Dental Prosthodontics
Everything About Prosthodontics
Dental prosthodontics (the study of dental restorations) is a medical field focused primarily on oral rehabilitation following tooth loss or significant loss of tooth structure. The demands placed on it today are very high — not least because Germany’s ageing population is directly linked to increasing dental treatment needs, alongside the psychosocial pressure to remain attractive, fit and healthy. Today’s far better-informed patients demand high-quality, aesthetic dental restorations.
Prosthodontics
Alongside aesthetics, durability and speed of treatment, comfort and cost also play an essential role. With benefit restrictions tending to increase across both statutory and private health insurance, patients paying out of pocket will place the highest demands on their dental treatment.
The success of a prosthodontic rehabilitation lies in breaking down complex treatment processes into manageable individual steps. smileDentity’s synoptic treatment concept is applied consistently here too.
Prosthodontics — Details
A basic distinction is made between fixed and removable dental restorations, with combined fixed-removable restorations in between. With modern implant prosthodontics in particular, it is possible to provide fixed restorations for many treatment cases. However, an implant is not always indicated. For example, restoring one or more front teeth in the aesthetically demanding upper front region remains one of the more challenging indications in implantology. The main reasons lie in the pronounced negative consequences of a less-than-optimal hard or soft tissue situation before implantation. Despite the option of surgical-reconstructive pre-treatment in such cases, implant-supported restorations often, realistically, cannot meet the high aesthetic standards expected of tooth-supported fixed restorations today.
Prosthodontics — Details
Aesthetic compromises should never become the norm in the always-visible front tooth area. A targeted smile analysis is essential here too, in order to determine the indication as precisely as possible. The differential diagnosis of whether to pursue an implant-based or conventional prosthodontic approach requires a careful risk analysis and outcome assessment for perfectly aesthetic reconstructions, and is essential for a sophisticated prosthodontic treatment.
In the field of combined fixed-removable restorations, an advantage of newer concepts — in both implant and conventional prosthodontics — lies in the transition from primary to secondary splinting of implants or teeth, achieved through highly precise, stress-free connection mechanisms. Either way, the patient can be restored to a full set of teeth. In keeping with the principle “A restoration is good when it is neither recognised nor felt as one!”, the patient’s quality of life is significantly improved.
The practitioners at smileDentity work together with you to develop the right concept and also support you in justifying reimbursement with your health insurance provider.
Prosthodontics — Details
Whether crown, bridge or implant — smileDentity will find the ideal solution for you!
Dental prosthodontics is a medical field focused primarily on oral rehabilitation following tooth loss or significant loss of tooth structure. The demands placed on dental prosthodontics today are very high. Whether crown, bridge or implant — smileDentity will find the ideal solution for you!
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