What to do if you have a hole in your tooth

We will find a phenomenon: there are now many private clinics, especially dentistry and dermatology. This also indirectly shows that among the vast number of patients, our dental patients account for a considerable proportion. Today’s dental treatment technology is more sophisticated, so it is still more reliable for a dentist to open a clinic independently. One of the most common dental problems is a hole in a tooth. What should we do when this happens?

If the tooth is rotten deeply, we usually recommend extracting the tooth and then making a dental implant. If the tooth is extracted and the wisdom tooth is pulled forward, the position of your wisdom tooth must be better, otherwise it will be very difficult. My suggestion is to try to treat it if it can be treated. If it really doesn't work, extract it and make a dental implant.

Dental implants refer to a method of restoring missing teeth that uses a lower structure implanted in bone tissue to support and retain the upper dental restoration. It consists of two parts: the lower supporting implant (dental implant) and the upper dental prosthesis (dental prosthesis, implant-supported). It uses artificial materials (such as metal, ceramic, etc.) to make implants (generally similar to the shape of tooth roots), which are surgically implanted into the tissue (usually the upper and lower jaws) and obtain firm retention support from bone tissue. They are connected to the upper dental restoration through special devices and methods. Dental implants can achieve a restorative effect that is very similar to the function, structure and aesthetics of natural teeth, and have become the preferred restoration method for more and more patients with missing teeth.

The treatment process includes: clinical examination and imaging examination, diagnosis and treatment planning, surgical operation, denture production and restoration, and maintenance of implants and restorations. According to the time relationship between implant placement and tooth extraction, implant surgery can be divided into immediate implantation, delayed immediate implantation (within 3 months after tooth extraction) and delayed implantation (3 months or longer after tooth extraction). According to the time relationship between the loading of the restoration and the placement of the implant, implant restoration can be divided into immediate loading, early loading and delayed loading. With the development of oral implantology, the treatment period is being significantly shortened. It is now possible to wear implant dentures immediately after implant placement or even immediately after tooth extraction.

The success rate of implant restoration is related to many factors, including : the patient's systemic and local conditions, strict and standardized surgical operations, the selection of the implant system, the design of the restoration, and the production and maintenance of the restoration. Modern dental implantology has developed and improved rapidly over the past 30 years. The 5-year success rate of implants has far exceeded the 1986 standard of 80% for maxillary and 85% for mandibular by Albrektsson and Zarb. Recent domestic reports have shown that standardized oral implant treatment can achieve a success rate or retention rate of more than 95% over 10 years.