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Now you can get a new smile in less than a
day
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A REVOLUTIONARY technique that gives patients a new set of
implanted teeth within a day, instead of months, has been
successfully used by a British dental team for the first
time.
The technique, developed in
Sweden, can be done for less than half the cost of traditional
dental implant surgery.
The method is faster and less
expensive because the hardware comes "off the
shelf", using standardised fittings into which the teeth
are housed.
Prof Per-Ingvar Branemark,said
that with the old method, implanted titanium screws were left
sleeping in the bottom jaw for about three months before a new
round of operations to fix and align the teeth individually. He
said: "The whole process could last six months and cost
£12,000 to £15,000." The new system, developed by Prof
Per-Ingvar Branemark, from Gothenberg, costs about
£12,500.00
The new procedure involves two
ready-made plates. The first plate is screwed into the jaw and
receives a second plate into which the teeth will be screwed. The
screws on which the teeth are fixed go through to the first plate,
making everything secure.
When the second plate is in place,
impressions are taken for alignment with the upper jaw. The second
plate goes to the dental technician with the impressions, who makes
the teeth and fits them to the plate. The second plate, with new
teeth, is then fitted to the patient's jaw.
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