{"id":1906,"date":"2020-07-17T09:35:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T08:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2025-02-12T09:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:56:37","slug":"understanding-the-procedure-for-dental-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/understanding-the-procedure-for-dental-implants\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the procedure for dental implants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While some people who may only be missing a\nsingle tooth or even a row of teeth, getting implants is probably the best\nsolution, but there are patients who opt to replace teeth that are possibly\nhealthy for a better more aesthetic smile. Undergoing this treatment is quite the process and\ninvolves some serious surgery, so Aura\nDental<\/strong>, dentist\nin St John\u2019s Wood<\/a>, would like to explain it to you in detail so that you\nknow the facts when making the decision to get dental implants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you still have teeth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your dentist in St John\u2019s Wood<\/strong>\nwill require that the socket where the root fits into the jaw be completely\nempty and cleaned out before the implant can be placed. If you have a loose or\ndecayed tooth or want to replace natural teeth, these will first need to be\nsurgically removed and the area cleaned out and correctly treated to be made\nready for the implant. The tooth extraction is performed under local\nanaesthetic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implant procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The now clean and open area where the implant\nwill be placed needs to be properly numbed with a local anaesthetic, at this\npoint, your dentist will decide if you will need a bone graft, this bone graft\nensures a solid base necessary for the implant to fit into. If this turns out\nto be a lengthy and involved procedure; you may need to wait for a few months\nfor the area to heal properly before proceeding with the implant surgery.\nHowever, if there\u2019s enough bone from the get-go and you don\u2019t need a bone graft\nthen your dentist in St John\u2019s Wood<\/strong> can place the implants\nimmediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dental\nimplants are titanium posts or screws that your dentist places into the bone of\nyour jaw by using a special drill and other tools, once the implant is\ncorrectly inserted, the gum is stitched up. You may get a temporary denture to\ncover up the gap in your mouth simply for aesthetic purposes but then you are\nsent home to heal before your next appointment. Depending on the quality of\nyour bone, healing time can take 2-6 months, during this time, the bone fuses\nwith the implant securing it in place thus making it strong enough to fit a\nfalse tooth without risking damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If\nthe healing was a success then an abutment is connected to the implant. The\ndentist creates a crown that fits onto the abutment, this crown looks like a\nreal tooth though it is often made of ceramic and will be made to match your\nother teeth or give you a brand new smile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dental implants are a permanent solution to a missing tooth and the fact that they resemble a natural tooth is very appealing to many people, they even feel similar to natural teeth and eating with these dental implants is the same as eating with natural teeth, which is often a common complaint among denture wearers, so you can go about your life as usual without the worry of your teeth falling out by becoming stuck in food. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While some people who may only be missing a single tooth or even a row of teeth, getting implants is probably the best solution, but there are patients who opt to replace teeth that are possibly healthy for a better more aesthetic smile. Undergoing this treatment is quite the process and involves some serious surgery, … Continue reading Understanding the procedure for dental implants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Understanding the procedure for dental implants | %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dentists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auradentallondon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}