Dr. Katie To covers titanium dental implants, the long-established standard that most dentists stick with. The two-piece system places a titanium fixture in the jawbone, waits for osseointegration, then attaches the crown. She weighs the pros and cons of this classic approach.
We're going to review the pros and cons. On the left here, you can see the image of the titanium implant. Like I said, it has a long historic profile. It has a lot of research in it, and that is why a lot of people are so hesitant to move to another type of implant material, because this one has the research backed up for it. As you can see in this photo here, it is made in two pieces. The first piece gets placed into the bone, and then like I said, the restorative dentist comes back afterwards and places the crown on top.
