Why You Should Not Get Implants Carelessly (Implant Overtreatment)

What an honest dental clinic tells you

Why You Should Not Get Implants Carelessly

Overtreatment related to implants

Implants are an innovative treatment for replacement teeth,

and while they improve appearance

and restore the most important functional elements,

they are a non-covered treatment item, so they require high medical costs

and may become a target of overtreatment in some cases.

Considering patients’ comfort, circumstances, and environment,

Gangnam Saero Dental Clinic, which adheres only to sincerity as its treatment philosophy,

will explain overtreatment related to implants.

Be careful with extractions

The reason you need an implant

is the loss of a natural tooth.

There are many reasons why a natural tooth is lost.

Loosening and falling out due to severe periodontal disease,

loss due to trauma,

and extraction due to severe tooth decay

are representative examples.

Among these, cases where implant overtreatment may occur

include extractions due to periodontal disease and cavities. Even if periodontal disease is severe,

there are cases where the tooth could still recover through proper natural tooth-preservation procedures,

but the patient is told that implant treatment is the only option,

or the size of the cavity is exaggerated,

or a cavity that does not exist is diagnosed as a cavity,

or restorative treatment such as a crown is possible but is diagnosed as impossible,

leading to extraction and then implants.

Therefore, if you are told that an extraction is necessary,

we recommend visiting at least two additional clinics

and checking whether the diagnostic results are the same or different.

How to avoid overtreatment in extractions

To avoid this kind of extraction and implant overtreatment,

the safest method is to choose a clinic where collaboration among dental specialists in each department is possible.

At clinics where such collaboration is available,

a specialist in conservative dentistry first examines the patient before extraction,

making one final check on whether extraction is truly necessary,

and can present various treatment options in addition to implant treatment.

Be careful with bone grafting too

If the jawbone condition is poor,

bone grafting is necessary

to increase the success rate of the implant.

This is because the force that supports teeth comes from the jawbone.

The same applies to implants that replace missing teeth.

Overtreatment can also exist in jawbone grafting.

A typical example is recommending bone grafting

where it is not needed,

and this may also increase the number of implants placed.

How to avoid overtreatment in bone grafting

To avoid implant overtreatment caused by bone grafting,

it ultimately comes down to the conscience of the medical staff,

but one method may be to listen to explanations from the medical staff

who provide sufficient understanding and persuasion based on objective data.

Choosing an implant brand carefully, too

There are many companies that manufacture implants,

so there are also many implant brands.

Each implant company has its own design,

and because the features differ,

the brand applied may vary depending on the patient’s gum condition.

At times like this, if the implant brands are limited,

treatment may be carried out not according to the patient’s situation,

but according to the dental clinic’s circumstances.

How to avoid implant brand overtreatment

To avoid implant overtreatment caused by brand selection,

it is better to have a wide variety of implant brands available,

so that patients have more options

and more customized treatment can be provided.

How to avoid overtreatment for implants near Gangnam Station

At Gangnam Saero Dental Clinic, located near Gangnam Station and Sinnonhyeon Station,

collaboration among specialists from various departments is possible,

including prosthodontics,

oral and maxillofacial surgery,

conservative dentistry,

and integrated dental medicine.

The clinic makes every effort to preserve natural teeth before extraction,

and if extraction is unavoidable,

it provides accurate information through university-hospital-level state-of-the-art equipment

such as 3D-CT, RAY FACE, and an intraoral scanner,

clearly showing the path for implant placement, including bone grafting.

It also offers implant placement with the highly stable premium overseas implant company Astra,

Dentis, which enables digital implants through guided planning,

Osstem, which reproduces Astra’s advanced technology,

Dentium, known for excellent initial stability,

and Warantec, the first in Korea to present a paper at a European implant society.

Because it has a variety of implant brands,

it provides honest treatment without overtreatment to patients who visit the clinic.

A new smile

A new beginning

This is Gangnam Saero Dental Clinic.