Dental Implants

By Ian Kleine

Most often, we would immediately encounter the term "dental implant" when looking over the various options in medical treatment that pertains to the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction of teeth. One should immediately dispel the attitude of a scary, long operation with drills and metal braces if one is to understand the subtlety of dental implantation.

Dental implants are what you call the artificial root and tooth fashioned from sturdy, non-toxic metals (like Titanium) and is used for prosthetic and regenerative dentistry. The rehabilitative properties of dental implants are invaluable, and the amount of jaws and mandibles saved through this operation is immense. There are a lot of types and methods that exist for this operation, but the most common of them all are osseointegration and fibrintegration implants.

Osseointegration means the formation of a bond between bone mass and metal. The compound word "osseointegrate" comes from osseo, which means bone, and integrate, which means to join, fuse or combine finely. It is this fusion within the bone that the metal performs its full function of replacing the teeth. Dental implants are said to be one of the pinnacles of medical and joint bone replacement technology, having a high rate of both success chance and satisfaction within the patient.

The titanium tooth implant is fashioned into the design of a titanium screw so that it could easily fit into the hole the former tooth has left behind. Sometimes, the surface of the tooth is smoothed (using plasma arc technology) and sometimes, it is roughened up (sandblasting) depending on which would be more effective for the jaw to grow with. Surgery depends on the type, most are often opting for same day implant because of its lower time for recovery and because its cheaper.

Costs between the United States, Canada and Costa Rica are in a phenomenal difference. In the first two countries, you could spend as much as two thousand dollars to four thousand dollars for a same day implant on your tooth (the one wherein it only takes a day for the implant to be loaded on your mouth). That same operation in Costa Rica would only cost you a measly price of six hundred seventy five US dollars. But take note. Both are using roughly the same technology, the same procedures, surgeons trained in the same school as their American counterparts, at lower prices. Add your plane tickets and money for a few days, and you still get to save as much as fifty percent off. - 29879

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