A dental implant is practically an artificial dental root, placed at the site of the missing tooth to support the restoration. An implant, therefore, is not a tooth, although it can make up for a tooth for a long period.

A tooth replacement constructed on an implant has the same function as a replacement based on a natural tooth. Modern implants are usually made of pure titanium (not an alloy) or, more recently, zirconia bioceramic. Because of their excellent bioquality and biostability, these so-called biomaterials can stay in the human body for a long time, without the risk of rejection.

The implant is placed into the jaw quickly, easily and safely, in an outpatient setting and under local anesthesia. (However, other types of anesthesia are also available, if needed.) After their placement, the implants heal within the bone osseointegration). The healing process takes about 3 to 4 months. After this, an artificial abutment replacing the tooth is placed into the implant, and this abutment will serve as the basis of the dental prosthesis.

The use of dental implants has numerous advantages during the prosthetic rehabilitation of dental patients. With their use, prostheses of improved quality, better functionality, and higher esthetic value can be constructed, when compared with the conventional methods of dentistry. This way, for example, patients can wear fixed prostheses (bridges) instead of removable dentures. A similar advantage is that the teeth adjacent to the missing tooth or teeth remain intact, and they do not have to be worked on (burred) as part of the prosthetic treatment.

An additional and unbeatable advantage of the implantation technique is that in case of total edentulousness (when the patient has no teeth at all), removable dentures can be replaced by fixed prostheses.

As a result of the leaping advances in dental implantology, there are certain new types of implants available currently, that can receive (under proper conditions) a temporary prosthesis immediately after implantation or in an early period of osseointegration (4 to 6 weeks after implantation).

The implantologists of the Denti Implant Clinic have more than 25 years of experience and practice in performing dental implantation procedures. The high-rate and long-term success of the many thousands of Denti implants placed by them proves that they work with increased care and for the benefit of their patients. We hope that our patients continue to place their confidence in us.