Dental implants with little bone: is it possible?

Dental implants with little bone: is it possible?

Dental implants with little bone: is it possible?

Do you need dental implants to restore your teeth, improve chewing functions and get back to having a smile to show? The main condition to be met for the insertion of dental implants is to have sufficient bone density .

A dental implant is in fact a biocompatible titanium screw that the dentist inserts into the jaw bone. The implant therefore replaces the natural root of your tooth: therefore there must be a bone thickness in the jaw that can accommodate the implant.

You will say: if before there was my tooth, with its root, the bone is always the same and I can have a dental implant inserted. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.

When you lose one or more teeth, the bone, which is no longer stimulated every day by chewing, loses its density, shrinking slowly. It also happens when only one tooth is lost.

Many patients, when they even lose a tooth, wait too long before deciding to have a dental implant. Others, losing more teeth, think about the solution of the removable denture, which however does not solve the problem of bone resorption. The mobile dental prosthesis allows you to chew, but it is only a support resting on the gum.

With a dental implant you will have the root of a tooth again, so the resorption process leading to bone loss will stop.

Because little bone is not enough for dental implants

As we have said, a dental implant must replace the natural tooth root. After the implants have been inserted, it is not possible to immediately mount the dental crown and thus restore the dentition.

We have to wait for the so  called osseo-integration process: the titanium implant must integrate with the natural bone, which will bond perfectly to the implant, thus supporting the subsequent prosthesis.

If you have little bone, not only is it not possible to insert the implant (which must precisely perforate the bone), but also the osseo-integration process will not be sufficient because the implant will not be stable.

How do i find out if i have little bone for a dental implant?

Not with a simple dental visit.

Your dentist will have to check the bone thickness with a CT 3D Cone beam  and find out if, after the loss of the teeth, there has been such resorption that it is not possible to insert the dental implants. At that point, if you have little bone and want to have a dental implant, your dentist will tell you about a number of alternatives available.

What alternatives do you have for having dental implants with little bone?

However, you can have dental implants with little bone, there is an alternative to consider: bone grafting. Then increase the bone thickness of the jaw. Bone grafting can take place in 3 ways:

  1. Bonegrafting with your own bone: It is also called autogenous bone grafting, and is considered the best source for bone grafts, as it uses live tissues from the same patient. Normally, a portion of bone is taken from the chin or the posterior parts of the jaw or even from the hip. Requires surgery.
  2. Bone grafting with animal bone: it is called xenotransplantation and bone from cattle is generally used. It takes longer to osseointegrate, because it comes from a different species.
  3. Bone grafting with synthetic bone: thanks to the use of synthetic materials, called biomaterials. They are like scaffolding that support the cells of bone formation, which grow around them (they are called osteoconductive materials).

Is it possible to have dental implants with little bone?

Yes, if you have little bone you can still get the insertion of one or more dental implants, thanks to the bone graft.

It is always advisable, however, not to wait, but to go immediately to the dentist when a tooth is lost or to request dental implants immediately if the dentist has had to extract the natural ones.

If you have lost one or more teeth and want to improve your teeth, contact us today to request more information on dental implants.

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  •  Free stay for 2 persons (patient + companion) 20 meters away from the clinic at the Hotel Serenity, property of “Travel and Smile”.
  • Reception at the airport upon arrival and departure.
  • English Assistance in clinic and in your free time for the whole duration of the dental care
  • A cellphone with an Albanian sim for you.

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