Implantology Needs Implant after-care,
but is Actually also Prophylaxis itself
Implantology as prophylaxis with a broad impact - safer through backward planning - freehand insertion vs. guided surgery - magnetic resonance imaging enhances X-rays - fiberglass post as dampening element with dentine-like characteristics - material alternatives: zirconium oxide and plastic Digital methods have simplified dental implantology over the past years and made the chances of success higher. In future, they will guide implantology more strongly in this direction and underline its prophylactic potential even more clearly. The International Dental Show (IDS) in Cologne will demonstrate from 25 to 29 March 2025 how the dental surgeries of today are already gearing themselves up for the implantology therapies of tomorrow.
Implantology is currently gaining significance in a seemingly, but only seemingly, unrelated area: prophylaxis. Because if an implant is inserted to close an interdental gap, the neighbouring teeth don't have to be filed down for a bridge (preservation of healthy tooth structure) and at the same time the bone level is maintained in the years after the implantation (bone loss prophylaxis). With implantology solutions as the new treatment standard, bridge reconstructions, partial and hybrid dentures as well as full dentures will be carried out much more rarely.
At IDS 2025 the visitors will experience how this supposed vision can be realised. We can reveal this much already: The addition of the word "supposed" means that the path to the utopia outlined above is extremely short. This means the coming IDS serves as a guide into the near future of implantology.
Digitally-supported techniques, backward planning in particular, form an essential part of the future of dental implantology. To this end, 3D X-rays are matched with intra oral scans with an accuracy of typically ± 250 micrometres. This tolerance is displayed to the dentist in colour as well as the alveolar nerve and the distances to the neighbouring teeth. Finally, the pre-planned prosthetic restoration is displayed to enable the optimal alignment of the implants on the screen.
However, vice versa, especially for an immediate implant placement the prosthetic restoration can be depicted virtually on the finalised planning of implants (implant position, implant angle, straight or angled abutment). First of all, based on this a gingiva former is produced and then the subtractive manufacturing (milling/grinding method) or additive manufacturing is used to make the crowns or suprastructures.
Images: R. Eberhard, messekompakt.com, epm gmbh
Source: Koelnmesse GmbH