Though dental implants are truly amazing, they can also be rather costly. Many patients feel tempted to get “discount,” bargain-bin versions instead of the normal, quality kind. Even so, you’d do well to resist this urge; discount dental implants come with all sorts of downsides. Opting for them would make certain health issues more likely, reducing your quality of life. As for the specifics, just keep reading to learn about four smile-related dangers of discount dental implants.
Failure of Integration
Unlike standard ones, discount dental implants have a low success rate. They often fail to “integrate” with your jaw and require replacement.
It comes down to the surgeon and the actual placed posts. In most cases, someone offering implants cheaply won’t (and can’t) place them effectively. The surgeon will instead make mistakes due to various factors – lack of training, little experience, poor technology, etc. Such errors don’t do cheap implant materials any good, discouraging “proper” fusion with surrounding bone tissue.
Damaged Nerves
Failed implant fusion isn’t the only risk of discount implants, either. You’ll probably suffer nerve damage if you get these posts.
Again, the issue relates to the treating surgeons’ quality. Discount implant providers usually aren’t skilled, so their placement work can be shoddy. Many damage their patients’ sensitive oral nerves during the implant surgery, resulting in various complications. Common examples of these include numbness in the lips or gums, a burning sensation, and so on.
Infected Gums
Discount dental implants don’t decay, as they’re artificial and lack enamel. That said, they can result in a gum infection.
Many discount implant providers are rather lax with hygiene, you see. They fail to sterilize their tools and equipment properly before they perform placement surgery. Given this fact, placement of discount implants can cause peri-implantitis – an infection of the gums around your post(s). Said condition will quickly make any placed implants fail, result in gum recession, and even trigger tooth loss.
Breakage or Fracture
Rather than its placement, sometimes the discount implant itself is dangerous. This type tends to break and fracture a lot.
To keep their cost low, discount implants are made of cheap materials. They don’t use the durable, high-grade titanium and porcelain that the mainstream posts do. Due to this change, a discount implant will sometimes chip, crack, or otherwise fall apart from your bite; it can’t handle the force of regular chewing. The resulting breakage then leads to treatment failure, forcing you to get a replacement post.
As you can see, the dangers of discount dental implants are many. Try to avoid them by getting standard treatment instead!
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