Let me tell you about "dental implants".
The elderly population in China is increasing gradually. According to an expert survey, more than 90% of the elderly are missing teeth. Only 30% of the elderly have false teeth. Many old people think: "it's ok to eat when you are old, but it's troublesome to plant your teeth until all your teeth fall out." Such an idea is inappropriate. Because of missing teeth, it not only affects the quality of life, but also harms health.
Tooth loss makes it difficult to chew food. For example, if the front teeth are gone, food can't be cut and torn, and if the back teeth are gone, food can't be processed and ground, which affects the digestion and absorption of the stomach. After a long time, it will cause gastrointestinal diseases and affect the whole body health.
Tooth loss, slurred speech, missing front teeth, slurred speech of lips and tongue teeth, commonly known as "air leakage", especially missing upper and lower front teeth.
Tooth loss affects facial beauty. The front teeth fall off, the lips collapse, commonly known as "flat mouth", most of the front and rear teeth are missing, the cheek muscles sag and the skin wrinkles increase, which gives people a feeling of aging or premature aging and causes psychological damage.
One or more teeth are missing in the middle of maxillary or mandibular dentition. If false teeth are not inserted in time, the occlusal teeth will droop or rise, and the adjacent teeth on both sides will tilt and shift to the edentulous space, which will lead to dental caries, periodontal disease or other oral diseases.
Normal teeth are fixed in the alveolar fossa of the jaw and play a chewing function. The physiological characteristics of alveolar bone are that teeth exist normally and alveolar bone exists healthily. After the tooth is missing, the alveolar bone loses the stimulation of chewing function, which will be absorbed naturally after a long time, and the alveolar ridge will become lower or disappear, which will affect the retention of denture after dental implantation.
Many missing teeth can induce mandibular joint diseases if they are not repaired for a long time. There are too many teeth on one side to chew, and food is often chewed with the other tooth. Medically, it is called unilateral chewing, or the teeth fall off completely, and the distance between the upper jaw and the lower jaw is shortened, which affects the normal movement of the mandibular joint and leads to pain, snapping and dyskinesia of the mandibular joint. Medically called "mandibular joint disorder syndrome", it is difficult to treat.
To sum up, it shows that teeth are missing and must be filled as soon as possible. Because the location of missing teeth and the reasons for missing teeth are different, the time for filling teeth is relatively different. The front teeth are single teeth. The alveolar fossa healed quickly after tooth extraction. Generally, teeth can be inserted 8- 10 weeks after tooth extraction. There are many roots in the posterior teeth, and the alveolar fossa is large and deep. After tooth extraction, the healing is slow, generally about 15 weeks after tooth extraction, and the tooth can be extracted. If more teeth are extracted at one time or all teeth are missing, after the alveolar fossa is healed, sometimes bone tips or ribs appear on the alveolar or alveolar front lip and buccal side. It is best to consult a dentist about 10 weeks after tooth extraction. If there is a bone tip or bone edge, it should be removed surgically, which is called "alveolar osteoplasty" in medicine to prevent the denture from pressing the alveolar mucosa after repair.
Denture is an artificial method to restore the missing teeth according to their original shape and continue to play the role of teeth, which is called "denture" in medicine. There are two kinds of dentures in clinic: removable denture and fixed denture. Movable dentures can be taken off, washed and made, which is not limited by the number of missing teeth and has low cost. The disadvantage is poor chewing ability and easy to break, so rinse your mouth before going to bed after meals. Fixed denture is beautiful, comfortable, convenient and chewy, but its disadvantage is that it can only repair a few missing teeth and the cost is high.
With the development of science and technology, in recent years, metal materials with good biocompatibility have been used to make root and implant alveolar bone to repair missing teeth, which is called "dental implant" in medicine. Its greatest advantage is that it is very similar to its real teeth. However, it requires high health and alveolar bone conditions of the edentulous mouth, which is expensive. It is still in the stage of research and observation. Each kind of denture has its advantages and disadvantages. I should choose it according to my specific situation and seek the advice of my doctor.
No matter what kind of dentures are used, oral hygiene should be maintained. Especially when using removable dentures, if the mouth is not kept clean, dental plaque can be produced, which will become difficult to remove after a long time of adhesion. Therefore, after each meal, you should take off your dentures, scrub them with clean water or denture cleaner, and then put them into your mouth. Before going to bed every night, you should take off your toothbrush, wash it, soak it in a cold water basin, get up and wash it the next day, and then put it in your mouth.
Love tip: it is best to go to a big hospital for dental implants, not to street stalls or private clinics. If the implant is not suitable, chronic stimulation will lead to oral ulcer and even oral cancer.
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