Dental Implants -How it’s Done – 1st Part

This discussion is divided into four posts and will tackle in a general way how the process of dental implantation is done. New techniques of attaching dental implants, is sweeping the dental industry with the use of titanium-based dental screws or anchors as they are called. The past process of having to split the gingiva (gum tissue) and installing the screw is giving way to actual cutting of the jaw tissue with a round shaped blade that removes a plug of tissue to expose the jaw bone itself. The dentist then uses drills of increasing diameter (Not done in one treatment) to obtain the needed diameter for the insertion of the implant itself. The screw is then installed and the wound allowed to heal and the bone is given time to grow around the implant to make the structure sound and stable for the attachment of the crown.