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Types of dental implants

Immediate dental implants

The traditional protocol described more than 30 years ago for predictable treatment with a good long-term prognosis using dental implants was very strict regarding the shape and timing of implant placement in areas where teeth were lost. It required waiting no less than six months after tooth extraction before undertaking implant placement treatment.

Since 1990, when treatments involving the placement of dental implants in the same session as tooth extraction began to be published, along with their results, it has been proven that in certain situations, it is perfectly possible and desirable to place implants immediately after tooth extraction. To do this, certain conditions must be met related to gum health, tooth health, and the volume of residual bone after extraction.

Immediate implants

Leaders in dental implantology

At our dental clinic in Bilbao, we have been performing this procedure for many years. The technique requires a certain degree of experience as well as knowledge of the biology of healing of the alveolus or bone that held the tooth in place. This allows us to choose between placing the tooth simultaneously with the extraction and reconstructing the alveolus to compensate for the natural healing phenomena that always accompany the loss of bone and gum size around the implant. For this reason, in many cases, the immediate placement of an implant is accompanied by a graft of hard and soft tissues (bone and gum) that reconstruct the volume that will be lost. We have been innovators in this type of dental implant in Bilbao, thanks to our medical director Ion Zabalegui, a leading periodontist. The results of this technique are optimal as long as the specialist has a high degree of experience and the patience that these treatments require, taking into account the high degree of aesthetic and functional sensitivity they provide to the patient.

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Success stories in immediate implants

Augmented view of the before and after of a patient who has undergone immediate or simultaneous placement of a porcelain tooth on the healed implant, as well as grafted tissue to compensate for the natural healing process of the gum and bone. There is no noticeable manipulation in the area and the artificial tooth (on the right) is indistinguishable from the natural tooth (on the left).

Prosthesis made by Dr Eva Berroeta.