Can I get a tooth implant right after a tooth extraction?
Dental implant surgery is a minor alveolar surgery, similar to tooth extraction, with local anesthesia, less trauma, and almost no pain after surgery. General implant placement only takes tens of minutes to several hours to complete. Ordinary dental implants are more suitable for implants about 2 to 3 months after tooth extraction.
After the wound is healed, the alveolar bone needs to undergo a resorption process, and it takes two months to stabilize. If the dentures are not healed, the dentures will be removed due to the resorption of the alveolar bone, and the dentures will still be changed. There will be gaps between the dentures and the gingival tissue, resulting in food impaction, bad breath, loose and unstable dentures, and may need to be re-installed.
Through research and examination of your dentition model, floss, etc., your implant doctor will design an implant plan according to your individual conditions. The dental implant is placed in the alveolar bone, and after 3-6 months, the implant will be firmly integrated with the bone tissue. So what are the advantages of dental implants?
1. Implanted teeth do not damage adjacent teeth: Porcelain bridge is a traditional repair method for missing teeth, but it is a pity to grind the healthy teeth on both sides of the missing tooth. Implants are placed to repair missing teeth based on this, without involving adjacent teeth and without damaging adjacent teeth.
2. Implanted teeth are stable and reliable: Implanted teeth are implants (that is, artificial tooth roots) and alveolar bone connected together by bone, very strong, no less than human natural tooth roots, and can be rooted in the patient’s mouth like real teeth. .
3. Wider indications for dental implants: In the case where there are no teeth in the whole mouth or all the back of the molar area is missing, in the past, only removable dentures could be installed, but the removable dentures have various aspects such as aesthetics, comfort, chewing function, self-cleaning ability, etc. All are not satisfactory, and the implantation of artificial roots can enable these patients to obtain fixed denture restorations.
