Pros and Cons of Dental Implants
Metal posts used as dental implants to restore damaged or missing teeth resemble natural ones both functionally and aesthetically, yet tend to cost more than other procedures like bridges.
Pros and Cons of Dental Implants
Pros of Dental Implants
Dental implants come with many advantages.
Dental implants are similar to natural teeth.
Implants mimic natural teeth in many ways and help restore patients’ abilities to chew and bite normally again, with brushing their teeth regularly as usual and eating as usual afterwards.
Dental implants minimize the signs of aging.
Dental implants reduce signs of ageing. When teeth are lost, this often results in facial sagging; gradually as this happens, the distance between chin tip and ear reduces as does lip thickness, definition and lines around lips; these changes make people appear older than they actually are.
Dental implants prevent bone resorption.
Without tooth roots to stimulate healthy jawbone development, jaw bone density starts eroding rapidly. Replacement tooth implants stimulate normal bone growth.
Dental implants keep adjacent teeth stable.
Dental implants help keep adjacent teeth stable after losing a tooth, as adjacent ones may shift in an unfavorable direction in response to its loss, impacting bite, chewing ability and appearance – which in turn may create issues and complicate future dental replacement efforts. Furthermore, misaligning can cause headaches as well as symptoms in TMJ.
Dental implants are made to last a lifetime.
Dental implants may last a lifetime. According to studies published in International Journal of Implant Dentistry, titanium dental implants typically outlive expectations. Furthermore, biocompatible implants do not harm or reject your body in any way.
Cons of Dental Implants
Dental implant costs can be high:
While dentures and bridges tend to cost less over time than implants, ongoing costs for dental implants tend to be much lower; costs typically range between several thousands dollars for full mouth implants to several tens or hundreds of thousands for full-mouth replacement procedures; most people will only incur one payment before receiving replacement teeth after some years have gone by.
Implant placement requires some surgery on both jaws and gums
You will be guided through each stage by your dentist so you understand exactly what can be expected during this process.
Multiple appointments may be necessary in order to secure dental implants.
Although it might take as much as six months before you have a fixed smile, having time for recovery ensures the jawbone has time to adapt is critical in terms of security of implants in place.
Not everyone qualifies for dental implants.
Not every candidate meets the qualifications to have dental implants placed. You might not qualify if you suffer from health conditions, poor dental hygiene, smoke heavily or have experienced significant jawbone density loss.
Dental implants last a long time and are built for durability.
While placement takes some time, once loaded they may be immediately available. With careful planning ahead they may even be immediately loaded if available.
PROS AND CONS OF ALL ON 4 DENTAL IMPLANTS
Full Mouth Dental Implants, consisting of four implant posts placed regularly along an arch and attached to denture plates, make up All-on-4 Dental Implants (All on 4 Implants or Full Mouth Dental Implants).
Cons of All On 4 Dental Implants
- Due to high pressure from bite, placing All-on-4 implants at the rear of one’s mouth may prove challenging due to instability issues with stability issues often occurring with these types of dental implants, while maintenance requirements of All-on-4 are significantly more complicated compared with traditional dental implant types.
- An All-on-4 dental implant may result in temporary speech impairment. To address this problem, a dental professional must remove all food debris that has settled under its prosthetic.
PROS OF ALL ON 4 DENTAL IMPLANTS
- All-on-4 dental implants can be placed quickly in one visit with All on 4.
- Healing time is faster, improving quality of life for those receiving permanent tooth replacement with All on 4 implant technology.
- All four implants will suffice in replacing an entire set of teeth through All on 4.
- The All-on-4 dental implant system helps improve patients’ oral health by decreasing periodontitis and other dental disease instances, particularly with jawbones with low density jawbones.
- Furthermore, no bone grafting procedures are required when installing All-on-4 implants into jaws with lower densities.
- All-on-4 implants resemble natural teeth in appearance and their costs are much less than with traditional full-arch procedures.