Single Dental Implant

A single dental implant replaces one missing tooth without involving the neighbouring teeth. At Stomatologia na Podzamczu the implant is a titanium post — a lightweight, durable and biocompatible material widely used in bone and dental implants — that is placed into the alveolar bone under local anaesthetic, with placement typically taking from thirty minutes up to a couple of hours depending on the site.

The treatment follows recognised stages. After surgical placement the implant is left to integrate with the jawbone, a process called osseointegration in which the bone fuses with the titanium surface to give the implant its long-term stability and to help maintain bone that would otherwise shrink after tooth loss. A healing abutment is then used to shape the gum, and finally a ceramic crown is fabricated from an impression or intraoral scan and fitted to…