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| Will Implants Break the Bank? |
With
so many people losing teeth and
with our current dip in the economy, many people cannot afford the
cost of implants and so go either without their teeth or with the
less favorable option of bridges or dentures. Yet dental implants are
the most desirable of all teeth-replacement options: they look
natural, last virtually forever, do not cause pain, discomfort and
bad breath and are permanent. Unlike dentures and bridges, implants
do not sit on top of the gums or adhere to adjacent teeth. Instead,
your dental implant expert, Dr. Giri Palani, places them inside the jawbone, making them a natural,
long-term replacement for teeth.
Thankfully,
there is an alternate
solution for those who need implants but cannot afford the cost. With
a moderate-term, esthetic provisional, patients would be able to
preserve their implant site and have the benefit of a temporary
replacement tooth. Using computer-aided design and manufacturing,
dentists can digitally create temporary implants for a fraction of
the cost of permanent ones. The result, produced by a milling
machine, is almost as strong as gold.
What
this means is that there is now a predictable and successful stopgap
for people who do not want dentures but who cannot afford implants.
Call your Beverly Hills dentist, Dr. Giri Palani at Total SmileCare for
further details on how you can get your grin back.
Sources:
Kalman, Les. “Implant Site
Preservation Using a Novel Post and Crown” C.E. Article
