Natural Abutment and Oral Implant: A Review Article
Abstract
Natural tooth serves as natural abutment in the oral cavity. Attempts should be made to preserve the natural. Periodontal disease and other ailments weaken the teeth and cause loss of tooth structure. Tooth with hopeless prognosis can be replaced with oral implants. Oral implants are best substitute for strategically important tooth, weakened or lost by periodontal disease. Properly treated natural tooth serves the purpose best. Oral implants are best used as abutments in restorative dentistry. Oral implants should only be incorporated in oral cavities with healthy conditions, i.e. a thorough periodontal treatment has to precede restorative therapy.
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Introduction
Natural teeth should be preserved as natural tooth serves as natural abutment in the oral cavity. But sometime Periodontal disease and other ailments weaken the teeth and cause loss of tooth structure. In this case tooth may be replaced with oral implants.
Abutment can be defined as “Tooth, root, or implant used to support and/or anchor a fixed or removable prosthesis”.1
Dental implant can be defined as an alloplastic material or device that is surgically placed into the oral tissue beneath the mucosal or periosteal layer or within the bone for functional, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes.2
Conclusion
Oral implants are best used as abutments in restorative dentistry. Oral implants should only be incorporated in oral cavities with healthy conditions, i.e. a thorough periodontal treatment has to precede restorative therapy.