Dental implants need thousands of teeth. Is it worth so much?

Dental implants can be divided into movable, fixed, implanted and movable-fixed complex. But it can be roughly distinguished by removable denture and fixed denture. Fixed dentures are generally expensive, and each missing one counts as three. The cost of each basic Ni-Cr porcelain crown is generally around 300 yuan. You can do the math yourself.

Let's start with the design principles. (Fixed denture) It must be required that the patient's remaining teeth are not loose and the periodontal condition is good. Moreover, there must be many missing front and back teeth. (Removable denture) The dental condition is not high. Generally, as long as the teeth are missing. Let me talk about their advantages and disadvantages first.

merits and demerits

Fixed denture is comfortable and needs too much grinding to restore chewing efficiency.

Beautiful and durable, the general life span is several decades, and the cost is higher, which is several times that of the general removable denture.

It does not interfere with the movement of the tongue, does not affect the ability to distinguish the taste of food, and has poor self-purification ability (it is easy to miss food because you can't pick it yourself).

Removable denture has a strong self-cleaning ability, which is beneficial to cleaning the remaining teeth. If there are many missing teeth, it can be seen that the metal clasp is not beautiful.

The clinical operation is simple, the patient has no discomfort during the operation, and the foreign body feeling is very strong, which many people can't stand.

The cost is low. Even if the complete plastic denture does not exceed 1000 yuan, it needs to be taken off every day, which is cumbersome and not conducive to social activities. Movable dentures are generally not counted by the number of teeth.

It can be seen that the advantages and disadvantages of these two kinds of dentures are irreconcilable. So you should think it over before you do your teeth.

Let me talk about the material classification of these dentures first. Removable dentures include polymethylmethacrylate (plastic) base, cast cobalt-chromium base, cast pure titanium base and epoxy fiber base. Metal brackets (On the surface, cobalt-chromium brackets and pure titanium brackets are only slightly darker than pure titanium, but you can know the amazing quality of pure titanium, elastic dentures and plastic dentures by hand. Among them, metal brackets have the advantages of small foreign body sensation, not easy to break, and can properly convey the taste. Elastic dentures have the advantages of being suitable for a small number of missing front teeth and being more beautiful. As for the last kind-plastic dentures, it is a more traditional and dying thing. Metal stents can be replaced by pure titanium stents. The advantages of pure titanium stents are non-toxic, strong biocompatibility, light weight and high strength, but the biggest disadvantage is that they are expensive and scary. There is also a movable fixed restoration complex, which has many names and connection methods (such as sleeve crown, bolt way, Taiji buckle, etc.), but in summary, it is to reduce the ugliness of clasp, increase stability and reduce foreign body sensation. The cost is not low, even for cobalt-chromium steel, the cost should be the same as that of pure titanium bracket. Expense settlement is more complicated. You must be able to see me in order to charge accurately. Or you can directly click on the red cross sign and ask questions online.

Ok, now it's (scheduled repair). Fixed restoration is almost occupied by porcelain, all kinds of porcelain, but it never changes. The principle can be seen from the figure. These are the three basic steps of porcelain crown. Grind your teeth, finish and put them in. It is possible to confuse the fake with the real. It can also be seen that if you are missing a tooth, you need to fill three teeth. If you choose Ni-Cr porcelain, each piece will be around 400 yuan. We often call it a bridge figuratively. As for their material differences, we seem to have described them in the last article. There is also a kind of fixed restoration called implant. Because its ideal life will not exceed 15 years, the requirements for alveolar bone are too high and the cost is relatively expensive. The production cycle usually takes four months. If you want to make it, please think carefully. Below is a picture of the implant, which is directly screwed into the bone and then attached with a crown. You're finished. But it will take three months to maintain. Because we all know-100 day. Finally, we should talk about the life of the fixed bridge. The life of fixed bridge is closely related to the natural teeth it covers, that is, the life of natural teeth is equivalent to that of porcelain bridge. So the cleaning and protection of the day after tomorrow is very important.