What are the advantages of implantation compared to traditional tooth replacement?
In the case of one or more missing teeth where you have teeth on either side, the replacement can be prepared by the substitution of the root of the lost teeth with an implant. Traditional (crown and bridge) prosthetics can only solve this by damaging neighboring healthy teeth to make a bridge. Implants provide a way to create a fixed prosthesis also in cases when traditionally only a partial removable denture could be prepared. In these cases implant-based tooth replacement provides more stability and better chewing strength than traditional solutions. Besides feeling physically better while eating, the patient feels psychologically better. All these factors together improve the patient’s quality of life. In the case of total edentulism (no teeth in your mouth) implants can serve as abutments to fix or retain a prosthesis (ie. Full denture) in many ways. Implants can be used to stabilize the removable prosthesis (with the help of ball-headed attachments or retention bars), or a suffic
