Short implants are available for cases in which the patient has little bone surface.
If it is not possible to insert this type of screws, it would be necessary to restore the dental bone.
When a person loses a tooth and does not replace it, over time the bone in the affected area will diminish.
In those patients who do not have sufficient bone width and/or height for dental implant placement dental implantsWe use state-of-the-art techniques of guided bone regeneration to restore their anatomy and thus be able to perform the procedure without impediments or difficulties that would be encountered using other outdated methods.
When a tooth is lost, but its absence is not replaced with an implant or a dental prosthesis, the patient may suffer various complications. In addition to affecting the esthetics and full functionality of the mouth, the lack of teeth can also lead to the displacement of adjacent teeth, causing malocclusion, and the resorption of the maxillary or mandibular bone. In these cases, we say that the patient has too little bone to place an implant.
Implant techniques, however, have improved in recent decades. In this article, we explain which ones we use at Smile Me to place implants with little bone.
At Implantarex, we are committed to state-of-the-art treatments in dental implants to guarantee the maximum wellbeing of our clients.
Bone grafting allows us to increase the size and quality of the maxillary and mandibular bone mass. Bone regeneration can be performed, for example, with Bio-oss, a compound formed by hydroxyapatite and calcium, two elements naturally present in teeth. This material takes approximately three to four months to integrate with the patient’s natural bone.
This procedure seeks to reconstruct and restore bone tissue lost due to pathologies such as pyorrhea, tooth extraction, trauma or other causes. These bone defects do not leave the tooth structure optimal for the implant, so this technique is used. It is a surgery performed under local anesthesia, and its purpose is to develop the proportion of bone available, both in width and height.
For this purpose, artificial bone or bone transplanted from another area of the same patient is grafted. Sometimes the graft is covered with a membrane so that the added bone does not move and fuses well with the natural bone.
In some cases, we can opt for the use of resorbable collagen membranes which, in cases of bone regeneration, prevent any displacement of the composite.
The application of plasma rich in growth factors improves and accelerates the process of tissue regeneration and repair. At Smile Me, we do not only apply plasma in cases of patients with resorption of maxillary bone structures. We use it in many procedures with dental implants, so that we favor the osseointegration process and achieve a higher quality of bone mass.
This is another bone regeneration technique, although here the bones used are extracted in most cases from the oral cavity, that is, from the chin or behind the third molar (wisdom teeth). However, they can also be taken from other places such as the rib, the hip or the fibula.
The procedure is as follows:
– The patient’s bone blocks are made.
– They are placed in those areas where there is no bone together with a mesh, made of titanium or other materials, to support the bone.
– After this, it is necessary to wait for the bone structure to regenerate completely.
This technique allows us to place dental implants in patients who do not have sufficient bone volume and height in the posterior maxilla. Therefore, sinus lift is an optimal option to replace molars in the upper arch when there is little bone. It is a very effective option when the patient has experienced significant bone loss.
This technique is used when the teeth of the upper arch deteriorate and are lost. The aim of this technique is to increase the density of the patient’s bone in order to provide a strong structural base.
What we do with this small procedure is to place bone inside a hollow cavity in the jawbone to gain a height of at least 12 or 13 millimeters, which allows us to fix an implant.
In many cases, tooth loss is one of the consequences of periodontitis, a pathology that usually causes gum recession. When placing the implant, in order to improve the esthetics of the smile, we can perform a gum graft in this area. This consists of taking a small sample of the patient’s own palate and placing it in this space.
Today, dental implants are the best way to replace and restore missing teeth.
For Implantarex it is very important to make an accurate pre-diagnosis to ensure the best long-term results. In this way, we use innovative dental technology that allows us to pre-plan the dental treatment.
Our team of dental specialists can replace missing teeth safely and efficiently with minimal effort. Book an appointment to find out how we can make your smile shine again with our dental implant treatments.