Learn More Mini Dental Implants

By Nelda Powers


Mini dental implants is a procedure that involves inserting small titanium posts into a patients jaw in order to the denture to fit securely. The miniature titanium is used to replace missing roots that and hold up to artificial teeth. The Implants are very comfortable and are not different from real teeth if inserted properly. A patient can even eat few hours after the procedure is done.

Specialists take x-rays of the jaw bone in order to know the kind of implants that are suitable. X-rays enables the dentist to carefully inspect patients jaws and teeth and be in position to identify other areas that require treatment. Most dentists use panoramic radiograph as it gives an enhanced view of upper and lower teeth.

Due to the use of mini implants the dentist needs to be accurate when carrying out the procedure hence the importance of using panoramic radiography. Today nearly all dental surgeries that are performed on patients turn out to be very successful. There are few or no complications during or after the procedure that are associated with this kind of surgery as it takes less time and no major surgery is done on patients.

Research shows that 70% of dental implants that are carried out today are successful. However mini implants may not be successful because of some factors like the density of bones and lateral forces. The risks involved vary between patients and not all of them are prone to these risks hence they should be handled differently.

However this medical procedure can be carried out within one to two hours. No stitching is done on the gum tissue as the small implants are screwed gently into the ridge of the jaw. This procedure is better when it is done on the lower as opposed to the upper jaw.

Denture retention is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. These implants have been used for decades by different kinds of patients in the world. Dentures have been improved over the years with the presence of high technology in the medical industry, they no longer slide into patients jaws hence they help in retaining the jaw bones normal shape.

While very little anesthesia is used during this procedure some patients have very sensitive gums that may react to this during and after surgery. Where the nerves of the lower jaw are damaged the patient may feel numbness temporarily. X-rays and CT scans will enable the dentist to see where the positions of the nerves in the jawbone which in turn will help minimize bleeding and numbness.

The duration for healing is short compared to other kind of dental surgery however it may vary in patients. The difference is highly due to the difference in the quality of the bones of patients. Generally there is little or no discomfort after the surgery of mini dental implants is done and where the patients feels uneasy, it only take two days or less and the feeling is gone.




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