OsseoNews.com describes itself as “The World of Implant Dentistry Online” and features a variety of resources especially useful to dental professionals…but it is also interesting to those among us who want to understand the deep inner workings of dental implants and the types of decisions that go into installing and maintaining them.
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Pi Dental Center in Fort Washington, PA has posted an interesting and straightforward article describing ten reasons you might want to consider dental implants instead of dentures:
1) Improved appearance
2) Improved confidence
3) Comfort and convenience
4) Durability
5) Improved eating
6) Improved taste
7) Improved nutrition and health
Improved speech
9) Reduced chance of loss
10) Bone growth
All of these are great reasons to choose dental implants, and I always offer them as a potential solution to my Orlando customers. What has to also be factored in though is cost. A mouth full of dental implants will set you back a tidy sum, and in these tough economic times it is sometimes necessary to make tradeoffs. Dentures are a great option for many of my Orlando and central Florida clients who don’t want to take on additional debt or break the bank.
A recent Millennium Research Group report indicates that guided surgery technology will be used in almost 25% of dental implants. Guided surgery (as it applies to dental implants) uses digital x-rays combined with specialized software to help the dentist to better visualize and plan the placement of dental implants within the patient’s mouth. It is also used in drilling to ensure that the dentist knows exactly where they need to place the dental implant.
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Mini-dental implants require less surgery and work with dentures to create a much better experience than dentures alone at a cost much lower than that of regular dental implants. In this article, a Stanford, CT dentist describes the potential benefits of mini-dental implants.
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A recent survey from medical technology network Changewave reports that 25% of their doctor members believe that dental implant technology is likely to experience significant technology breakthroughs within the next 12-24 months. And 31% of doctors think insurance companies and other payors will be “more willing” to reimburse healthcare providers for these devices.
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An article in New York’s Newsday says that the New York State legislature is considering a bill that would require dentists to disclose to their patients the sources/manufacturers of their dentures, dental implants, crowns and other dental prosthetics. The bill, written by assemblyman Rob Walker, was created in the wake of recent concerns about materials sourced from China.
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DentalEconomics.com has posted an interested article about dental implants which describes the importance of patient education. However, it also includes a few interesting statistics.
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Portuguese scientist J.D. Santos has recently completed a study of a new synthetic bone material which, when applied to titanium dental implants, appears to accelerate bone growth improving the odds of dental implant success.
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In the UK and around the world patients are increasingly traveling overseas to visit the dentist. They’re heading to places like Hungary and other Eastern European countries, where brass plaques and molar-shared signs bearing easy to grasp names like “Eurodent” and “Happy Dent” line central streets. In the town of Mosonmagyarovar (population 33,000) there are over 150 dentists. But to save thousands of dollars on dental implants, many Western Europeans are finding it worth the trip.
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Massachusetts-based Millennium Research Group recently found that the market for small-diameter (less than 3.0 mm) dental implants grew by more than 30% in the United States during 2007, outpacing regular-diameter dental implants. Patients often prefer the small-diameter to large-diameter dental implants because they involve less surgical time and are a more cost-effective option. Also, small-diamater dental implants usually require fewer steps to place and can be placed noninvasively, making them a simpler solution.
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