What are dental implants? Dental implants are dentures that are placed on top of an artificial tooth root. The implant (i.e. artificial root) with good biocompatibility with the human body is surgically implanted in the toothbed of the missing tooth area, and then a denture is placed on the artificial root to restore the missing tooth after 2~3 months of growth. What are the advantages of dental implants? Traditional methods of denture installation, such as movable dentures, generally need to make a ring retention, there is a significant foreign body feeling and very inconvenient to take off and wear, while fixed dentures need to grind the adjacent teeth for braces retention, adjacent teeth are subject to damage. However, dental implants have their own root support, compared to traditional dentures it has the following advantages: 1, good retention, than traditional dentures to wear a solid, secure, like real teeth rooted in the patient’s mouth, but will not cause gum pain and inflammation; 2, chewing efficiency than traditional dentures has improved substantially, similar to real teeth; 3, no damage to the adjacent teeth; 4, no need for movable denture brackets and rings, no The artificial tooth root can prevent the resorption of alveolar bone; 6. What is dental implant surgery? Dental implant surgery is a minor surgery in dentistry, similar to tooth extraction in most cases. The implant is placed in the maxillary or mandibular alveolar bone with a special tool under local anesthesia and is made of artificial material (also known as an artificial tooth root). Duration of the dental implant procedure The time required to place an implant is approximately 10-30 minutes. In case of poor local conditions and the need for bone augmentation procedures such as bone grafting, the time will be relatively longer. Is the artificial dental implant surgery painful? In general, dental implant surgery is a relatively minor alveolar surgical procedure, similar to tooth extraction. Modern anesthesia techniques and good post-operative care measures can minimize the discomfort of the patient, and the discomfort of having a dental implant surgery is a little less than that of a tooth extraction. Due to the use of biomaterials with excellent compatibility with the human body, dental implants do not have any negative side effects on the human body. The wound will heal in about 10 days after the surgery. During the healing period, care should be taken to clean the wound area and to avoid chewing hard objects in the surgical area. Even if the osseointegration of the implant fails, the implant can be removed and reimplanted after the wound has healed, or replaced with a regular denture. Studies have shown that many dental implants are actually more stable than real teeth, and it has gained nearly 100% recovery of chewing efficiency. With the advent of dental implants, patients with missing teeth can finally eat the foods they were afraid to eat and enjoy the pleasures of a culinary life. According to a Swedish study, after 10 to 30 years of normal use, only a very small percentage of the thousands of patients who had implants had to have their roots removed, making this a very reliable treatment for missing teeth.