At present, china has gradually stepped into an aging society with a growing population of senior citizens. At one’s old age, he is free from the bothers of job as well as family, in that he has achieved superannuation and the children has founded their own family as well. He has nothing but a great deal of spare time with which he can deal with some beautiful flowers and really enjoy himself. What is mentioned above is the happy life for most senior citizens. 

      However, most senior citizens in China have been suffering from tooth loss. Some senior ones attach importance to health care and remain quite a young look, which is inharmonious with a mouth of ill teeth. Tooth loss not only brings inconvenience to life, but also do severe harm to physical health. As is said, mouth is the first shield for overall health. Ill teeth will ruin the joy of dinning process, and even cause damage to digesting organs and trigger other diseases. How can one really enjoy his old age without a healthy body? 

      A traditional method for tooth loss is to wear a removable partial denture. One may have a strong foreign sensation and have difficulty in adapting. Besides, a removable denture has a poorer restorative function and chewing power. It’s very inconvenient to take off the removable denture for cleansing everyday as well.

     There was one patient who said his teeth was always in a poor condition. He came to our hospital at the age of 62 without a single mandibular tooth. He found it difficult to adapt to his removable denture made in other hospital. It annoyed him a lot that the removable denture was easy to fall off and not strong enough to chew food thoroughly. He asked us whether he can have implant teeth or not since he heard that someone around him felt quite good after implanting teeth. He shared the same question with many other senior citizens. Thus we are going to talk about implant tooth for senior citizens.

     Along with the progress in dentistry, implant tooth gradually become the first choice for tooth restoration. Implant tooth refers to planting an artificial tooth root made from biological material which is well compatible with human body, into the alveolar bone, and then put an lifelike and hard ceramic crown upon the tooth root. As a result, a new tooth has been implanted successfully. Compared to the traditional methods of tooth restoration, implant tooth shares a lot of advantages.

1.  No need to sacrifice the adjacent teeth. It restores the teeth based on the artificial root, without a need to damage the adjacent healthy teeth.

2.  Strong function. It is able to better restore the tooth function, with a better performance in mastication than other traditional denture.

3.  Aesthetic aspect. The tooth crown can be made in accordance with patients’ facial outline, the contour and color of other teeth, hoping to reach the best result in overall coordination and aesthetic aspect.

4.  Comfortable and convenient. The bracket and clasp is a must for a traditional denture, but not for implant tooth, which will make patients feel natural. It provides patients with a comfortable and convenient experience, and is conducive to keep oral hygiene.

5.  Good retention. Artificial tooth root connects closely with alveolar bone, similar to a dermal tooth in mouth, sharing a strong retention and stability.

6.  The surgery is easy to undergo. The implant surgery is a comparatively small alveolar surgery, similar to tooth extraction. It is almost painless in the whole process, with local anesthesia and small scar. Generally an implant surgery only requires less than an hour to a few hours.