Is it complicated to plant teeth with jaw bone loss?

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The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Trung Hau - Doctor of Odonto-Stomatology - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Da Nang International General Hospital.
Jaw bone loss is a dangerous oral disease that occurs after tooth loss, manifested by the disappearance of the bone in the root of the tooth. If not treated promptly, jaw bone loss can cause misalignment of the bite, distortion of the mouth, causing cosmetic loss as well as affecting the patient's chewing function. Dental implants are a fairly common treatment for these cases. So, is it complicated to plant teeth when you have jaw bone loss?

1. What is a dental implant?

Dental implantation is a method of replacing damaged teeth that cannot be repaired or lost by dental methods. Losing teeth will cause people to face a lot of difficulties in eating and drinking daily as well as facial aesthetics suffer from shortcomings. Since then, dental implantation will help patients be more convenient in eating and confident in work, daily communication. Porcelain dental implant: is a method to restore lost teeth by bridge. The dentist will use a porcelain band of at least three teeth to fill in the space of missing teeth. In which, 2 teeth next to the missing tooth are ground to place the porcelain crown on top. Dentures will be located between these 2 crowns. Implant: is the most modern and advanced denture implant technique today. Accordingly, the implant will be placed inside the jawbone, replacing the missing tooth root. Each implant will replace a tooth root. After that, the implant post and jawbone will be tightly integrated together into a unified whole, the porcelain crown is restored on top of the implant post through abutment joint to form a complete tooth that is exactly like real teeth.

2. What is the condition of the bone to ensure that the implant is placed?

To ensure favorable implant results, jaw bone is an important first factor that needs to be ensured the following criteria:
Healthy jaw bone, hard enough bone, no damage, good jaw bone preserved intact Bones in sufficient size, without infection in the area to be planted. In case of low bone density or not thick enough, the effectiveness of dental implants will not be high. The reason is that the implant post is not firmly attached to the jawbone, so it will not form a solid force to keep the implant post in place.
3. What is the condition of the bone to ensure a dental implant? Currently, people with jaw bone loss can completely be implanted with dental implants, depending on the condition of the jawbone loss and the patient's health, the time to restore the implant can take from 3 to 6 months. The implant method brings many outstanding advantages to teeth such as:
Comprehensive restoration and matching with real teeth in terms of size ratio and grooves on the crown The ability to integrate bone and heal quickly, Minimized invasiveness, no need to separate gums when transplanting teeth. Strong teeth, withstand great chewing force, help to ensure chewing like real teeth. Teeth are durable and can be maintained permanently. However, due to the inadequate jawbone conditions, the implantation of dental implants with bone loss is more complicated than in normal cases. At this time, the jawbone does not have enough volume and stability to support the implant to help the implant always stand firmly on the jawbone, so the patient needs to perform artificial bone grafting surgery.
The cases of bone grafting also have increasing complexity according to the degree of bone resorption, there are two options: autologous bone grafting or artificial bone grafting:
Autologous bone grafting: is a form of applying bone of the patient as iliac crest, lower jaw bone in the chin area and jaw angle area Artificial bone implants: using non-hazardous grafting materials to the body to implant in the missing bone. Currently, new implant technology has allowed patients to perform both bone grafting and implantation at the same time without having to spend more time waiting for the bone implant process like when implanting teeth. However, this is a relatively difficult dental technique, so to ensure patient safety, it is necessary to carefully study and choose a reputable dental implant dentist to perform.

Currently, the Department of Dentistry - Jaw - Facial of Vinmec International General Hospital is a specialty in charge of intensive and aesthetic pathological treatment of the entire tooth structure (teeth, bone, pulp, ...) , jaw (palatine, jawline, jaw joint,...) and face (forehead bone, cheekbone, temporal bone,...). The Department of Dentistry - Maxillofacial - Facial is divided into main specialties, in order to serve the needs of patients such as: Restorative dentistry, maxillofacial trauma, general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry and cosmetic dentistry. Interior.
In particular, to improve service quality, Vinmec has deployed many packages of examination, cosmetic surgery, dental implantation to serve a wide range of customers such as packages:
Aesthetic porcelain veneers package Aesthetic porcelain veneers package American Orthodontic package new generation braces Implant package Accordingly, depending on the needs and health of the customer, the doctor will specify the appropriate dental surgery methods. In case of long-term tooth loss, the jawbone area has had bone loss, receding gums, it is still possible to plant dental implants after having a jaw bone graft. Thus, even if they have lost their teeth for a long time, customers using the Implant package can still restore their teeth completely.

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