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Dental implants St. Albans have really taken off in the last 15 years, with more and more patients enquiring about them and opting for them. Dental implants provide a truly amazing tooth-replacement system that stands out from the crowd as being visually and practically desirable. However, like lots of good things, there are a couple of areas that people tend to worry about and pull back on; firstly the cost, as implants are one of the more expensive treatments on offer, and secondly, discomfort. It’s been reported a fair amount online that implants are quite uncomfortable and difficult to fit. With all this in mind, we at UK Dental Specialists have broken down our thoughts on dental implants St. Albans for you.
What are dental implants?
To get this off the mark, let us first take a look at what dental implants St. Albans actually are and how they work. Implants are applied in a top-step process, both in the design and how we fit them. First, you have the anchor or screw, which is fitted deep into the jawbone. Then there’s the crown or false tooth, which is placed on the anchor once the first surgery site has completely healed. The reason behind the healing time is to allow the implant to settle in firmly; if the implant isn’t secure and the site isn’t solid, the implants will just fall out.
What affects the cost of them?
In basic terms, implants may be more costly because they need really high-end products and technology, with sometimes complex surgical procedures, to be really beneficial. Just as with all other aspects of life, it falls into the you-get-what-you-pay-for category. Now, this can sound hard and even a little unfair, but just because implants are technically the best doesn’t mean they’d be the right option for you, so don’t think you need implants to have good prosthetic teeth – you don’t.
That being said, implants are exactly what many people require since these appliances offer back a pre-tooth-loss lifestyle. What do we mean by this? Well, you don’t need to worry about taking them out in the evenings, or if you’re eating certain foods. You don’t need to worry about them slipping or changing your speech at all. And you don’t need to worry that they won’t look and feel like your natural teeth because we can assure you they will.
Are they painful to fit?
Surgery is uncomfortable, we think for the most part we can all agree on that. Our bodies do not like being poked, prodded, cut open and changed, they like to be left alone as far as possible. So yes, there will be some discomfort when going ahead with dental implants. Unfortunately, we can’t be specific on how much or little discomfort you will feel because we’re all so different. We all have super fluctuating pain thresholds along with different needs within our implant surgery. What we’re talking about here are the variables such as how many teeth you’re replacing, how bad the damage is and whether or not you need a bone graft. However your comfort is our priority and we have a range of options to make the whole process as effortless and rewarding as possible.