{"id":1570,"date":"2020-02-26T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T09:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.44dentalcare.co.uk\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2020-02-28T09:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:42:44","slug":"dental-implants-6-interesting-facts-you-might-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.44dentalcare.co.uk\/dental-implants-6-interesting-facts-you-might-not-know","title":{"rendered":"Dental Implants \u2013 6 Interesting Facts You Might Not Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dental<\/a>There is no doubt that the popularity of dental implants has risen over the last decade and they remain the gold standard of missing tooth replacement. So to celebrate, here are 6 interesting facts about dental implants you may not already know<\/p>\n

Fact #1 – 15 million people have dental implants<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Since their induction in 1965, dental implants have been placed into the mouths of approximately 15 million individuals. This is growing by around 500,000 per year with a net spend of 4.5 billion dollars. Until recently, the biggest market for dental implants was the US but this has recently been overtaken by Europe with countries like Hungary, Spain and the UK seeing the largest increases.<\/p>\n

Fact #2 \u2013 A dental implant is the longest-lasting tooth restoration available<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dental implants have a pretty good track record with regards to longevity. Take the first-ever implants for instance; they were placed into a Swedish man back in 1965 and continued to function well until his death in 2006 some 40 years later. While conventional bridges and dentures need to be replaced periodically, dental implants \u2013 on the proviso that they are cared for correctly – can comfortably last for decades<\/p>\n

Fact #3 \u2013 Age is no barrier to implant-based restorations<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

You may think that age is a barrier to getting dental implants – after all, it\u2019s a surgical process and along with that carries risks right? True\u2026 However, what\u2019s more important is that the patient is generally healthy and the jaw remains in good condition to sustain a dental implant. If these two criteria are in place, then it isn\u2019t important what age a person is.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, the oldest person to receive dental implants was an American woman called Filomena Battista. Born in 1912, she was 100 years and 210 days old when she underwent treatment back in Florida in 2012.<\/p>\n

Fact # 4 \u2013 A dental implant comes in 3 parts<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

How many of you thought that a dental implant was actually the visible crown that replaces a missing tooth gap? Don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s a common misconception. In actual fact, a dental implant is made up of 3 parts<\/p>\n