In this short life, a person will undergo a tooth replacement. Usually, baby babies begin to sprout deciduous teeth around 8-12 months, after which they gradually grow out.
However, deciduous teeth do not accompany everyone for life, when childhood enters the developmental period, we will usher in the only time in our lives to change teeth, and then the teeth that grow out will accompany us to old age.
However, don't look at the teeth that look strong, in fact, they are also very fragile. If you do not pay attention to oral hygiene for a long time, it will lead to damage to your teeth, and gradually there will be many problems such as plaque, caries, gingivitis or periodontitis.
In severe cases, a wide variety of treatments are also required. In dental treatment, there are two types of dental implants and fillings, which many people confuse.
But in fact, in the clinical view, dental implants and fillings are completely two different treatments!
1. The significance of dental implants
The so-called tooth inlay is mainly aimed at the treatment of most of the defects and missing teeth of patients. Clinically, there are many ways to inlay teeth, such as dental implants, traditional fixed dentures, and movable dentures, which are more popular today.
Among them, treatments such as implants and fixed dentures, after restoration, patients cannot remove their teeth on their own, so it is mostly used for patients with fewer teeth losses.
The range of adaptation of movable dentures is larger, and patients can remove and wear them after restoration;
It should be emphasized here that no matter which method of inlay, it needs to be determined according to the specific number of missing teeth in the patient's mouth. According to the location of the patient's missing teeth and the severity of the missing teeth, the most suitable prosthetic means for the patient are selected.
2. The significance of filling teeth
There is an essential difference between filling and dental implants, which mainly refers to the improvement of the incomplete structure of the teeth. For example, patients do not pay attention to oral hygiene for a long time, and the tooth enamel is damaged and gradually develops into cavities and caries.
Or the teeth may be damaged by biting hard objects or other factors, resulting in the destruction of tooth function and the loss of tooth structure. In this case, the patient does not need to have the tooth removed and the incision, but only needs to use the appropriate filling material to improve.
In the most popular terms, the most fundamental difference between dental implants and fillings is that dental implants are restorative treatments that are carried out in the case of missing teeth and cannot be repaired.
Filling, on the other hand, is to repair the teeth when the teeth still exist, but the structure of the teeth themselves is incomplete, and the two cannot be confused.
It should be emphasized that if the patient's teeth are mostly missing and have been combined with problems such as pulpitis and periodontitis, root canal treatment may be required in this case.
Although patients do not use instillation, but in order to prevent teeth from breaking again after filling, patients often need to do crowns to protect their teeth, which is also one of the types of dental incestations, common crowns include metal crowns, metal porcelain crowns, full porcelain crowns and other three categories, we can choose according to their actual needs and economic conditions.
Finally, we should also remind everyone that whether it is a dental implant or a filling, the success of the restoration is related to a variety of factors, such as whether the doctor's diagnosis is correct, the doctor's technical level, the choice of restoration materials, and the post-maintenance.
Therefore, after the tooth problem, the patient should choose a formal, qualified orthodontic institution for treatment, and strictly follow the doctor's instructions to do the post-maintenance work.