Dental Implants In Islamabad Pakistan

Dental Implants in Islamabad Pakistan are being used as one of the most extensively used replacement option for missing teeth. Although people call it as a very extensive and invasive procedure, which is not true. If a Consultant Surgeon knows his way around an implant he can be done with in 10 to 15 minutes.

What Are Dental Implants?

Dental implants are replacement tooth roots. This builds a perfect foundation for a tooth/teeth to be placed inside the mouth. Depening on the patient the tooth can be fixed or removable.

Types Of Dental Implants

The American Dental Association considers two implants to be the safest:

1. Endosteal Implants.
   These are surgical implants placed directly inside the bone. These are the most commonly used implants in pakistan and around the world. Once the tissue is healed after placing this implant, a post/abutment is placed on top of it and then a crown placed.
2. Subperiosteal Implants.
   They consist of a meatal framework that is placed just beneath the gum. As the gums heal, this metal framework gets fixed with the bone. The posts protruding out of these implants and then the crown is fixed on them.

Advantages Of Dental Implants

• Aesthetic Appearence. Dental Implants looks and feel like your own teeth. Although they may look like a metallic body placed inside the bone, but once placed it becomes permanent. Implants are made to fuse with the bone thus making them permanent.
• Improved Speech. Ill fitting dentures may cause a slip in teeth and impair the speaking ability. Furthermore, the biggest disadvantage of poor-fitting dentures is that they can cause extensive bone loss.
• Comfort. Because ill fitting dentures can clip, they can cause alot of discomfort to the patient. Whereas implants become part of the tissue so they eliminate the the discomfort of removable dentures.
• Effective chewing. Because dentures tend to slip, effective mastication cannot be accomplished. Whereas implants on the other hand are fixed prosthesis.
• Improved Self-esteem. Dental implants give you the smile you deserve. A third person wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
• Longetivity. Implants can lasts many years. With good oral health care they may even last a life time.
• Improved Oral Health. Dentures contaminate the oral cavity, they can bring more harm than good. Dentures tend to harbour thousands and millions of bacteria. Furthermore implants don’t require the support of adjacent teeth, whereas dentures do.
  Support of adjacent teeth may cause unimaginable movement of adjacent teeth and may cause harm to them.
• Convenience. Removable dentures need to be removed and cleaned after each meal. Implants eliminates this inconvenience because of it’s property of being fixed.

Success Rate Of Dental Implants In Islamabad Pakistan

Although dental patients do fear implants but according to the latest literature, implants have a success rate of 98%. The most common cause of failure of dental implants is inadequate oral health care. According to literature, surgeons know that the first 2 weeks following an implant placement is the most crucial time. If the oral hygeine is not maintained in these two weeks the implant will fail, regardless how good the surgeon/ technique was.

Heavy smokers who tend to start smoking immediately following a implant therapy are more prone to failure. Again this is because of inadequate oral hygeine.

If proper oral hygeine instructions are followed after an implant treatment, the remaining 2% of failure can be nullified. At Z Dental Studio we follow protocols laid by the ADA and CDC.

Who Can Get Dental Implants

Anyone can get a dental implant procedure done. However, there are certain instances where dental implants are not recommnded. These are as follows:

• Patients who don’t have healthy gums
• Patients with alot of bone loss
• Heavy smokers
• Uncontrolled Diabetes
• Heart Diseases
• Patient’s who have undergone chemo/radiation therapy.

The dental surgeon at Z Dental Studio evaluates each and every aspect and then the surgeon will make a decision whether an implant can be placed or not.

Procedure Of Dental Implants In Islamabad Pakistan

The first and most important step in the placement of an implant is the treatment plan. At Z Dental Studio planning and explaining a treatment plan to a patient is of utmost importance. The plan addresses the patient needs, what can be accomplished and what can be expected after getting an implant. Type of implant to be placed is decided by the surgeon, the pros and cons of each implant company will be addressed at Z Dental Studio.

Next, the dental implant is placed in the missing tooth root area. The implant is a titanium screw that is embedded in the bone. Titanium implants have excellent compatibility with the human tissue. When placed, that area will be stitched and given 12 to 16 weeks to heal. During this time the bone will completely surround the implant making it stable and able to resist any masticatory forces.

Once the healing period is over, a small connector is added to the implant also referred to as abutment post. This is attached inorder to place the crown/the tooth. To make the new tooth/teeth the dentists at Z Dental Studio will record a 3D impression of the oral cavity. This is then sent to the dental lab and the new tooth is made on this model.

The dentists at Z Dental Studio will match the shade of the teeth and will try their level best to achieve the same tooth colour as the rest of the oral cavity.

Immediate Loading Of Dental Implants in Islamabad Pakistan

At some intances, immediate loading can also be done on a patient. Immediate loading means the extraction of a decayed/ non-saveable tooth and placing a dental implant. However, during this procedure, synthetic bone graft is added to socket to the socket to support the implant. Immediate loading eliminates the waiting period of healing the extraction site which is usually 2-3 months. This saves alot of time and a crown can be placed on a dental implant within 4 months instead of 7.

The bone-graft that is used at Z Dental Studio is completely compatible with the human tissue, so a patient doesn’t need to fear rejection by the bone graft or dental implant.

How Painful Are Dental Implants In Islamabad Pakistan?

The patients who have received dental implants at Z Dental Studio feel a little discomfort after the treatment but there is no pain involved. Local Anesthesia imported from France are used at Z Dental Studio, this gives our patients pain free dentistry.

After the Dental Implant, mild soreness is present which can be covered by pain killers.