Dental implants: the new gold standard

The Adult Dental Health Survey, taken in 2009 (published 2011), called implants “increasingly mainstream”. Over a decade on, this area of dentistry has gone from strength to strength, thanks to digital technologies and biocompatible materials, giving millions of people worldwide a highly desirable alternative to a removable prosthesis. Aesthetically, dental implants can look naturally beautiful, too.

This is a treatmentthat requires investment, though. Not just financial also, an ongoing commitment to achieving and maintaining a successful result that will last for years to come. The team supporting the planning and delivery of implant therapy will include a number of practitioners, general and specialist. From the general/referring dentist to the dentist placing the implants , the dental hygienist and/or therapist, practice manager, front-desk staff… the list can and will go on, depending on the complexity of the case, and everyone has their part to play. Among the most crucial elements, though, is the patient, their oral and general health-related practices and behaviours, also their willingness to comply with advice and instructions.