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Thursday, 2 April 2020

Zirconium implants for patients with titanium sensitivity in chennai, India

A 42 year old female patient from Bangalore approached us with a complaint of shaking tooth supported bridge which was done 9 years back in a private clinic in Bangalore and few root canal treated teeth without crowns.

During the initial few months of treatment, patient was comfortable with the tooth supported bridge, then after she started to notice that the bridge was shaking and food getting stucked between the bridge and the gum which gave pain both in her gums and teeth as well.
As days goes on the pain got worsen and the gums surrounding the teeth was infected. Also the patient complaints of gummy smile on left side because of which the patient was hiding her smile for years. Patient wanted to correct her smile and wants a fixed permanent teeth with dental implants in 3 days at affordable cost and finally approached us.

ON CLINICAL EXAMINATION
Tooth supported bridge was mobile, few dislodged crowns of root canal treated teeth. Digital documentation was done which shows left lateral gummy smile.

RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION
Radiographs revealed there was a fracture present between the crown and the roots of tooth supported crowns, all the root canal treated teeth sounded good and the bone quality was good for dental implant placement.

TREATMENT PLAN DISCUSSION
After complete clinical and radiographic examination, treatment plan was discussed with patient to remove the tooth supported bridge and extraction of 1st infected teeth alone and replacing it with zirconium dental implants under local anesthesia(STA-painless injection) followed by digital scanning and giving tooth and implant supported crowns the very next day. And to follow postoperative followup instructions.

IMPLANT PLACEMENT PROCEDURE
The entire zirconium dental implant placement procedure was done under local anesthesia (STA- computerised painless injection technique) and 3D digital scanning for crowns was done on the same day of implant surgery.

IMMEDIADTE POSTOPERATIVE OPG

Immediate postoperative opg showing accurate placement of dental implants at appropriate sites

3D DIGITAL SCANNING

Implant supported CAD CAM milled pmma bridge was fixed over the implants and tooth as a connected bridge which finally corrected her gummy smile.

Patient was very happy that her gummy smile has disappeared and she was able to chew, speak, brush without any pain in her teeth. Patient was enjoying her foods and good smile without hiding her teeth.

Finally the patient was asked to report us after 4-6 months of healing period to change her provisional crowns to permanent zirconium crowns

For further details visit us

http://www.dentalimplantsindia.org

Mail us at :

chinthamanidental@gmail.com

Address:

no.1, 464, Mount Poonamalle High Rd, Iyyapanthangal, Near KFC,Next to ashok residency hotel, Kamatchi Nagar, Venugopal Nagar, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600056

+91-9600030601/044-43800059

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Missing teeth replacemnt with dental implants in chennai, India

This is a case report of our 31 year old female patient who came with a complaint of few missing molars since 10 years and deep dental caries in her lower 1st molars. The reason for her missing teeth is that she underwent extraction of her teeth because of multiple decays and she was not able to chew foods since the molars on both sides were missing. Patients major concern was to have nuts and groundnut cakes which were her favorite foods after 3-4 months of treatment and told that she stopped having her favorite nuts since 10 years. As an end she approached us seeking a permanent solution to improve her chewing both functionally as well as esthetically.

ON CLINICAL EXAMINATION

There was a missing upper molars and deep dental caries in her lower 1st molars which was very painful, generalised calculus was present.

ON RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION

Bone quality in edentulous site appears to be good for dental implant placement. And there was a deep dental caries in lower 1st molars.

TREATMENT PLAN

After complete clinical and radiographic examination, treatment plan was discussed with the patient to replace the edentulous site with 3 dental implants and root canal treatment for lower decayed 1st molars followed by giving provisional crowns in a couple of days.

TREATMENT PROCEDURE

First, dental implants in the edentulous site and root canal treatment was done on day 1 under local anesthesia, digital scanning for crown fixing was done.

IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE OPG