Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2007/January 2008 | Page 83
FASHION, HEALTH & BEAUTY - ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE
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Having problems with
your dentures?
You do not have to continue
suffering embarrassment and
aggravation.
Imagine this!
In less than two hours you can
have dental implants placed
in my surgery and leave with
a secure fitting denture.
This, of course, is performed
only after thorough and
extensive pre-surgical planning
and radiographic examination.
You will be able to eat
comfortably, have a pleasant
conversation, laugh and
talk with confidence.
Traditional dentistry has
focused on preventing
tooth loss but not on
preventing bone loss
after tooth extraction.
Patients are often not
aware of the anatomical
changes and the potential
consequences of the insidious
bone loss that continues after
teeth have been extracted.
This bone loss is accelerated
when patients wear poorly
fitting full dentures!
A tooth is necessary for the
development of alveolar bone
(the specific part of the jaws
in which teeth are embedded)
and stimulation of this bone
is required to maintain
its volume and density.
A conventional removable
denture (complete or partial)
does not stimulate and
maintain bone; it often
accelerates the bone loss!
The load from mastication
(chewing) with conventional
dentures is transferred to the
bone surface only, not the
whole bone. As a result blood
supply is reduced, and often
total bone volume loss occurs.
Placement of dental
implants, which are made
from titanium or titanium
alloy is biocompatible and
should last your lifetime,
arrest bone loss and enhances
support, retention and
stability of your overdenture.
Implant-retained dentures
will allow you to:
0 Participate again in social
activities from which you
withdrew because of your lack
of confidence in your dentures.
0 Speak better.
0 Do without messy
denture adhesives.
0 Eat whatever you want.
0 Smile with confidence.
0 Improve your nutritional
intake and thus improve your
general health, especially the
medically compromised elderly.
It may be possible to use
your existing dentures and
thus save on costs and time
to complete the treatment.
If your dentures are not
of an acceptable quality
ad fit, then a new set of
dentures will be required.
Several types of implants
can be utilized for this
procedure, however, each
patient is unique and an
implant treatment is tailored
to your specific requirements.
The implants are placed
with aid of computer
guided implant placement
technology, using data
obtained from a ct scan.
This allows for the most
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accurate placement of
the dental implants.
Computer guided implant
placement allows one to place
the implants into the jaws in
a minimally invasive manner
i.e. no scalpels are used to
cut the gums and expose the
bone! Small, precisely drilled
holes are made in your gums.
This has several advantages
such as reduced surgery time,
less trauma, faster healing,
no sutures, reduced costs.
Computer guided implant
placement allows analysis
of the density and volume
of the bone so that there
is no doubt as to the best
position for the implants and
in order to ensure that vital
anatomical structures such
as nerves are not damaged.
the safety of implant
placement in this manner
is therefore far superior to
free hand placement.
Implant placement is basically
a three dimensional problem
of the implant itself and the
anatomical site where the
implant is to be placed.
The advanced computer
guided implant placement
programmes allows the jaws
to be visualised in 3-dimension
to sub-millimetric accuracy!
An implant-retained denture
can be a life-changing
dental experience !
CONTACT: DR. A. SATTAR
Wootton Bridge Dental
Implant Clinic
2a Rectory Drive, Wootton, IW
Tel: 01983 882111
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