Dr. Deepa Jayashankar Podcast

Yes,  when we  say  the  success of  an implant in  a 60  year  old  I would  like  to weigh   the  success  regarding  the  time and  the  extensive  surgical  procedure s  that  a  patient  has   to undergo  and  also the  longevity of the  prosthesis  in that particular patient  because  when we  say  60  year  old,  as you  can  see there are  going to be age  related  changes  and  as the  statistics  goes  every  person these days  is  diabetic. So they are going  to  have  some  associated condition  when they are  coming to   ask  above  60 for  a Dental Implant  treatment  and having  said  that we  also have  to look at  the  quality and  the  quantity of the bone that the patient is having,  for  how long the  patient  has lost the  tooth  and because  as  a  sequel   of  tooth loss, here is a resorption  one, that is a continuous  process. So we have  to see what is the quality of   bone  and  we  have  to shoot  certain  x-rays and  scans,  like  for  a  maxillary pr  upper  jaw the amount of  resorption poses  some problems as  in the maxillary  sinus  is  very  close to the  bone,  the nerve  bundles and vessel s being in proximity   f the implant  if  we have  to drill it.  Similarly  mandibular the lower  jaw  we have  to see the proximity  of the  mandibular  nerve,  because the resorption of  bone  pattern is  going to be  faster in the  lower  jaw so considering these  factors, the success  , we will have to see how much of  invasive procedure  the patient has to  undergo and  we    have  to see the  longevity of the prosthesis. So  having  said  that, we  had  a patient with  edentulous  upper  jaw  and  dint like the  conventional  denture. So an implant retained denture is the most comfortable treatment  . We  planned  to drill about  6 implants   and over  that there is going to be a  denture  that is  going to be fixed  and it is not  removable. So the patients  comfort  is of  esthetics or the  way she  looks or in terms  of  looks or mastication or the  speech is  dramatically  improved  with dental implants.