Surgery
Mini-implants are, in fact, a smaller version of standard implants used to fix dentures and (less commonly) small fixed bridges. It’s important to understand that mini implants are not an alternative to standard implants ...
A distinctive feature of MIS implants is a very affordable price, which in many respects determined the brand's popularity among patients (and doctors) in Russia. But do these implants have any more significant advantages than just a low price? And is it worth installing them at all, or is the low cost in this case associated with a high risk of implant rejection and the development of other complications?
Not so long ago, in most patients, when one or several teeth were removed, there were only two prosthetics options available from a practical point of view: either install a removable denture, or use the so-called dental bridge. However, today another option for prosthetics has appeared and is becoming more accessible for the population - on dental implants. Next, we will see what is still better - the good old dental bridge, or more expensive and modern implant prosthetics. And we’ll also talk about hidden and far from obvious advantages and disadvantages of both treatment methods, which are often simply kept silent in clinics ...
When the advertisement of dental clinics says about the implantation of a tooth (or teeth) “on a turn-key basis” - one might get the impression that the patient only needs to pay once and only the amount indicated in the price list for this service. However, practice shows that in reality everything can turn out to be far from being as rosy and cheap as it sometimes seems at first glance. Let's see what exactly is included in the cost of installing a “turnkey” implant and for which you usually have to pay extra separately ...
Astra Tech implants are manufactured by the Swedish company ASTRA TECH Dental and belong to the premium category products. Let's try to find out why these implants are considered one of the best on the market (yielding, perhaps, to brands like Straumann and Nobel Biocare) and whether their design really includes technological solutions that are critical for an ordinary, ordinary patient, for which it makes sense to overpay ...
Dental implants Snucone (South Korea) appeared on the Russian market relatively recently and are positioned as mid-range products manufactured using German technology. Let's see what are the specifics of these implants, what technological solutions are embedded in them and, most importantly, how much, in general, they are high-quality and reliable in terms of survival and further operation ...
Often, within 1-3 days after tooth extraction, patients develop varying degrees of severity of edema of soft tissues bordering the well. The most severe edema is observed when the molars are removed on the lower jaw - for example, retinated or semi-reinforced wisdom teeth, when the face can become largely asymmetric due to swelling of the tissues. And this is only half the trouble - often severe pain and problems with opening the mouth join when an elementary meal turns for a tormented person into real torture.Is it possible to initially prevent the appearance of severely pronounced edema and what to do if it nevertheless appeared and acquired an impressive size? Is it possible in such cases to develop dangerous complications and when should I rush to the doctor for help as soon as possible? Let's figure it out ...
What can I say - tooth extraction by many people is considered one of the most unpleasant dental procedures. Meanwhile, there are a number of specific practical recommendations that allow the patient to survive tooth extraction with minimal losses for his health, nerves and wallet - we will talk about this later. And also we will see what stages surgical manipulation is composed of, in which cases it is better to wait a while to remove a problem tooth and how to remove a tooth without pain and without the risk of running into a "villain-surgeon" who has the very place in a meat processing plant ...
Modern dental implantation is divided into several directions, and although the aim is always the same - restoring the aesthetics and functionality of the dentition - however, the technologies and methods of implant placement and even methods of their fixation in bone tissue can be very different. Let's look at the main types of dental implants for today, and also get acquainted with the approximate prices for the procedure, depending on the chosen option for its implementation ...
Many patients, having learned that a large cyst has formed on their tooth, start to panic - that’s what it means, the tooth will have to be removed, and then it’s also necessary to remove the cyst from the jaw and scrape it! And even when the doctor proposes not to remove the tooth, but to make a resection of the root apex with a cyst, this is also often perceived not very positively - after all, you will literally have to cut a piece of bone from the jaw and cut off a piece of tooth with a purulent sac on the root through the hole created with a drill. . Is it really impossible to remove the root cyst somehow conservatively, without surgery, to cure it with the help of any drugs? We’ll talk about all these interesting nuances in more detail ...
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to remove your teeth, no matter how sorry it would be to part with them. When you get an appointment with a dentist-surgeon - this is where the most interesting part begins, since far from everything always goes so smoothly, I would like to, and the procedure for tooth extraction can sometimes be associated with a number of surprises, often very unpleasant.
Many people do not even suspect about the difficulties that can be encountered - both during the "pulling out" of the tooth, and after its removal, when, apparently, all the problems were left behind. For example, an inexperienced doctor can break you not only a tooth that is removed (and then long and tedious to extract its roots in pieces from the torn gums), but it can also break or dislocate a neighboring tooth; the tool can slip and severely injure the gum or cheek; the doctor due to excessive effort and, trying to improve access to the tooth, may accidentally simply tear your corners of your mouth. Etc.
It is useful to understand well what needs to be done immediately after tooth extraction to prevent severe complications, which also often happen. In this section of the site you will learn, for example, whether it is dangerous to increase body temperature after tooth extraction and how to stop prolonged bleeding from the hole; what can and cannot be done after leaving the office of a dentist-surgeon, as well as many other important points from a practical point of view.
Especially there are many nuances with the removal of wisdom teeth, both on the upper and lower jaw - this is also paid great attention to in this section of the site.
And after tooth extraction (and sometimes even immediately after the procedure), the question arises of implantation. The issues of dental implants should be approached consciously and wisely, as this can directly affect not only the quality of services and implants that you receive, but also the price you pay. We will also discuss the issues of dental implants in the Surgery section.