my name is dr. Gary Adams I'm a dentist at maryland holistic dentist in
Burtonsville Maryland we are a dental implant center today
we're going to be talking about dental implants specifically I just want to
discuss with you some of the pros and cons of zirconia dental implants versus
titanium dental implants both these dental implants have some advantages and
some disadvantages first let's talk about Sir Konya dental implants zirconia
is a two-colored material with a specialized ceramic or porcelain and it
is it's supposedly more biocompatible it's nonmetallic it does not conduct
electricity for people who have may have metal sensitivities and be concerned
about these things mr. Konya definitely has some advantages
as far as replacing teeth with dental implants a dental implant typically
consists of a root that's you know typically you know what we call a dental
implant and then there's an abutment and that's the connector that connects
whatever it is you're going to place on top to make things simple
let's just consider the case of replacing a single tooth so the dental
implant or the chief would be your place with a dental implant an abutment and a
single tooth crown if you do replace the two twigs or killing a dental implant
almost all crowns on the dental market today are made of zirconia so you will
essentially have replaced a tooth with all one material there'll be no concerns
about you know placing two metals next to next on one of the other also there's
a big concern when you place a dental implant and an abutment and a crown that
into the future maybe some of the tissue that surrounds the implant will not
remain stable over time so if somebody experiences some recession if some of
the components down below the gum line are metallic in color when the tissue
becomes thin and translucent and rather see-through you run a risk of the
patient in the future seen metal at their gum line so with a zirconium plant
it's tooth colored you will not see metal so this is a very big advantage of
these are coming a dental implant the circular material is a hard material
it's a brittle material there are situations in which Zucco Nia can break
I personally have never seen a surco Nia crown or a zirconia dental implant break
so from that standpoint let's start talking about titanium implants titanium
is a metal it's generally considered to be quite biocompatible it's metallic
it's metal in color it can conduct some electronic charge supposedly there are
some reported instances of sensitivities to titanium that is allergies reported
in the dental literature I personally never seen anybody react to titanium by
way of a metal allergy titanium is not a brittle material so titanium is way less
susceptible to fracture you know metals will Bend and and and and deform but
they typically will not crack in half titanium implants have also been on the
market for a very long time the ways in which the implant parts come together to
replace especially more complex cases with spans of teeth or all the teeth
were complex you know bridge work or you know cases
are going to be done the parts available to get these cases done with titanium
are far more predictable and reliable and sophisticated and lend themselves to
two better solutions I still personally do most of my full mouth cases with
titanium implants unless I can come up with a strong reason not to but anyway
hopefully this provides some insight I will also say that if I were replacing a
single tooth that I probably would opt for a zirconium dental implant these are
Kenya dental implants I've yet to have a problem case you know if any the tissue
around the implant becomes unstable they sure do look a lot nicer oh and as far
as cost cost is always a consideration that titanium implants are more
affordable the implant manufacturing companies charge less money for these
for these implants and some of that savings is passed on to the patient the
cost of a zirconium dental implant has a tendency to be twenty to thirty times a
season twenty to thirty percent more expensive than a titanium dental implant
in the Washington DC area the cost for a single tooth titanium dental and plan
including the implant the abutment in the crown typically ranges from $3,500
to $5,500 some dental insurance companies will pay for part of dental
part of all the dental implant procedure and these are Konya dental implants will
typically cost more in the range of 4500 to 6500 dollars
so anyway my name is dr. Gary Adams and again on my dentist of natural dentist
associates in Rockville Maryland we do no cost complimentary consultations our
telephone number is three zero one seven seven zero two two seven zero I look
forward to seeing you soon