ideas to a few friends..." David R.  Ottawa

THE PICTURE ILLUSTRATES WHAT IS INVOLVED IN IMPLANT PLACEMENT AND CROWN INSERTION. TtHE PHOTO SHOWS WHAT THE IMPLANT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT IS PLACED IN THE MOUTH. WE REFER PATIENTS TO SURGEONS FOR THIS PHASE OF TREATMENT. A TITANIUM ATTACHMENT IS PLACED IN BONE TISSUE AND COVERED WITH SOFT TISSUE OF THE ORAL CAVITY. IT SEEMS LIKE A SQUEEMISH PROCEDURE BUT FOR REASONS OF ANATOMY IT IS ONLY SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE. I HAD AN IMPLANT PLACED AND I WAS SKATING ON THE RIDEAU CANAL 2 HOURS LATER :) AFTER THE IMPLANT IS INTEGRATED BY SURROUNDING BONE THE NEST PROCEDURES DO NOT REQUIRE ANAESTHESIA AND IS PAIN FREE. I PLACE AN IMPRESSION "SCREW" CALLED A COPING INTO THE IMPLANT. THE LABORATORY TRANSFERS THIS IMPRESSION INTO A STONE MODEL. THEY MAKE AN ACCURATE CORE FOR THE FINAL CROWN. THE CORE IS THEN SCREWED INTO THE STABLE IMPLANT AND THE CROWN ( CAP) OR MULTI-UNIT BRIDGE IS CEMENTED IN PLACE. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SEVERAL INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SURGEONS WHO PLACE THE IMPLANTS THE LAB WE USE IS HIGHTLY SKILLED. IMPLANT DENTISTRY IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR MANY CASES WHERE TEETH HAVE BEEN LOST.