Facial / Dental Implants
Are you a candidate for dental implants - what does the dentist or oral and maxillofacial surgeon look for?
- Good overall health
- Good bone density of the jaws
- Good oral hygiene
- Patient commitment to long term treatment
Dental implants is a staged procedure
- Placement of the implants beneath the gums in the bone - possibly augmented with your own bone, freeze dried bone, and/or a synthetic bone
- Let the implants integrate for two (2) to six (6) months
- Preparation of the replacement teeth in the form of individual crowns or bridgework which will attach to the buried implants
- Uncover the implants and placement of abutments which will attach to your replacement teeth
Failure of implants
- Rejection of the implant which is rare
- Failure due to improper oral hygiene practices
Chin Augmentation Prosthesis
- Used for receding chins
- Sized to fit patient
- Placed in front of the existing chin bone to increase the chin's prominence through an Intraoral incision
- Body can reject the implant
- Alternative treatment - sliding genioplasty where the anterior portion of the lower jaw is moved forward or backward to change the prominence of the chin and fixated with a small plate
Malar Implants
- Gives definition to a flat face
- Creates the appearance of higher prominent cheekbones
- Usually placed through incisions in the mouth
- Body can reject the implants
