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Topic: Implants

If an implant treatment painful?

The insertion of the implants caused usually no pain, because all interventions under local anesthesia to be carried out. As with any surgical procedure may be on the day of the operation wound occur. Your treatment team will provide you with the necessary resources to pain so that pain does not even occur.

Will I in the treatment of a general anesthetic?

Usually enough for bringing your implant from a local anesthetic. A general anesthesia is more complicated surgery, or on request.

Looks or feel implants?

Dental implants feel almost like your own teeth and look like this. The artificial tooth crown is in color and shape tailored to the surrounding teeth adapted and the remaining part of the implant is invisible hidden. Through its firm anchoring in the jawbone, the implants sit particularly safe. You can usually normal chewing and bite force as with their own teeth.

How compatible are implants? Can an implant be rejected?

Dental implants are usually made from titanium. This metal is not only highly stable, lightweight and durable, but also very biocompatible (biocompatible). Rejection reactions or allergies to titanium are very rare. An inflammation of the surrounding restraint apparatus is possible, the risk that this will lead to more serious problems, but by regular dental checks, professional tooth cleaning decisively reduced.

How long does it take to get an implant is eingeheilt?

On average it takes three to six months, until the completely artificial tooth root in the jaw bone is eingeheilt. The Einheildauer varies, depending on how much bone is present around the artificial roots anchored. Was a structure of the jaw bone is necessary or is the bone (as in the upper jaw is the case) is weaker, may extend the Einheilzeit.

Is there an age limit for the use of implants?

The bone growth should be an implant treatment should be completed. This is usually 18 years with the case. In children and adolescents may in some cases, special implants are used. This may have to later be replaced by others.

Upwards, there is no general age limit. Rather, your general health and individual quality of your jawbone crucial factors for the decision. Specific chronic diseases and taking certain medications can be a treatment in question. Diseases of the teeth and the tooth retaining apparatus should be pre-treated.

Basically, we advise you prior to implantation and by careful examination of your teeth and your medical history determine whether dental implants are right for you choice.

What is the lifespan of implants?

In principle, implants can last a lifetime. The condition is that they are carefully maintained and regularly checked by us.

How much are implants?

This question can not be a lump sum in advance to be answered. The costs depend on your specific medical findings, the exact method of treatment and the desired material. For a personally tailored to your cost estimate, we are gladly at your disposal.

Theme: Periodontology

Recognize myself, if I have gum disease?

This insidious disease is at that of many patients not recognized, because it often develops insidiously. A periodontal disease is always an initially innocuous gingival inflammation.

The first signs of this are frequent gingival bleeding or pain sensitivity of the gums when cleaning. A bad taste in the mouth and bad breath are other possible symptoms, but no clear evidence.

Theme: Fillings

Caries can be seen with the naked eye?

Caries at an early stage is reflected by a chalky, bright spot, the so-called "white spot" on the tooth enamel. The stain can be obtained from closer examination with the naked eye in the mirror detect. Therefore, you should regularly at home, your teeth "investigate". Caries may be already in the deeper layers of your tooth intruded, without that you will notice ( "hidden caries"). Therefore, your semi-annual monitoring events in the dental practice is a necessary precautionary measure.

Is a root canal treatment at all useful?

That depends on the tooth from. Some teeth are very strong pre. In this case, it is sometimes better to pull the tooth. Sometimes the channels are not cleaned well, because the roots are strongly curved. Then it might be cheaper, a root or the tooth removed. Generally worth the root treatment. Because it runs in most cases successfully, and the teeth may be years to decades, remain in the mouth - sometimes a lifetime.

Although implants are now a very high quality, should be their own teeth for as long as possible.

Theme: Aesthetic Dentistry

How long do crowns and bridges?

Crowns and bridges usually hold at least ten o'clock-15 o'clock years. With good oral hygiene care and the time may be considerably longer. Shorter periods can result in disease of the involved teeth may occur.

How long does a prosthesis?

The lifetime of a dental prosthesis, it is difficult to predict because it depends many factors, such as the prosthetic material used, maintenance of denture, oral cavity and remaining natural teeth, etc. depends.

Can the dentures contain harmful substances?

This is usually not the case. There are biocompatible materials such as ceramics and well tolerated plastics and metals used. If an allergic problem known, can often be extended to other materials to be evaded.

Tips for pain:

Do you get a toothache? Then you must be helped quickly. Think about what kind of pain you feel:

A knocking pain, pulling, rather only with the teeth on the tooth?

Cooling the body carefully and take a free prescription painkillers. Agree, call an emergency appointment with one of our staff.

If your pain accompanied by fever? Can you detect swelling?

Cool here too careful, you can take a prescription painkiller-free and call us to telephone the appropriate further procedure to be clarified.

Do you have bleeding gums?

This is easier to form in the acute case is not dramatic, frequent gingival bleeding, however, points to a gingival inflammation out. This should be the earliest Urasche dental group. Arrange an appointment and to call you today at the occasion of your call.

They have lost a filling.

Now you do not chew hard foods such as cereals, nuts or popcorn. Otherwise at the edges of the lack of filling of the tooth enamel lost. Get to your dentist appointment on soft, hand-warm food and drinks around. Brushing teeth is allowed and is important in order to avoid unnecessary food remnants in the affected tooth fix.

You is a temporary crown or bridge fell out.

The precise manufacturing crowns and bridges needed his time. In the meantime, the treated teeth so-called provisional crowns. These are only lightly glued and can sometimes fall out. This is not tragic. Take a little mild toothpaste on hand, emphasize the provisional parts on the bottom so that one and put them back on the tooth. This keeps for a while. Call us and get a timely appointment.

After bleeding after tooth extractions or surgery.

One such moment is serious and demands a bit of your attention. Cool gently, insert a piece of gauze packet from an association or a clean cloth handkerchief on the wound and bite you at least 2 hours with a light, only to loose pressure. Call us and persecute you, especially before falling asleep, if the bleeding is fed. Do, where appropriate, with ongoing bleeding is not a medical emergency reside.

Do you have a tooth or a piece of a tooth is lost?

That can happen to anyone, but the Zahnlifebox helps. A fall, a blow, a blow unforeseen - and the piece of a tooth is removed. Then it is above all: keep calm, because your tooth is not totally lost! Breastfeeding the bleeding by pressing gently on a piece of clean cloth handkerchief or a piece of gauze from the first-aid kit bite. Do not clean the tooth and not the piece removed. Grasp both ends not at the root of. They ship the tooth removed in Rettungsbox (available in pharmacies, kindergartens, schools and sports clubs). If you do not have Zahnlifebox, place the tooth in a glass with cold milk, water or take him gently into the mouth. Call us or are you looking for a dental emergency services on.

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