Implantation

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. 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 ...

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 ...

Without exaggeration, we can say that Israeli implants Alpha BIO are today one of the most widely used in Russia.And one of the main reasons for this is the rather low price, which starts at 20,000 rubles for installing one implant, which is very inexpensive by modern standards. But what is hidden behind such a low price - is it possible to count on an acceptable level of quality of Alpha BIO implants and how much can they serve on average? Let's figure it out ...

German-made XiVE dental implants have been on the Russian market for a long time - this brand belongs to the premium segment and, accordingly, a pretty tidy amount will have to be paid for installing such implants. However, is there any tangible difference between expensive XiVE and implants, for example, the middle price category? And are German implants really as good in practice as the advertisement claims - let's figure it out ...

If you believe the advertising of dental clinics, the average life of dental implants is almost 20-30 years, or even the whole life of the patient. However, in fact, the clinic’s guarantee for installed implants is usually given only for a couple of years, and therefore, a completely logical question arises: what, in fact, accounts for such a significant difference in terms? Let's see how many dental implants can actually serve, what factors influence this and what the patient can do to avoid undesirable problems within a couple of years after implantation ...