Reasons to consider single Tooth Dental Implants

Reasons to consider single Tooth Dental Implants or saving the tooth by single sitting Root Canal Treatment:-

When a tooth’s nerve and pulp becomes infected, a dentist and patient must make a choice of whether to attempt to save the tooth by performing root canal or to extract the tooth and replace by dental implant.

ROOT CANAL

A root canal has long been the treatment of choice for teeth whose pulp is damaged because of caries or trauma. Your doctor will numb your tooth before creating an opening to reach to the pulp. Then, he will clean the root canal with hand or rotary needles and then finally fill your root canal with medicated filling material. In earlier day this procedure require multiple visits to dentist to complete this procedure. Now a days with the advent of new technology like rotary endodontics. This procedure can be completed in a single visit Known as single sitting root canal treatment.

DENTAL IMPLANT

Dental Implants are used to replace missing teeth since the mid- 1960, but in recent years their use has become much more widespread. A dental implant is a titanium screw, which is inserted into a prepared bony socket in the jaw and act as a replacement root for the missing tooth.

After placement of dental implant it is left to heal and make bonding with the adjacent bone which usually take 3 to 6 months. After this time, the implant is stable enough to support false teeth/ crown.

With newer research and technique, now it is possible to place crown on the same day when the dental implant are placed.

WHICH OPTION IS BEST FOR ME

Dental Implants is one of the best recent advances in dentistry, in part because of how successful they are. Once placed they can last for decades. Like other dental procedures. Dental implant also has some drawbacks like it require surgery to place it, a bit expensive and may require multiple appointment for the final prosthesis to be delivered, though this cost can definitely pay off in the long – run.

What about the advantages of having a root canal? The most obvious benefit it that it preserve your natural tooth and do not require surgery. Unfortunately, there’s a chance that the procedure might fail which may require re-root canal treatment or even extraction of the tooth.

Ultimately, the decision to have a root canal treatment verses extracting your tooth and replacing with dental implant should be determined by individual need and preferences.