A day before the start of the conflict between the countryside and the Government, Alfredo De Angeli suffered a work injury: a barbed wire gate pulled away from his place and pulled out a tooth. The agrarian leader was forced to face the cameras around the country without one of his incisors. But there was so much popularity that won a dentist Gualeguaychú empathized with his image and he fashioned a prosthesis to fix his broken teeth. “I had trouble speaking and my friends told me: ‘No, Alfredo, and no,’” then reminded the rural leader.
As De Angeli, many people face every day to the difficulties of not having a perfect smile. Every year nearly 20 million extracted teeth and in the world live more than 240 million people who lack one or more teeth. And according to a study presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), United States, after losing a tooth the patient faces serious social and psychological consequences, including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and social isolation.

“The biggest impact of the lack of teeth is in the appearance and social relations. Having a great smile boosts confidence and improves overall health, “said Asuma Kiyak, a psychologist at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Washington and author of the paper, who even talks about post-traumatic stress the impact that social life the loss of teeth.

Obstacles. In a survey involving 20 thousand members of the AGD, over 86% of dentists reported social embarrassment is one of the biggest problems associated with missing teeth and, for that reason, more than half patients avoid interaction with their peers.

“Patients, especially the younger ones, often state that the lack of a tooth, especially if it is in the front, which you see when you smile that negatively affect their social and labor relations. In fact, a job seeker at a disadvantage if you have good oral health, “said Roque Avellaneda, head of the Department of Education for Dental Health Confederation of Argentina (CORA).

For his part, Paul Slemenson, member of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association (APdeBA) indicated that the psychological consequences of a smile to depend on each individual hole. “If you build your identity on the self-image, the more narcissistic greatest anxiety is going to suffer at every physical or aesthetic changes. By contrast, if resting on their life experience, you also get a low value on body image and be less fragile, “he said.

For older adults, partial or total lack of teeth also involves changes in diet and how to communicate. “The deterioration of the last tooth generates anxiety because it gives the feeling that he is aging and is more close to death,” said Ricardo Roisinblit, president of the Argentina Society of Geriatric Dentistry.

Origins. Caries and periodontal disease are the most common causes of tooth loss. Unlike the first, which cause pain, periodontitis overlooked. “97% of Argentines have some type of periodontal disease. But the bleeding of the gums is so common that it is not taken as an important symptom. Normal gums do not bleed, “said Alberto Bustamante, professor of the Chair of Periodontology at the University of El Salvador and Argentina Dental Association (AOA). And he clarified that both caries and periodontitis can be prevented with oral hygiene, good nutrition, fluoride applications and visit the dentist every six months.

But for those who have lost a tooth and want to regain their self-esteem smile and there are also new techniques, such as dental implants. The pieces of shaped titanium screw installed in the bone and root artificially replace missing teeth. The problem is that this practice still have a very high cost, between $ 1,500 and $ 1,800-and is not recognized by most insurance plans and prepaid.

“Unfortunately, the lack of teeth is now a social indicator because it implies that the person has no resources to repair their teeth,” he concluded Slemenson.

Implants today is a valid option for replacing missing teeth, the reason is based on the past 15 years have been reasonably successful in replacing missing teeth.

The implant made of titanium, is used as an artificial root to support the prosthetic tooth. The dental surgeon, usually a periodontist (gum specialist) makes a hole in the jawbone or madibular, and then threaded into the implant hole “artificial root” and can be used to secure a prosthetic device, like a crown or bridge on the gum. Implants can also be used in combination with a removable prosthesis to create a more secure and stable base for dentures.

Why implants?
The implants have some advantages over removable dentures. Removable denture prostheses tend to move during speech or chewing. Over time the bone supporting the denture where change and summarized, resulting in decreased support for the conventional dentures, which determines the above.

The implants have some advantages over conventional fixed prostheses. Replace the missing tooth or teeth without altering their natural teeth.

The probability of success depends on several factors. The amount of bone available for introducing an implant, the patient’s health, the patient should not smoke and must maintain a strict dental hygiene habit, success is almost assured.

Remember, while you decide on an implant, maintain a healthy their remaining teeth, through proper dental hygiene, who will teach your dentist friend.

Dental implants are artificial substitutes for tooth roots that is placed on the tooth crown to replace the visible portion of the tooth.

These implants are small pieces of shaped metal screw that is inserted into the jawbone or mandible. The metal used is titanium, which has the property of being “biocompatibe”, ie it is integrated into the bone by a firm bond and does not cause rejection.

Prior to his placement is made an exhaustive study of the patient, general health status, state of the jawbone, your jaw joint and the possibility of successful treatment.

This procedure is performed in the operating room under local or general anesthesia. To ensure their success requires the intervention of a multidisciplinary team which coordinated the prosthodontist, oral surgeon, the laboratory technician in dental prosthesis and dental hygienist. It is also necessary that the patient is committed to carefully look after their dental hygiene.

Considered “third dentition” Ultimately, dental implants may be placed by two techniques, one of which consists of installation of dental implants and prostheses in the same procedure. The other technique, called Irun mediate, is that it provides biological time required for osseointegration.

A dental implant is made of titanium and has a similar configuration of a screw, and presents a microporous surface, according а indicated by experts in the field.

THE ROLE THAT MEETS

The role of the dental implant itself is to officiate the “artificial root” to be supplanted а tooth, which is embedded on lа lа prosthetic tooth or molar in question.

Currently, dental implants can be placed where there is insufficient bone, after applying different techniques of bone regeneration, as stressed by the specialists in

Advantages of Dental Implants
The advantages of dental implants are guarantee comfort, aesthetics and perfect functionality, so to speak and to eat and that do not move, do not affect the surrounding teeth do not need plaques on the palate, not accumulate food debris underneath, painless, are perfect and can chew all food.

Their placement is almost always successful and there are patients with implants in the mouth for 20 years without any problems. Follow-up studies allow us to assume is a technique with excellent results in 90% of cases.

Disadvantages of Dental Implants
Take time (several visits to the surgeon) and an investment of money greater than a prosthesis because the materials are expensive and require a high degree of specialization.

Like any surgery, implant placement has risks of infection, which is prevented by the operation in an operating theater with the necessary aseptic conditions.

Maybe the dental implants does not integrate well and move and hurt a little, which can be solved by removing it, letting the bone heal and re-used.