subject: Dental Implants and the Future [print this page] Dental Implants and the Future Dental Implants and the Future
Dental implants are likely to be the core of future dental technology. Its importance will continue to grow as more dental prosthetics are designed around it and as procedure and healing time decreases.
There really was no effective way to replace the loss of a tooth, more so the loss of teeth. For all its simplicity, it is interesting to note that there was no effective anchoring system to replicate or duplicate the way in which a tooth attaches to the gum and bone for a very long time. When a tooth or teeth are lost, the technology then relied on nearby tooth or teeth to serve as an anchor from which a scaffold holding the prostheses is attached, whether temporarily or permanently. There never was an effective way to simulate the action of the gum, especially its ability to hold the tooth firmly to the bone.
The problem is further complicated when there is no tooth or teeth that can be used as anchors. The solution then was to make dentures, an artificial tooth or teeth that are embedded in a hard material shaped to follow the contours of the gum. However, dentures rely only on suction pressure and the mechanical force of contact between appliance and gum to achieve some form of anchor, hence stability.
Affluent people may have the money to buy themselves dentures that look like natural teeth, but dentures never did function like natural teeth, either in mastication or in speech. And when dealing with the affluent, especially in an area like Chattanooga, Tennessee, people will pay for the best option there is.
Fortunately, with the timely invention and development of dental implants, Chattanooga patients will have the best option for lost tooth or teeth. Dental implants are the best bio-appliance developed that closely reproduces the anchoring property of natural teeth.
With the sheer superiority over dentures of these implants, Chattanooga patients will have better function in their chewing and will be understood in their speech. That is because implants somehow form a bond with the bone under the gums, providing adequate anchor from which any prosthesis can be attached.
As to the future of these implants, Chattanooga, TN will likely be a big market for these products since the affluent would likely opt for these prostheses.
