Treatments with Dental Implants Treatments with dental implants: They consist in the placement of titanium screws in the treatment with dental implants: Toothless spaces in the jawbone in order to replace missing dental pieces. The surgery is conducted under local anesthesia and is absolutely painless. This technique allows to replace a single dental piece or the complete dental arcade, as well as to retain mobile prostheses by means of dental implants. These prostheses can be placed immediately or in a second time procedure depending on the case and the type of implant used. Enlarge picture. Procedure of the Placement of Dental Implants: Procedure of the placement of dental implants: A successful placement of dental implants requires a series of elements: a) A good diagnosis, by using the technological advances at our disposal. b) A proper planning process, backed by our professional experience (an absolutely essential component, especially in the resolution of complex cases). c) Good oral hygiene of the patient. Dental Implants and Esthetics: Dental implants and esthetics: An excellent esthetics is achieved in 100% of cases. Whether by placing fixed porcelain crowns or removable prostheses on dental implants. In parallel, the work conducted on the support of facial tissues will give the patient a juvenile appearance. Enlarge picture. Dental Implants and Masticatory Force: Dental implants and masticatory force: When an individual loses his teeth, he loses simultaneously his masticatory force. It is then impossible for him to exert the same pressure as before because of the pain and instability due to the prostheses. His facial and masticatory muscles become weaker and thinner and the loss of muscular tone gives his face a senile appearance. A worsening of his masticatory efficacy also takes place, with the consequent difficulty in the chewing of foods. Nevertheless, it has been demonstrated that, when the patient gets his prosthesis retained by dental implants, he recovers (and even increases) his masticatory force after one year. This has both esthetic and digestive positive implications. Placement of Immediate Dental Implants: Placement of immediate dental implant: Immediate dental implants allow to place fixed teeth the same day of the operation. This treatment is only possible in optimal bone conditions. Otherwise, it is necessary to wait between 45 and 90 days to place permanent teeth. During this period, the patient will wear fixed temporary prostheses. In cases in which the patient's amount of bone is insufficient, it is necessary to improve the bone density by filling with bone grafts and only then it is possible to place the implants. Enlarge picture 1 - Enlarge picture 2 Dental Implants Treatments are Painless: Dental implants treatments are painless: All of these treatments are conducted under local anesthesia, and no pain is experienced by the patient. More often than not, post-surgical periods are also asymptomatic. Only in a few cases, some slight discomfort may persist for some days. This can be treated with analgesics. Fixed Crowns Supported by Dental Implants: Fixed crowns supported by dental implants: According to the needs of each case, it is possible to place whether a single crown or the whole dental arcade. Enlarge picture 1 - Enlarge picture 2 Removable Prostheses Retained by Dental Implants: Removable prostheses retained by dental implants: This treatment aims to prevent the patient's prosthesis from moving out of position. The most common case is the instability of the lower denture due to jawbone reabsorption and the tongue movement. By placing dental implants, the prosthesis is well retained in the mouth, which allows the patient to eat and speak freely. Every morning when getting up and before going to bed, the patient must remove his denture, clean his dental implants and put on the prosthesis again. This treatment can be conducted with a minimal bone volume. It allows the placement of upper prostheses without palate. Enlarge picture. Bone fillings, Grafts and BMP to Place Dental Implants: Bone fillings, grafts and BMP (bone morphogenetic proteins) to place dental implants. Whenever, due to bone reabsorption, the bone structure of the patient's jawbone is insufficient to place dental implants, there is a solution. This solution consists in the use of bone taken from another part of the mouth or bone/minerals provided by the pharmaceutical industry, according to the case. Enlarge picture Bone Fillings to Place Dental Implants: Bone fillings to place dental implants: This technique consists in placing materials like lyophilized bone and hydroxyapatite in the maxillary sinuses, in the rear of the upper jawbone. Bone fillings to place dental implants: After 4 to 6 months, the organism will have absorbed these materials and will have formed new bone on which dental implants will be placed. Bone Grafts to Place Dental Implants: Bone grafts to place dental implants: In cases in which bone is insufficient in other parts of the mouth like the front of the upper jawbone and the lower jawbone, the way to restore missing bone is the use of the patient's own bone, taken from another part of the mouth (zone of lower third molars). The organism will recover later the removed bone tissue. The most innovative solution consists in the use of BMP (bone morphogenetic proteins), which constitute a family of molecules present in the bone at very low concentrations that have the capacity to stimulate bone cells to produce more bone. Such substances, synthesized nowadays by laboratories, can be applied to a determined part of the mouth in order to accelerate bone growth in a controlled way.