If dental implants are used to provide support for replacement teeth, what are the advantages compared to the use of traditional removable complete dentures?
The goal of modern implant dentistry is to return patients to oral health in a predictable fashion. The partial and completely edentulous patient may be unable to recover normal function, aesthetics, or speech with traditional removable dentures. The patient’s function when wearing a denture may be reduced to 25-40% of that formerly experienced with natural teeth. Implant supported teeth may return the function to near normal limits. The aesthetics of the edentulous patient are also affected as a result of bone loss and atrophy. This continued resorption leads to irreversible facial changes. An implant stimulates the bone and maintains its dimension in a manner similar to healthy natural teeth. As a result, the facial features are not compromised by lack of support. In addition, implant supported restorations are positioned in relation to aesthetics, function, and speech, not in the “neutral zones” of soft tissue support. The soft tissues of the edentulous patients are tender from the
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