Dental Practice and Oral Health

Oral Implantology and Innovation

Oral Implantology is the department of dentistry that deals with either permanent or artificial attachment of a prosthetic device to the bone of the jaw or skull. During the last decade, oral implantology has become an absolutely necessary part of mainstream dentistry, which helps the dentists to improve the quality of life worldwide. Modern implants consist of an osseous (bone-like) part that interacts with the bone which could be a trans-mucosal component that interacts with the mucosa and helps in restoration; for example, crown or bridge abutment, or anchors for dentures. The materials used as implants include pure form of titanium, titanium alloys or infrequently ceramic materials (e.g. zirconium dioxide or aluminum oxide). The recent developments in dental implantology like Digital Impression techniques that are used in intra-oral scanning; which helps the manufacturer to fabricate a working, articulated model (preparation of Implants) based on the digital image of a tooth. Currently, many researches are going on the optimization of the implant design as well as the surface characterization for the more frequent use of ceramic dental implants.