1. What is dental implant? Implant is a fairly common word in medicine and it is not exactly the same as planting trees, flowers, crops, etc. in our lives. It refers to the surgical anchoring of inanimate allograft material (implant) in the jawbone, first forming the equivalent of a tooth root, i.e., support and fixation, and then a series of processes such as the fabrication of the denture and wearing it on this basis. 2. What are the advantages of dental implants? We know that there are two traditional ways of restoring teeth: removable denture and fixed denture, among which removable denture is large, foreign body feeling, affects pronunciation, and has to be removed and cleaned every day, which is very inconvenient; fixed denture restoration needs to wear at least two adjacent teeth, and the loss of patients is also great. In contrast, dental implants overcome the unfavorable aspects of the above two restorations, are beautiful, comfortable, chew efficiently, and do not damage neighboring teeth. 3. Indications for dental implants? The indications for dental implants are quite wide, including the loss of individual teeth, multiple teeth, and even the loss of all teeth. Of course, a thorough examination of your oral cavity will be conducted before surgery to develop a restoration plan that is suitable for you. 4. What is the history of the development of dental implants? It is recorded that 4000 years ago in China, people were replacing missing teeth with animal teeth, etc., but for purely aesthetic decorative purposes. There are reports of dental implants as early as 1948, which are still functioning well 38 years after the surgery. In recent decades, dental implants have developed rapidly and have become a routine clinical restorative technique in developed countries, with a reported success rate of over 90% in 10 years. 5. Is dental implant a major surgery? In fact, you should relax, dental implant is a minor surgery performed in the outpatient clinic under local anesthesia, you only need to get well a few days before the surgery, relax and actively cooperate with the surgery.