Dental implants?

i want to know how successful they are, how painful or not they are and how long it takes...

Dental implants?
I'm a dentist.





They are very successful, but they are not foolproof.





There are a lot of factors that go into a successful implant-supported prosthesis, ranging from proper treatment planning to proper surgical technique to proper design of the prosthetic tooth. An implant placed at an inappropriate angle will endure forces that are not axial in direction, and such an implant will be more likely to fail. Similarly, an implant with an excessively large prosthetic tooth to support is also more likely to fail. Also, adequate supporting bone is also a must. Lots of things dictate the success or failure of an implant.





Patient health is also a factor. Uncontrolled diabetics, patients with severe immune deficiencies, patients with insufficient bone density are poor candidates for implants. Patients with poor hygiene practrices, and...and...and...





You get the picture.





When done properly and on suitable patients, they have a very high success rate. Your doctor needs to evaluate your situation.
Reply:First you have to go to an oral surgeon, they will put a metal post in your gum. Then you have to wait 6 months for it to heal over before they can put a fake tooth in. Its quite a procedure.
Reply:well on extreme makeover the can do it in 6 weeks
Reply:Dental implants usually have a success rate of about 95%. Which is really good odds. Smoking can decrease those odds by about 2%, which is still good. Excessive pressure, especially sideways, is one thing that can make an implant fail. In our office we have only had 2 in the last year fail, and that is out of about 75. The chances of an implant failing twice is remote. Implants are usually called "30 year" implants, because that is usually how long they are monitored. Of course, they can last longer than that, but most dentist retire by that point or the patients moves or dies, and obviously it is not monitored any longer. Implant placement is not anymore painful than an extraction, and usually even less. In our office we can place an implant in about an hour, and that includes anesthetic and post op.





We use Astra implants, and they are great.
Reply:It does not pain and dont take much of time just 2 visits of 1 week duration. They are very successful . You can visit to India for your dental implants as it is very less priced here in india and the fascilities and doctor are of international standards.You can save a great money and can have holiday and dental implants.try the following link and see if it helps.http://www.healthcaretours.com
Reply:Get your full dental work and jaw surgery in India.Dental Surgery is very cheap in India.There is one company that is very famous in India that arranges cosmetic/dental surgery for foreigners in India.They are called the Forerunners Healthcare.I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and about their patient stories.I have also read that they arrange financing for international patients as all surgery is not covered by insurance or by the stinking NHS.





They also have photos pasted of their International patients.You can checkout their website.The cost savings are incredible.As a doctor i personally believe that your surgery can be easily handled in India as the quality of healthcare available here is simply best in the world.The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star .





My cousin got her full dental work and jaw surgery for the cross bite and the overbite problem done there and she is more than very happy with the results.sHe is all praise for this forerunners healthcare company.She paid just 30% of the cost what she was quoted in USA and it was like a wonderful vacation for her.hope this helps.I think she paid only 7000$ for the full dental surgery for which she was quoted 19000 $ in USA.





http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com