DENTAL IMPLANTS - AN INTRODUCTION, TYPES AND INDICATIONS!!
Dental Implants !! The dental implants are artificial substitutes for the roots of the lost natural teeth , which help to anchor the prostheses (false teeth/replacement teeth). The statement holds good in that the most popular form of dental implants available today are the root-form implants (anaform/ anatomical form/ in the form of natural tooth root). These are also technically called as the endosteal/endosseous implants , as they stay within the bone. Root form implants are of different types as follows Blade form Cylinder form and Screw form (the most popular and widely used) Other forms of dental implants, of rare usage, historic interest and lesser popularity, include - transosteal and subperiosteal implants. The transosteal implants These implant go through and through the bone. They engage cortical plates on either surface of the bone (the mandible) - the crestal cortical plate and the basal cortical plate. These implants