a temporary crown.
Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces tooth roots with metal screwlike posts and replaces damaged or missing teeth with artificial teeth that look and function much like real ones.
Holes are drilled into the bone where the dental implant metal post will be positioned.
An artificial tooth crown is placed on an extension of the post abutment on the dental implant giving you the look of a real tooth.
The volume of bone available.
A dental implant placed in the upper jaw may protrude into the sinus cavity.
How you will handle that missing space is up to you.
When you talk with your dentist at the initial consultation they may discuss other options for replacing the teeth as well including dentures and bridges.
Injury to the area surrounding a dental implant may loosen the implant resulting in failure.
Once his implant was fully healed a final crown was made to match his natural teeth.