american academy of implant dentistry Information
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Many patients with one or more missing teeth believe the impact is strictly superficial and refuse the lost tooth replacement. However, this insignificant, in their point of view, thing can lead to bone loss and jaw structure altering. All this is a result of other teeth shifting that ends with an easy noticeable change of the facial shape.
Three case studies published in the Journal of Oral Implantology (JOI) showed that immediate-load implants in healthy patients were successful and remained functional after 30 months of follow-up.